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Homeric Hymns

Ὕμνοι Ὁμηρικοί

Known · Probablein Alexandria?Conjecturedvery likely class

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I · The entry, in his form

In the table of Epic and hexameter poetry

Conjecturedvery likely class

Anonymous (attributed to Homer in antiquity)

Homeric Hymns

Ὕμνοι Ὁμηρικοί

Opening words not preserved.

Length: not counted

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II · Does it survive? Where to read it

Survives whole

The Hymn to Demeter survives in a single manuscript found in Moscow in 1777.

Was it in Alexandria?

Known · Probable

Probably held in the Library.

In the cupboard: no source names the Alexandrian copy, but its scholars' use of it makes one very likely.

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IV · Sources and the living entry

Ancient references (2)
  • Homeric Hymn to Demeter (Eleusis)
  • Homeric Hymn to Hermes (the lyre and the cattle)
Modern scholarship
  • west2003hymns

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