The Homeric Hymn to Demeter: Translation, Commentary, and Interpretive Essays

CONTENTS\nLIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS\nPREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS\nPART 1.THE TEXT AND TRANSLATION, COMMENTARY, AND BACKGROUND\nTEXT AND TRANSLATION OF THE HOMERIC HYMN TO DEMETER\nCOMMENTARY ON THE HOMERIC HYMN TO DEMETER\nBACKGROUND: THE ELEUSINIAN MYSTERIES AND WOMEN\'S RITES FOR DEMETER\nPART 2. INTERPRETIVE ESSAY ON THE HOMERIC HYMN TO DEMETER\nINTRODUCTION\nINTERPRETING THE HYMN TO DEMETER\nTHE \"THEOLOGY\" OF THE MYSTERIES\nVARIANTS OF THE MYTH AND THE IMPORTANCE OF THE VERSION IN THE HYMN TO DEMETER\nFEMALE EXPERIENCE IN THE HYMN TO DEMETER\nMARRIAGE\nGENDER CONFLICT AND THE COSMOLOGICAL TRADITION\nTHE MOTHER/DAUGHTER ROMANCE\nTHE PSYCHOLOGY OF THE MYSTERIES\nTHE HYMN TO DEMETER AND THE POLIS\nCHRISTIANITY AND THE HYMN TO DEMETER\nTHE INFLUENCE OF THE HYMN TO DEMETER AND ITS MYTH\nAPPENDIX\nThe Hymn to Demeter as a Panhellenic Poem\nPART 3. FURTHER INTERPRETATION: CONTRIBUTED ARTICLES\nWITHDRAWAL AND RETURN: AN EPIC STORY PATTERN IN THE HOMERIC HYMN TO DEMETER AND IN THE HOMERIC POEMS\nSOME FUNCTIONS OF THE DEMOPHOON EPISODE IN THE HOMERIC HYMN TO DEMETER\nCONCERNING THE HOMERIC HYMN TO DEMETER\nPOLITICS AND POMEGRANATES REVISITED\nPOLITICS AND POMEGRANATES: AN INTERPRETATION OF THE HOMERIC HYMN TO DEMETER\nFAMILY STRUCTURE AND FEMININE PERSONALITY\nBIBLIOGRAPHY\nBIBLIOGRAPHICAL ADDENDUM\nINDEX LOCORUM\nGENERAL INDEX