Chapman's Homeric Hymns and Other Homerica

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

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Author
Homer, Stephen Scully (Introduction by), George Chapman (Translator)
Publish Date
2008-05-04
Book Type
Paperback
Number of Pages
240
Publisher Name
Princeton University Press
ISBN-10
0691136769
ISBN-13
9780691136769
citemno
111617
Edition
Revised
SKU
9780691136769

Description

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."