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Author : Hesiod
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2022-10-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783368285913
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Author : Hesíodo,Hugh G. Evelyn White
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 657 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1914
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0674990633
Hesiod (Hesiodus), an epic poet apparently of the eighth century BC, was born in Asia Minor but moved to Boeotia in central Greece. He was regarded by later Greeks as a contemporary of Homer. Three works survive under Hesiod's name: (1) "Works and Days," addressed to his brother. In it he gives us the allegories of the two Strifes, and the myth of Pandora; stresses that every man must work; describes the accepted Five Ages of the world; delivers moral advice; surveys in splendid style a year's work on a farm; gives precepts on navigation; and propounds lucky and unlucky days. (2) "Theogony," a religious work about the rise of the gods and the universe from Chaos to the triumph of Zeus, and about the progeny of Zeus and of goddesses in union with mortal men. (3) "The Shield" (not by Hesiod), an extract from a "Catalogue of Women," the subject being Alcmena and her son Heracles and his contest with Cycnus, with a description of Heracles' shield. All three works are of great literary interest.
Author : Hésiode
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1954
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:458984957
Author : Hesiodus
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 726 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1954
Category : Astronomy
ISBN : UCSD:31822025343179
Author : H. G. Evelyn-white
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2017-01-17
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1542585813
Hesiod, Homeric Hymns, and HomericaBy H. G. Evelyn-WhiteThe early Greek epic - that is, poetry as a natural and popular, and not (as it became later) an artificial and academic literary form - passed through the usual three phases, of development, of maturity, and of decline.No fragments which can be identified as belonging to the first period survive to give us even a general idea of the history of the earliest epic, and we are therefore thrown back upon the evidence of analogy from other forms of literature and of inference from the two great epics which have come down to us. So reconstructed, the earliest period appears to us as a time of slow development in which the characteristic epic metre, diction, and structure grew up slowly from crude elements and were improved until the verge of maturity was reached.The second period, which produced the "Iliad" and the "Odyssey", needs no description here: but it is very important to observe the effect of these poems on the course of post-Homeric epic. As the supreme perfection and universality of the "Iliad" and the "Odyssey" cast into oblivion whatever pre-Homeric poets had essayed, so these same qualities exercised a paralysing influence over the successors of Homer. If they continued to sing like their great predecessor of romantic themes, they were drawn as by a kind of magnetic attraction into the Homeric style and manner of treatment, and became mere echoes of the Homeric voice: in a word, Homer had so completely exhausted the epic genre, that after him further efforts were doomed to be merely conventional. Only the rare and exceptional genius of Vergil and Milton could use the Homeric medium without loss of individuality: and this quality none of the later epic poets seem to have possessed. Freedom from the domination of the great tradition could only be found by seeking new subjects, and such freedom was really only illusionary, since romantic subjects alone are suitable for epic treatment.Table of ContentsPreface Introduction 1. General 2. The Boeotian School 3. Life of Hesiod 4. The Hesiodic Poems 5. Date of the Hesiodic Poems 6. Literary Value of Homer 7. The Ionic School 8. The Trojan Cycle 9. The Homeric Hymns 10. The Epigrams of Homer 11. The Burlesque Poems 12. The Contest of Homer and Hesiod Bibliography Works Attributed to Homer The Homeric Hymns Homer's Epigrams Fragments of the Epic Cycle Non-Cyclic Poems Attributed to Homer
Author : Hesiodus
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:602163116
Author : Hesiod
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 702 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1914
Category : Epic poetry, Greek
ISBN : IND:30000011797713
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 639 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1926
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:474745763
Author : Hesiod
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1954
Category : Epic poetry, Greek
ISBN : OCLC:1150429440
Author : Homer,Hesiod
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2017-11-28
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1981233679
Hesiod, Homeric Hymns and Homerica, Homer, Hesiod, Translated by H. G. Evelyn-White. The Homeric Hymns are a collection of thirty-three anonymous ancient Greek hymns celebrating individual gods. The hymns are "Homeric" in the sense that they employ the same epic meter-dactylic hexameter-as the Iliad and Odyssey, use many similar formulas and are couched in the same dialect. They were uncritically attributed to Homer himself in antiquity-from the earliest written reference to them, Thucydides (iii.104)-and the label has stuck. "The whole collection, as a collection, is Homeric in the only useful sense that can be put upon the word;" A. W. Verrall noted in 1894, "that is to say, it has come down labeled as 'Homer' from the earliest times of Greek book-literature." Hesiod was a Greek poet generally thought by scholars to have been active between 750 and 650 BC, around the same time as Homer. He is generally regarded as the first written poet in the Western tradition to regard himself as an individual persona with an active role to play in his subject.
Author : Hugh G. Evelyn-White
Publisher : CreateSpace
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2014-03-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1497464110
This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic, timeless works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them.
Author : Homer,Hesiod
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2017-03-03
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1544057032
Hesiod, Homeric Hymns, and Homerica Homer and Hesiod Translated by H. G. Evelyn-White This volume contains practically all that remains of the post-Homeric and pre-academic epic poetry. The early Greek epic - that is, poetry as a natural and popular, and not (as it became later) an artificial and academic literary form - passed through the usual three phases, of development, of maturity, and of decline. No fragments which can be identified as belonging to the first period survive to give us even a general idea of the history of the earliest epic, and we are therefore thrown back upon the evidence of analogy from other forms of literature and of inference from the two great epics which have come down to us. So reconstructed, the earliest period appears to us as a time of slow development in which the characteristic epic metre, diction, and structure grew up slowly from crude elements and were improved until the verge of maturity was reached. The second period, which produced the "Iliad" and the "Odyssey," needs no description here: but it is very important to observe the effect of these poems on the course of post-Homeric epic. As the supreme perfection and universality of the "Iliad" and the "Odyssey" cast into oblivion whatever pre-Homeric poets had essayed, so these same qualities exercised a paralysing influence over the successors of Homer. If they continued to sing like their great predecessor of romantic themes, they were drawn as by a kind of magnetic attraction into the Homeric style and manner of treatment, and became mere echoes of the Homeric voice: in a word, Homer had so completely exhausted the epic genre, that after him further efforts were doomed to be merely conventional. Only the rare and exceptional genius of Vergil and Milton could use the Homeric medium without loss of individuality: and this quality none of the later epic poets seem to have possessed. Freedom from the domination of the great tradition could only be found by seeking new subjects, and such freedom was really only illusionary, since romantic subjects alone are suitable for epic treatment.
Author : Homerus,Erwin Cook
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 129 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2004-08-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9780801879838
A rich source for students of Greek mythology and literature, the Homeric hymns are also fine poetry. Attributed by the ancients to Homer, these prooimia, or preludes, were actually composed over centuries and used by poets to prepare for the singing or recitation of longer portions of the Homeric epics. In his acclaimed translations of the hymns, Apostolos Athanassakis preserves the essential simplicity of the original Greek, offering a straightforward, line-by-line translation that makes no attempts to masquerade or modernize. For this long-awaited new edition, Athanassakis enhances his classic work with a comprehensive index, careful and selective changes in the translations themselves, and numerous additions to the notes which will enrich the reader's experience of these ancient and influential poems.
Author : Hesiod
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2021-02-13
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798708938572
Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica by Hesiod
Author : Homer
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2021-03-09
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9780691227535
George Chapman's translations of Homer--immortalized by Keats's sonnet-- are the most famous in the English language. Swinburne praised their "romantic and sometimes barbaric grandeur," their "freshness, strength, and inextinguishable fire." And the great critic George Saintsbury wrote, "For more than two centuries they were the resort of all who, unable to read Greek, wished to know what the Greek was. Chapman is far nearer Homer than any modern translator in any modern language." This volume presents the original text of Chapman's translation of the Homeric hymns. The hymns, believed to have been written not by Homer himself but by followers who emulated his style, are poems written to the gods and goddesses of the ancient Greek pantheon. The collection, originally titled by Chapman "The Crowne of all Homers Workes," also includes epigrams and poems attributed to Homer and known as "The Lesser Homerica," as well as his famous "The Battle of Frogs and Mice."