The Homeric Hymns A New Prose Translation; and Essays, Literary and Mythological

Transcribed from the 1899 George Allen edition by David Price, email ccx074@coventry.ac.uk THE HOMERIC HYMNS A NEW PROSE TRANSLATION AND ESSAYS, LITERARY AND MYTHOLOGICAL, by Andrew Lang [Bust of Athene. Forming a vase; found at Athens now in the British Museum. (Fifth Century B.C.): langi.jpg] DEDICATION To Henry Butcher A Little Token of A Long Friendship PREFACE To translate the Hymns usually called "Homeric" had long been my wish, and, at the Publisher's suggestion, I undertook the work. Though not in partnership, on this occasion, with my friend, Mr. Henry Butcher (Professor of Greek in the University of Edinburgh), I have been fortunate in receiving his kind assistance in correcting th…

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