A. E. Stallings

Singing to the gods: a millennium’s span of ancient Greek hymns, gloriously portrayed

Much of the mythology concerning the Greek gods comes to us from hymns, presented here in new translations by Barry B. Powell, who wears his learning as lightly as seersucker

Orpheus surrounded by animals: Roman mosaic, 2nd century. Credit: Bridgeman Images
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  • Greek Poems to the Gods: Hymns from Homer to Proclus

    Barry B. Powell

    University of California Press, pp. 296, £21

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