The Orphic Hymns: Poetry and Genre, with a Critical Text and Translation (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9789004714076)

The Orphic Hymns, a collection of invocations to the complete Greek pantheon, have reached us without explicit information about the contexts of their composition and performance. Combining a new critical edition and translation of the hymns with an in-depth study of the poetic strategies they employ and the forms of Greek poetry they draw upon, this book explores what the hymns can tell us about themselves. Through the use of allusion and figures that look to the earliest Greek poetry, the hymns present themselves as a text to be heard and meditated upon in performance, and as Orpheus' summative revelation on the nature and unity of the divine realm.

Author: Daniel Malamis
ISBN-10: 9004714073
ISBN-13: 9789004714076
Publisher: Brill
Language: English
Published: 12/05/2024
Pages: 684
Format: Hardcover