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BL
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632254
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The Homeric hymn to Demeter : : translation, commentary, and interpretive essays /\ edited by Helene P. Foley
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xvi, 297 pages :: illustrations ;; 25 cm
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0691068437
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: 9780691068435
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: 0691014795
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: 9780691014791
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| Notes
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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
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-281) and indexes
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| Contents
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Text and Translation of the Homeric Hymn to Demeter -- Commentary on the Homeric Hymn to Demeter -- Background: The Eleusinian Mysteries and Women's Rites for Demeter -- Interpreting the Hymn to Demeter -- The "Theology" of the Mysteries -- Variants of the Myth and the Importance of the Version in the Hymn to Demeter -- Female Experience in the Hymn to Demeter -- Marriage -- Gender Conflict and the Cosmological Tradition -- The Mother/Daughter Romance -- The Psychology of the Mysteries -- The Hymn to Demeter and the Polis -- Christianity and the Hymn to Demeter -- The Influence of the Hymn to Demeter and Its Myth
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Demeter-- In literature
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Demeter
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Hymns, Greek (Classical), Translations into English
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Hymns, Greek (Classical)-- History and criticism
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Eleusinian mysteries in literature
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Déméter (Divinité grecque) - Poésie
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Déméter (Divinité grecque) dans la littérature
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Hymnes grecs anciens - Histoire et critique
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Hymnes grecs anciens - Traductions anglaises
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Éleusis, Mystères d', dans la littérature
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Hymn to Demeter
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Homeric hymns
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| Dewey Classification
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883/.01
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| LC Classification
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PA4023.H83H66 1994
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| Added Entry
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Foley, Helene P.,1942-
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