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<description><![CDATA[<a class="highslide" href="https://picture.graycity.net/img/diane-j-rayor/the_homeric_hymns.jpg"><img src="https://picture.graycity.net/img/diane-j-rayor/the_homeric_hymns_preview.jpg" class="fr-fic fr-dib" title ="The Homeric Hymns" alt ="The Homeric Hymns"/></a><br//>The Homeric Hymns have survived for two and a half millennia because of their captivating stories, beautiful language, and religious significance. Well before the advent of writing in Greece, they were performed by traveling bards at religious events, competitions, banquets, and festivals. These thirty-four poems invoking and celebrating the gods of ancient Greece raise questions that humanity still struggles with&#8212;questions about our place among others and in the world.Known as "Homeric" because they were composed in the same meter, dialect, and style as Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, these hymns were created to be sung aloud. In this superb translation by Diane J. Rayor, which deftly combines accuracy and poetry, the ancient music of the hymns comes alive for the modern reader. Here is the birth of Apollo, god of prophecy, healing, and music and founder of Delphi, the most famous oracular shrine in ancient Greece. Here is Zeus, inflicting upon...]]></description>
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