Jenny Strauss Clay provides a systematic convincing reading of the four Homeric hymns as a group, in relation to the epi
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Jenny Strauss Clay provides a systematic & convincing reading of the four Homeric hymns as a group, & in relatio
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This is a collection of the standard texts of ancient Greek which are important components of what we know about Greek m
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Performances of Greek epics customarily began with a hymn to a god or goddess--as Hesiod'sTheogonyandWorks and Days
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The Homeric Hymns have survived for two and a half millennia because of their captivating stories, beautiful language, a
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Hesiod (Hesiodus), an epic poet apparently of the eighth century BC, was born in Asia Minor but moved to Boeotia in cent
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These lively narrative poems, attributed in antiquity to Homer, are works of great charm. Composed for recitation at fes
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Documentaries such as Zana Briski and Ross Kauffman's Born into Brothels, Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11, Jef
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Originating in archaic parables of the Garden and the Citadel, gender allegories have been projected upon built environm
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These hymns, the Magnificat, Benedictus and Nunc Dimittis, are a familiar part of Christian liturgy; but their origin is
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