Politics of Olympus
Form and Meaning in the Major Homeric Hymns
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19906306 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jenny Strauss Clay (0009-0003-0630-7468) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Publication date | 2006-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | BOOK |
| Venue | Politics of Olympus (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Bristol Classical Press (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.5040/9781472540362 |
| OpenAlex | W4300856026 |
| Open Library | OL8982446M |
| ISBN | 9781472540362 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
Jenny Strauss Clay provides a systematic convincing reading of the four Homeric hymns as a group, in relation to the epics of Homer the ‘Theogony’ of Hesiod. She reveals unexpected subtleties coherence, also shows how the hymns work in combination to provide an over-arching Greek worldview. ‘This important and ground-breaking book provides a systematic and convincing reading of these four fascinating poems as a group, and in relation to the epics of Homer and the Theogony of Hesiod’. Clay’s expert and highly original analysis of the poems narrative and thematic patterns succeeds brilliantly in demonstrating not only the unexpected subtlety and coherence of each Hymn, but also the ways in which they work in combination to provide an over-arching Greek world-view. This is by far the best book that has been written on this important body of poetry. ‘Mark Griffith, University of California, Berkeley’. Though controversial in many places, this
Art · Coherence (philosophical gambling strategy) · Epistemology · Hesiod · Hymn · Intertextuality · Linguistics · Literature · Meaning (existential) · Narrative · Poetry · Politics · Reading (process) · Relation (database) · Classical Antiquity Studies · History · Law · Philosophy · Ancient (Classical) Greek · Ancient & Classical · Ancient and Classical · Criticism · Gods, in literature · Greek · Greek Political poetry · History and criticism · Homer · Homeric hymns · Hymns · Hymns, Greek (Classical) · Literary Criticism · Literary Criticism & Collections · Literary form · Literature - Classics · Poetry & poets: classical, early & medieval · Political poetry · Political poetry, history and criticism · Politics in literature · To 1500
| Unique citing works | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,8 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2024 (9) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |