The Homeric Hymn to Demeter : translation, commentary, and interpretive essays / edited by Helene P. Foley.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Foley, Helene P., 1942- editor.

Series:

Mythos (Princeton, N.J.)

Mythos

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Demeter (Greek deity)--Poetry.

Demeter.

Demeter (Greek deity)--In literature.

Homeric hymns--Translations into English.

Homeric hymns.

Hymn to Demeter.

Eleusinian mysteries in literature.

Hymns, Greek (Classical)--History and criticism.

Hymns, Greek (Classical).

Hymns, Greek (Classical)--Translations into English.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (321 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2013]

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

The Homeric Hymn to Demeter, composed in the late seventh or early sixth century B.C.E., is a key to understanding the psychological and religious world of ancient Greek women. The poem tells how Hades, lord of the underworld, abducted the goddess Persephone and how her grieving mother, Demeter, the goddess of grain, forced the gods to allow Persephone to return to her for part of each year. Helene Foley presents the Greek text and an annotated translation of this poem, together with selected essays that give the reader a rich understanding of the Hymn's structure and artistry, its role in the religious life of the ancient world, and its meaning for the modern world.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

PART 1.THE TEXT AND TRANSLATION, COMMENTARY, AND BACKGROUND

TEXT AND TRANSLATION OF THE HOMERIC HYMN TO DEMETER

COMMENTARY ON THE HOMERIC HYMN TO DEMETER / Foley, Helene P.

BACKGROUND: THE ELEUSINIAN MYSTERIES AND WOMEN'S RITES FOR DEMETER / Foley, Helene P.

PART 2. INTERPRETIVE ESSAY ON THE HOMERIC HYMN TO DEMETER

INTRODUCTION

INTERPRETING THE HYMN TO DEMETER

THE "THEOLOGY" OF THE MYSTERIES

VARIANTS OF THE MYTH AND THE IMPORTANCE OF THE VERSION IN THE HYMN TO DEMETER

FEMALE EXPERIENCE IN THE HYMN TO DEMETER

MARRIAGE

GENDER CONFLICT AND THE COSMOLOGICAL TRADITION

THE MOTHER/DAUGHTER ROMANCE

THE PSYCHOLOGY OF THE MYSTERIES

THE HYMN TO DEMETER AND THE POLIS

CHRISTIANITY AND THE HYMN TO DEMETER

THE INFLUENCE OF THE HYMN TO DEMETER AND ITS MYTH

APPENDIX

The Hymn to Demeter as a Panhellenic Poem

PART 3. FURTHER INTERPRETATION: CONTRIBUTED ARTICLES

WITHDRAWAL AND RETURN: AN EPIC STORY PATTERN IN THE HOMERIC HYMN TO DEMETER AND IN THE HOMERIC POEMS / Lord, Mary Louise

SOME FUNCTIONS OF THE DEMOPHOON EPISODE IN THE HOMERIC HYMN TO DEMETER / Felson-Rubin, Nancy / Deal, Harriet M.

CONCERNING THE HOMERIC HYMN TO DEMETER / Rudhardt, Jean

POLITICS AND POMEGRANATES REVISITED / Katz, Marilyn Arthur

POLITICS AND POMEGRANATES: AN INTERPRETATION OF THE HOMERIC HYMN TO DEMETER / Arthur, Marylin

FAMILY STRUCTURE AND FEMININE PERSONALITY / Chodorow, Nancy

BIBLIOGRAPHY

BIBLIOGRAPHICAL ADDENDUM

INDEX LOCORUM

GENERAL INDEX

Notes:

Includes a translation, the Greek text, a literary commentary, a discussion of the Eleusinian mysteries and related cults of Demeter, an introductory essay by H.P. Foley, and 5 previously published articles on the poem and related issues.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [267]-281) and indexes.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Mai 2019)

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Contains:

Hymn to Demeter. English & Greek.

ISBN:

9780691068435

0691068437

9781400849086

140084908X

OCLC:

855894357