The Homeric Hymns: A Verse Translation, Paperback - Thelma Sargent

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Thelma SargentNow Thelma Sargent has rendered these works into a lucid and beautiful English verse. Accompanying the transl...

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The Homeric Hymns have survived for two and a half millennia because of their captivating stories, beautiful language, and religious significance. ...

Composed for recitation at festivals, these 33 songs were written in honour of the gods and goddesses of the ancient Greek pantheon. They recount t...

Reducere. The Homeric Hymns are a collection of thirty-three anonymous ancient Greek hymns celebrating individual gods. The hymns are "Homeric" in the sense ...

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Exciting new translation of Ancient Greek text by award-winning poet, critic and university lecturerPublisher: Carcanet Press LtdAuthor(s): Peter M...

Publisher: Barbican PressAuthor(s): Francesco PetrarchTranslator: Peter ThorntonNumber of pages: 360Publication date: 2023Dimensions: 197 x 129 x 2...

This collection of Dante Alighieri's "Canzoniere", translated for the first time in its entirety into English, charts his poetic evolution and disp...

One of the oldest extant works of Western literature, the Iliad is a timeless epic poem of great warriors trapped between their own heroic pride an...

A perennial classroom favorite, The Homeric Hymns embodies thrilling new visions of antiquity.Illustrations: 1 Maps; 2 Charts

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DescriptionDiscover the Powerful Poems & Incantations of Ancient Greece Use the hymns of the great mystery religions in your practice today The Orp...

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Offering the first full-length commentary on Odyssey I in English since the 1980s, this new edition with facing translation aims to offer students ...

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Reducere. DescriptionJust Hymns (Volume 1) is a collection of easy, two-hand piano arrangements of ten popular hymns. Volume One includes these hymns arrange...

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Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Mathew (Caterham School, UK) OwenNumber of pages: 224Publication date: 2014Dimensions: 217 x 138 x 1...

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Reducere. Twenty-four timeless hymns, written in keys that will make playing easy for elementary students. Each piece is written with larger than average not...

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