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Demeter and Persephone: Homeric Hymn Number Two

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Description:This is the story of the kidnapping of Persephone, daughter of Demeter, the goddess who turns the seasons, and bestows the life-giving fruits of the harvest upon mankind.In her grief and rage at the loss of her beloved child, Demeter "made that year / most shocking and frightening / for mortals / who lived on the nourishing earth. / The soil did not yield a single seed / Demeter kept them all / underground."This is a narrative poem of great power and beauty, and Penelope Proddow's translation does it full justice. Barbara Cooney visited Greece to do on-the-spot sketches for the pictures.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Demeter and Persephone: Homeric Hymn Number Two. To get started finding Demeter and Persephone: Homeric Hymn Number Two, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 32

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Doubleday & Company

Release: 1972

ISBN: 0385059663

Description: This is the story of the kidnapping of Persephone, daughter of Demeter, the goddess who turns the seasons, and bestows the life-giving fruits of the harvest upon mankind.In her grief and rage at the loss of her beloved child, Demeter "made that year / most shocking and frightening / for mortals / who lived on the nourishing earth. / The soil did not yield a single seed / Demeter kept them all / underground."This is a narrative poem of great power and beauty, and Penelope Proddow's translation does it full justice. Barbara Cooney visited Greece to do on-the-spot sketches for the pictures.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Demeter and Persephone: Homeric Hymn Number Two. To get started finding Demeter and Persephone: Homeric Hymn Number Two, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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