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Index
Cover Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication Page
Contents
List of Illustrations
Preface and Acknowledgments
Part 1. The Text and Translation, Commentary, and Background
Text and Translation of the Homeric Hymn to Demeter
Commentary on the Homeric Hymn to Demeter
Background: The Eleusinian Mysteries and Women’s Rites for Demeter
Part 2. Interpretive Essay on the Homeric Hymn to Demeter
Interpreting the Hymn to Demeter
The “Theology” of the Mysteries
Variants of the Myth and the Importance of the Version in the Hymn to Demeter
Female Experience in the Hymn to Demeter
Marriage
Gender Conflict and the Cosmological Tradition
The Mother/Daughter Romance
The Psychology of the Mysteries
The Hymn to Demeter and the Polis
Christianity and the Hymn to Demeter
The Influence of the Hymn to Demeter and Its Myth
Appendix
Eleusis and Athens
The Hymn to Demeter as a Panhellenic Poem
Part 3. Further Interpretation: Contributed Articles
Withdrawal and Return: An Epic Story Pattern in the Homeric Hymn to Demeter and in the Homeric Poems
Some Functions of the DemophoÖn Episode in the Homeric Hymn to Demeter
Concerning the Homeric Hymn to Demeter
Politics and Pomegranates: An Interpretation of the Homeric Hymn to Demeter
Family Structure and Feminine Personality
Bibliography
Bibliographical Addendum
Index Locorum
General Index
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