CLA 3380 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Homeric Hymns, Archaic Greece, Kykeon
17 Feb 2017
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Followed by chief honors of the god (perhaps the god"s origin story) Then it may or may not be followed by a myth. Initial preface (call upon god, tell who you"re going to sing about) Some of the longer hymns will eventually get into a very long tale about the god (true of hermes, apollo, etc. ) Then the god is bid farewell and you promise to sing about them again in another hymn. The very long homeric hymns date from the greek archaic period. From same time period as iliad and odyssey and theogony. Work, and then hunter will not be your companion, Will favor you and fill your barn with her blessings. Hunger and the idling man are bosom friends. If you want your crops to do well, pray to demeter. Pray to zeus of the earth (zeus chthonios) and holy demeter. To make demeter"s holy grain ripen to fullness.
