![]() ![]() Hesiod, Homeric Hymns, Epic Cycle, Homerica. A few of the shorter poems are clearly Hellenistic, and the Hymn to Ares was probably composed in Roman times. ![]() The majority of the collection, including the longer hymns, dates from the C7th - C6th B.C. ![]() However they are now regarded as a largely anonymous collection of works. Greek writers assigned several authors including Homer, Pamphos ( Hymn to Demeter), and Cynaethus of Chios ( Hymn to Apollo). The dating and authorship of the Hymns is complex. The largest four are complete epic narrative poems in themselves. The shortest of these are brief invocations which served as preludes to longer festival recitations of epic. They range in length from 3 to 500 lines. THE HOMERIC HYMNS are a collection of thirty-three Greek poems composed in the old Epic style. ![]()
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