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Hymns, Greek (Classical) --- Poetry, Ancient --- Mythology, Greek --- History and criticism. --- Homeric hymns. --- Hymn to Aphrodite (Homeric hymn 5) --- Hymn to Apollo. --- Hymn to Pan. --- Hymn to Demeter.

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Demeter (Greek deity) in literature --- Goddesses, Greek, in literature --- Hymns, Greek (Classical) --- -Persephone (Greek deity) in literature --- History and criticism --- Persephone (Greek deity) in literature --- Hymn to Demeter. --- Homeric hymn to Demeter --- Homeric hymns. --- Hymnos eis Dēmētra

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Homeric hymns --- -Demeter (Greek deity) in literature --- Hymns, Greek (Classical) --- Demeter (Greek deity) in literature. --- Hymn to Demeter. --- Homeric hymns. --- Demeter (Greek deity) in literature --- Demeter (Greek deity) --- Poetry --- History and criticism --- Homeric hymn to Demeter --- Hymnos eis Dēmētra --- Inni omerici --- Homērikoi hymnoi --- Hymni Homerici --- Poetry. --- History and criticism.

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Under Ptolemy II Philadelphus, who ruled Egypt in the middle of the third century B.C.E., Alexandria became the brilliant multicultural capital of the Greek world. Theocritus's poem in praise of Philadelphus-at once a Greek king and an Egyptian pharaoh-is the only extended poetic tribute to this extraordinary ruler that survives. Combining the Greek text, an English translation, a full line-by-line commentary, and extensive introductory studies of the poem's historical and literary context, this volume also offers a wide-ranging and far-reaching consideration of the workings and representation of poetic patronage in the Ptolemaic age. In particular, the book explores the subtle and complex links among Theocritus's poem, modes of praise drawn from both Greek and Egyptian traditions, and the subsequent flowering of Latin poetry in the Augustan age. As the first detailed account of this important poem to show how Theocritus might have drawn on the pharaonic traditions of Egypt as well as earlier Greek poetry, this book affords unique insight into how praise poetry for Ptolemy and his wife may have helped to negotiate the adaptation of Greek culture that changed conditions of the new Hellenistic world. Invaluable for its clear translation and its commentary on genre, dialect, diction, and historical reference in relation to Theocritus's Encomium, the book is also significant for what it reveals about the poem's cultural and social contexts and about Theocritus' devices for addressing his several readerships. COVER IMAGE: The image on the front cover of this book is incorrectly identified on the jacket flap. The correct caption is: Gold Oktadrachm depicting Ptolemy II and Arsinoe (mid-third century BCE; by permission of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston).

Ptolemy II Philadelphus, King of Egypt --- Theocritus --- Ptolemy --- Ptolemaeus --- Ptolemy II Philadelphus --- Poetry --- LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical. --- alexandria. --- ancient egypt. --- ancient greece. --- aristophanes. --- arsinoe ii. --- art. --- augustan poetry. --- classical studies. --- clouds. --- egypt. --- encomium. --- genre studies. --- greek culture. --- greek poetry. --- greek world. --- hellenism. --- hellenistic poetry. --- hellenistic world. --- heracles. --- homeric hymn. --- hymn. --- king. --- latin poetry. --- literary criticism. --- monarchy. --- mythology. --- patronage. --- patrons. --- pharaoh. --- pharaonic traditions. --- philadelphus. --- pithom stele. --- poetic meter. --- poetic tribute. --- poetry. --- poets. --- praise. --- ptolemaic dynasty. --- ptolemy ii. --- reign. --- ruler. --- theocritus. --- third century. --- zeus.

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The Homeric Hymn to Demeter, composed in the late seventh or early sixth century B.C.E., is a key to understanding the psychological and religious world of ancient Greek women. The poem 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. Helene Foley presents the Greek text and an annotated translation of this poem, together with selected essays that give the reader a rich understanding of the Hymn's structure and artistry, its role in the religious life of the ancient world, and its meaning for the modern world.

Hymns, Greek (Classical) --- Demeter (Greek deity) in literature. --- Eleusinian mysteries in literature. --- Demeter (Greek deity) --- Translations into English. --- History and criticism. --- Poetry. --- Demeter (Greek deity) in literature --- Eleusinian mysteries --- Hymnes grecs anciens --- Eleusis, Mystères d' --- Hymn to Demeter. --- Eleusis, Mystères d' --- Eleusinian mysteries in literature --- Poetry --- History and criticism --- Translations into English --- Homeric hymns --- Homeric hymn to Demeter --- Homeric hymns. --- Hymnos eis Dēmētra --- Inni omerici --- Homērikoi hymnoi --- Hymni Homerici --- Traductions anglaises --- Histoire et critique --- Demeter --- In literature. --- Demetra --- 得墨忒耳 --- デーメーテール --- דמטר --- 데메테르 --- Деметра --- Дэмэтра --- Дэметра --- دمتر --- ديميتر --- Δαμάτηρ --- Δημήτηρ --- Δήμητρα --- Ceres --- Hymns, Greek (Classical) - Translations into English --- Hymns, Greek (Classical) - History and criticism. --- Demeter (Greek deity) - Poetry.