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Homeric Hymns. Homeric Apocrypha. Lives of Homer

The hymns to the gods transmitted under Homer's name, together with the comic Battle of Frogs and Mice and the ancient lives of the poet.

The Edition

Original language
Greek
Translated by
Martin L. West

Publication

Publisher
Harvard University Press
Series
Loeb Classical Library (LCL)
Series volume
496
Date published
2003-04-30
Print status
In print

The Physical Book

Binding
Hardcover
Dust jacket
Yes
Total pages
480 pages
ISBN-13
9780674996069

Reference

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Contents

  • Preface
  • Abbreviations and Symbols
  • Homeric Hymns
  • Introduction
  • Sigla And Bibliography
  • Hymns
    • 1. To Dionysus (fragments)
    • 2. To Demeter
    • 3. To Apollo
    • 4. To Hermes
    • 5. To Aphrodite
    • 6. To Aphrodite
    • 7. To Dionysus
    • 8. To Ares
    • 9. To Artemis
    • 10. To Aphrodite
    • 11. To Athena
    • 12. To Hera
    • 13. To Demeter
    • 14. To the Mother of the Gods
    • 15. To Heracles the Lionheart
    • 16. To Asclepius
    • 17. To the Dioscuri
    • 18. To Hermes
    • 19. To Pan
    • 20. To Hephaestus
    • 21. To Apollo
    • 22. To Poseidon
    • 23. To Zeus
    • 24. To Hestia
    • 25. To the Muses and Apollo
    • 26. To Dionysus
    • 27. To Artemis
    • 28. To Athena
    • 29. To Hestia
    • 30. To Earth Mother of All
    • 31. To Helios
    • 32. To Selene
    • 33. To the Dioscuri
    • Hymn fragment
  • Homeric Apocrypha
    • Introduction
    • Sigla And Bibliography
    • Texts
      • Margites
      • Cercopes
      • Epikichlides
      • The Battle of the Weasel and the Mice
      • The Battle of Frogs and Mice
  • Lives of Homer
    • Introduction
    • Select Bibliography
    • Lives
      • 1. The Contest of Homer and Hesiod
      • 2. (Pseudo-)Herodotus, On Homer’s Origins, Date, and Life
      • 3. (Pseudo-)Plutarch, On Homer (I)
      • 4. (Pseudo-)Plutarch, On Homer (II)
      • 5. From Proclus, Chrestomathy I
      • 6. From Hesychius of Miletus, Index of Famous Authors
      • 7. Anonymus I, Life of Homer (Vita Romana)
      • 8. Anonymus II, The Lineage of Homer (Vita Scorialensis I)
      • 9. Anonymus III (Vita Scorialensis II)
      • 10. Appendix Romana
    • Index To The Homeric Hymns And Apocrypha
    • Index To The Lives Of Homer