The Homeric Hymns (Dunquin Series)

This is one of the most remarkable translations of an ancient Greek text ever made. Scrupulously faithful to every line of Homer's text, its language nonetheless sings & moves, evoking the mythic imagination of ancient Greece in a manner rarely captured before. By avoiding the conventions of academic style which afflict so many classical translators, Charles Boer's verse delivers for us the world of Homer's Gods & Goddesses as a fresh & stunning experience. Since 1972, this version of the Homeric Hymns - nominated for a National Book Award - has been acclaimed by the critics & public alike and has widely established itself as a classroom text. "Thanks to Charles Boer's scrupulous & loving respect for Greek religious experience & his own superb verse, we can see again a landscape that was always there, but which had unaccountably & inexcusably vanished from view..."--William Arrowsmith.Homer is the author of 'The Homeric Hymns (Dunquin Series)', published 1996 under ISBN 9780882142104 and ISBN 0882142100.