Despite the somewhat crowded field, the new translation by Sarah Ruden will clearly fill a niche for a convenient and inexpensive translation of the Homeric Hymns into English verse. There are also several introductory textbooks on Greek mythology that offer prose translations of the longer, more commonly-assigned hymns. In 2003, the Loeb Classical Library brought out a new text and translation by Martin L. 1987) and Thelma Sargent (1970), both of which are now out of print. There have also been translations into English verse by Charles Boer (1970 2nd ed. Athanassakis has been available for over thirty years (and now has a 2004 second edition). The literal translation and commentary by Apostolos N. But it has been many years now since there was no serviceable and convenient translation into English. For decades, the only easily-available translation in English was the lumbering 1914 translation by Hugh Evelyn-White in the Loeb Classical Library. The Homeric Hymns have finally become compulsory reading for most undergraduate students taking courses on Greek mythology.
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