Homeric Hymns by Sarah Ruden (English) Paperback Book

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ISBN-13
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Publisher
Hackett Publishing Company, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0872207250
ISBN-13
9780872207257
eBay Product ID (ePID)
46576014

Product Key Features

Book Title
Homeric Hymns
Number of Pages
128 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Ancient / Greece, General, Ancient & Classical
Publication Year
2005
Genre
Poetry, History
Author
Sarah Ruden
Book Series
Hackett Classics Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
5.5 in
Item Weight
5.1 Oz
Item Length
8.5 in
Item Width
0.4 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
College Audience
LCCN
2005-012991
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
Clear, inclusive, luminously helpful, the Ruden/Murnaghan Homeric Hymns is a text I'll use next time I teach my ever-expanding Mythology in Literature class. Introduction, translation, and notes are all of superior quality. --Rachel Hadas, Department of English, Rutgers University, Sarah Ruden's translation is clear, lean, intelligent, and delightfully readable. The notes provide guidance without encumbering the text. This will be marvelous for classroom use, for reading aloud, or simply for reading for pleasure. --Pamela Gordon, Department of Classics, University of Kansas, The translation moves along at a smart and elegant pace. . . . Ruden is clearly a writer with considerable skill in poetic expression. . . . [Sheila Murnaghan's] introduction does a good job of introducing the Homeric Hymns to a general audience and assisting the inexperienced reader in reading the longer hymns, in particular. [This] new translation will clearly fill a niche for a convenient and inexpensive translation of the Homeric Hymns into English verse. . . . --Roger S. Fisher, Bryn Mawr Classical Review
Dewey Decimal
883/.01
Synopsis
In this new translation of the Homeric Hymns, Sarah Ruden employs a melodious and flexible non-rhyming line of eleven syllables, offering a close approximation of Greek hexameter verse in natural English rhythms. The result is a Homeric Hymns marked by its accuracy, simplicity, and economy of movement. Sheila Murnaghan's Introduction situates the Hymns within the mythological and performative traditions that gave rise to them., In this new translation of the Homeric Hymns , Sarah Ruden employs a melodious and flexible non-rhyming line of eleven syllables, offering a close approximation of Greek hexameter verse in natural English rhythms. The result is a Homeric Hymns marked by its accuracy, simplicity, and economy of movement. Sheila Murnaghan's Introduction situates the Hymns within the mythological and performative traditions that gave rise to them. Focusing on the longer Hymns , she perceptively illuminates these oddly charming and sometimes grave accounts of defining episodes in the evolution of the cosmos. Notes and a Glossary of Names are included.
LC Classification Number
PA4025.H8R83 2005

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