The Homeric Hymns and Homerica: English Text
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Overview
This two-volume collection contains works that represent practically all that remains of the post-Homeric and pre-academic epic poetry. These extended narrative poems were typically written on topics and events significant to the culture of the ancient Greeks, although Hesiod was exemplified for his epyllion styled poetry which concentrated on Greek mythology. Both the original Greek versions and English translations of works attributed to Hesiod, Homer and other authors with similar writing styles are included in this collection. This volume contains the English translation of Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns and Homerica.
Top Highlights
“And he called this woman Pandora,1 because all they who dwelt on Olympus gave each a gift, a plague to men who eat bread.” (Page 9)
“Olympus made a golden race of mortal men who lived in the time of Cronos when he was reigning in heaven” (Page 11)
“Badness can be got easily and in shoals: the road to her is smooth, and she lives very near us.” (Page 25)
“Zeus the son of Cronos made yet another, the fourth, upon the fruitful earth, which was nobler and more righteous, a god-like race of hero-men who are called [160] demi-gods, the race before our own, throughout the boundless earth.” (Pages 13–15)
“Zeus made yet another generation, the fifth, of men [169d] who are upon the bounteous earth.” (Page 15)