The Homeric Hymn to Demeter Translation, Commentary, and Interpretive Essays |
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| Editor:
| Foley, Helene P. |
| Series title: | Mythos: the Princeton/Bollingen Series in World Mythology Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-691-01479-1 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 1993 |
| Publisher: | Princeton University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $51.00 |
Book Description:
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Includes a poem that tells how Hades, lord of the underworld, abducted the goddess Persephone and how her grieving mother, Demeter, the goddess of grain, forced the gods to allow Persephone to return to her for part of each year.
Includes a poem that tells how Hades, lord of the underworld, abducted the goddess Persephone and how her grieving mother, Demeter, the goddess of grain, forced the gods to allow Persephone to return to her for part of each year.