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Chapman's Homeric Hymns and Other Homerica Paperback - 2008

by Homer; George Chapman (Translator); Introduction by Stephen Scully

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George Chapman's translations of Homer--immortalized by Keats's sonnet-- are the most famous in the English language. Swinburne praised their "romantic and sometimes barbaric grandeur," their "freshness, strength, and inextinguishable fire." And the great critic George Saintsbury wrote, "For more than two centuries they were the resort of all who, unable to read Greek, wished to know what the Greek was. Chapman is far nearer Homer than any modern translator in any modern language."

This volume presents the original text of Chapman's translation of the Homeric hymns. The hymns, believed to have been written not by Homer himself but by followers who emulated his style, are poems written to the gods and goddesses of the ancient Greek pantheon. The collection, originally titled by Chapman "The Crowne of all Homers Workes," also includes epigrams and poems attributed to Homer and known as "The Lesser Homerica," as well as his famous "The Battle of Frogs and Mice."

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"It should be very satisfying to sing hymns to gods whom everyone can agree exist, so tune up your pipes for Apollo, the archer and fair king of days, or for Venus, the soft skinned, because both beauty and sunshine deserve our adoration. How appropriate that the voice you can choose here should be Elizabethan, queen of the Enlightenment, and patron of the poets, George Chapman so much among them, who made the old world new, and heard the voice of heroes in all of Homer's songs."--William H. Gass

"Chapman's versions inspired English poets for centuries after his time. They rest on a minute and perceptive reading of the texts. And they retain their power to fascinate and provoke anyone interested in Homer and his afterlife, in Renaissance ideas about classical and modern poetry, or in the development of the language of English poetry."--Anthony T. Grafton, Princeton University

"Oft of one wide expanse had I been told

That deep-browed Homer ruled as his demesne;

Yet did I never breathe its pure serene

Till I heard Chapman speak out loud and bold"--John Keats, "On First Looking into Chapman's Homer"

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  • Title Chapman's Homeric Hymns and Other Homerica
  • Author Homer; George Chapman (Translator); Introduction by Stephen Scully
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition First Printing
  • Pages 240
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Princeton University Press, Princeton , NJ
  • Publication date 2008-05-04
  • Features Glossary, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780691136769 / 0691136769
  • Weight 0.68 lbs (0.31 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.43 x 6.54 x 0.7 in (21.41 x 16.61 x 1.78 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
  • Category Literature - Classics / Criticism
  • Library of Congress subjects Gods, Greek, Hymns, Greek (Classical)
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2008002024
  • Dewey Decimal Code 883.010

About the author

Stephen Scully is associate professor of classical studies at Boston University.
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