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Classics/Foreign Lit, 02/16, period 2
"Today, we will discuss the Homeric Hymns. These are a collection of ancient Greek hymns, "Homeric" in the sense that they employ the same dactylic hexameter as the Iliad and Odyssey and are written in the same dialect. They have been attributed to Homer himself since antiquity.
The oldest of them were written in the 7th century BCE, the days of Hesiod; somewhat later than the date ordinarily ascribed to the first transcriptions of Homer. This does make the oldest of the Homeric hymns among the oldest monuments of Greek literature. Though most of the Homeric hymns were composed in the Archaic period of the 7th and 6th centuries, a few may be Hellenistic, and "To Ares" might be a late pagan work, inserted when it was observed that a hymn to Ares was lacking.
They vary widely in length, some being as brief as three or four lines, while others are in excess of five hundred lines. The long ones comprise an invocation, praise, and narrative, sometimes quite extended. In the briefest ones, the narrative element is lacking. Most surviving Byzantine manuscripts begin with the third Hymn. A chance discovery of a single 15th century manuscript in Moscow, 1777, recovered the two hymns that open the collection, the fragmentary "To Dionysus" and "To Demeter."
The thirty-three hymns praise most of the major gods of Greek mythology; the shorter ones may have served as preludes to the recitation of epic verse at festivals by professional rhapsodes. A thirty-fourth, "To Hosts," is not a hymn, but a reminder that hospitality is a sacred duty enjoined by the gods.
Gods who have Homeric hymns dedicated to them include: Aphrodite, Apollo, Ares, Asclepius, Artemis, Athena, Cybele, Dionysus, Demeter, The Dioscuri -- Castor and Polydeuces, Gaia, Helios, Hera, Heracles, Hermes, Hephaestus, Hestia, Pan, Poseidon, Pythian Apollo, Selene and Zeus."
"For Monday, I would like for you to translate and read the Homeric hymns."
*****
Dream smiles at Nadia as he begins his lecture.
"Argentine literature is placed among the most important in Spanish language, with world-famous writers such as José Hernández, Jorge Luis Borges, Manuel Puig, Julio Cortázar and Ernesto Sábato. As well as other aspects of the Argentine culture, literature in Argentina has always been subject to heavy European influence, especially from Spain and France.
We can say Argentine literature begins about the year 1550, with Matías Rojas de Oquendo and Pedro González de Prado (from Santiago del Estero, the first important urban settlement in Argentina), who wrote both prose and poetry. They were partly inspired, undoubtedly, in the unwritten aboriginal poetry, according to Carlos Abregú Vyrreira by the lules, juríes, diaguitas and tonocotés. A symbiosis emerged slowly between the aboriginal and Spanish traditions, creating a distinct literature, which was geographically limited (well into the 18th century) to the Argentine north and the central region, with the province of Córdoba as its center. Two names stand out from this period: Gaspar Juárez Baviano and Antonia de la Paz and Figueroa, called "Beata Antula". Within poetry, Luis de Tejeda, disciple of Góngora and Saint John of the Cross, is considered to be the first Argentine poet.
Gradually, with the economic prosperity of the port, the cultural axis moved eastward. The letters of the colonial age (Viceroyalty-neoclassicism, baroque and epic) grew under the protection of the independentist fervor: Vicente López y Planes, Pantaleón Rivarola and Esteban de Luca. The sketches of the gaucho literature appeared: Bartolomé Hidalgo, Hilario Ascasubi and Estanislao del Campo, a native genre that would reach its maximum expression with Martín Fierro, by José Hernández, representative of the national feeling and character."
Dream continues his lecture.
After he is done leading both classes, he makes a special announcement:
"On Tuesday, we will have a special guest, Professor Chaucer. He will be lecturing both classes on the works of Dante Aligheri. It would serve you well to use this long weekend to become at least noddingly familiar with the works of Dante."
The oldest of them were written in the 7th century BCE, the days of Hesiod; somewhat later than the date ordinarily ascribed to the first transcriptions of Homer. This does make the oldest of the Homeric hymns among the oldest monuments of Greek literature. Though most of the Homeric hymns were composed in the Archaic period of the 7th and 6th centuries, a few may be Hellenistic, and "To Ares" might be a late pagan work, inserted when it was observed that a hymn to Ares was lacking.
They vary widely in length, some being as brief as three or four lines, while others are in excess of five hundred lines. The long ones comprise an invocation, praise, and narrative, sometimes quite extended. In the briefest ones, the narrative element is lacking. Most surviving Byzantine manuscripts begin with the third Hymn. A chance discovery of a single 15th century manuscript in Moscow, 1777, recovered the two hymns that open the collection, the fragmentary "To Dionysus" and "To Demeter."
The thirty-three hymns praise most of the major gods of Greek mythology; the shorter ones may have served as preludes to the recitation of epic verse at festivals by professional rhapsodes. A thirty-fourth, "To Hosts," is not a hymn, but a reminder that hospitality is a sacred duty enjoined by the gods.
Gods who have Homeric hymns dedicated to them include: Aphrodite, Apollo, Ares, Asclepius, Artemis, Athena, Cybele, Dionysus, Demeter, The Dioscuri -- Castor and Polydeuces, Gaia, Helios, Hera, Heracles, Hermes, Hephaestus, Hestia, Pan, Poseidon, Pythian Apollo, Selene and Zeus."
"For Monday, I would like for you to translate and read the Homeric hymns."
*****
Dream smiles at Nadia as he begins his lecture.
"Argentine literature is placed among the most important in Spanish language, with world-famous writers such as José Hernández, Jorge Luis Borges, Manuel Puig, Julio Cortázar and Ernesto Sábato. As well as other aspects of the Argentine culture, literature in Argentina has always been subject to heavy European influence, especially from Spain and France.
We can say Argentine literature begins about the year 1550, with Matías Rojas de Oquendo and Pedro González de Prado (from Santiago del Estero, the first important urban settlement in Argentina), who wrote both prose and poetry. They were partly inspired, undoubtedly, in the unwritten aboriginal poetry, according to Carlos Abregú Vyrreira by the lules, juríes, diaguitas and tonocotés. A symbiosis emerged slowly between the aboriginal and Spanish traditions, creating a distinct literature, which was geographically limited (well into the 18th century) to the Argentine north and the central region, with the province of Córdoba as its center. Two names stand out from this period: Gaspar Juárez Baviano and Antonia de la Paz and Figueroa, called "Beata Antula". Within poetry, Luis de Tejeda, disciple of Góngora and Saint John of the Cross, is considered to be the first Argentine poet.
Gradually, with the economic prosperity of the port, the cultural axis moved eastward. The letters of the colonial age (Viceroyalty-neoclassicism, baroque and epic) grew under the protection of the independentist fervor: Vicente López y Planes, Pantaleón Rivarola and Esteban de Luca. The sketches of the gaucho literature appeared: Bartolomé Hidalgo, Hilario Ascasubi and Estanislao del Campo, a native genre that would reach its maximum expression with Martín Fierro, by José Hernández, representative of the national feeling and character."
Dream continues his lecture.
After he is done leading both classes, he makes a special announcement:
"On Tuesday, we will have a special guest, Professor Chaucer. He will be lecturing both classes on the works of Dante Aligheri. It would serve you well to use this long weekend to become at least noddingly familiar with the works of Dante."
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which would totally be specified if there was COMPLETE canon on this, but no.Re: Classics, 02/16
She also listened in on the Foreign Lit lecture, and then decided she should probably not ask Professor Chaucer questions about psychotic, power-hungry aliens who take over Satanic imagery in order to maintain their hold on agrarian populations.