The Homeric hymn to Demeter
Subtitle: translation, commentary, and interpretive essays
By: edited by Helene P. Foley.
Contributors: Foley, Helene P., 1942-
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Princeton, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 297
Subjects: Hymn to Demeter.; Homeric hymns -- Translations into English.; Hymns, Greek (Classical) -- Translations into English.; Hymns, Greek (Classical) -- History and criticism.; Demeter (Greek deity) in literature.; Eleusinian mysteries in literature.; Demeter (Greek deity) -- Poetry.
Other titles: Hymn to Demeter. English & Greek. 1993.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [267]-281) and indexes.
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.