![]() ![]() The aim is to make these Hymns more accessible to students of Greek literature, and help them to appreciate the poems more fully as major works of early Greek poetry. The Commentary brings out the individual character of each Hymn, by analyzing in depth its language and literary qualities, and also its religious and historical aspects. This hymn describes the birth and origins of the sun god Apollo, born to the minor goddess Leto after being impregnated by Zeus. The Introduction discusses among other things the nature and purpose of the poems in general, their origins, their structure and themes. This edition offers a new text of these poems. Composed for recitation at festivals in honour of the gods, they tell of Apollo's birth on the island of Delos and his foundation of the Delphic oracle Hermes' invention of the lyre and theft of his brother Apollo's cattle and Aphrodite's love affair with the mortal Anchises. These lively narrative poems, attributed in antiquity to Homer, are works of great charm. HYMN TO THE MUSES,APOLLO, AND ZEUSI will begin with the Muses, Apollo, and Zeus:from the Muses and the skillful archer Apollocome human. Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. ![]()
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