Homeric Hymn 11, to Athena, read in Ancient Greek
Channel: Ancient Literature Dude
Date: 2021-05-03

Homeric Hymn 11, the shortest dedicated to the warrior goddess Athena. Addressing her by her well-known title of Pallas, it describes her as a savior of cities, and in contrast to Ares, makes clear her role as both devastator of cities and protector of their people and armies. Parthenos, Promachos, Nike, she carried many names, her Roman counterpart being, of course, Minerva.

The Homeric Hymns are a collection of thirty-three anonymous Ancient Greek language hymns celebrating individual gods. The hymns are written in a similar dialect and in the same poetic meter as the one used by Homer in the Iliad and Odyssey, and were thus traditionally ascribed to him, and are still called Homeric because of these similarities.

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