| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 297 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Mythos: the Princeton/Bollingen Series in World Mythology Ser. ; v. 97 |
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Mythos: the Princeton/Bollingen Series in World Mythology Ser
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| Contents |
Text and Translation of the Homeric Hymn to Demeter -- Commentary on the Homeric Hymn to Demeter -- Background: The Eleusinian Mysteries and Women's Rites for Demeter -- 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 |
| 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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-281) and indexes |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Demeter (Greek deity) -- In literature
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Demeter (Greek deity) -- Poetry.
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Hymn to Demeter.
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Homeric hymns -- Translations into English.
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Hymns, Greek (Classical) -- Translations into English.
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Hymns, Greek (Classical) -- History and criticism.
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Eleusinian mysteries in literature.
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Poetry.
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Translations.
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Poetry.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Foley, Helene P., 1942-
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| ISBN |
9781400849086 (electronic bk.) |
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140084908X (electronic bk.) |
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