Aspects of Myth in the Homeric Hymn to Hermes.
Aspects of Myth in the Homeric Hymn to Hermes.
Author(s): Magdalena JarczykSubject(s): Applied Linguistics, Studies of Literature
Published by: Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza
Keywords: Homeric Hymn to Hermes; myth; lyre; education; cattle raiding; ritual; sacrifice; food offering.
Summary/Abstract: The article explores the narrative recounted in the Homeric Hymn to Hermes for its aetiological and educationalcontent and message. In particular, it discusses the creation of the lyre, the role of music in paideia and aless explored view of the protagonist’s cattle raid as it relates to war, sports and the education of youth. Itthen explores the religious context and specific meaning of Hermes slaughtering two of the stolen cows bycontrasting his actions with those of Prometheus.
Journal: Symbolae Philologorum Posnaniensium Graecae et Latinae
- Issue Year: XXVII/2017
- Issue No: 3
- Page Range: 189-236
- Page Count: 48
- Language: English