title: Demeter and Persephone: Homeric Hymn Number Two.
author: Penelope Proddow
description: A book on a mythological tale adapted for children with lovely color illustrations.
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  # The Homeric Hymns
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### Andrew Lang
  
  
  This page formatted 2005 Munsey's.
  
  
  http://www.munseys.com
  
  PREFACE
  
  
  ESSAYS INTRODUCTORY
  
  
  THE SO-CALLED HOMERIC HYMNS
  
  
  THE HYMN TO APOLLO
  
  
  THE HYMN TO HERMES
  
  
  THE HYMN TO APHRODITE
  
  
  THE HYMN TO DEMETER
  
  
  HYMN TO DEMETER
  
  
  CONCLUSION
  
  
  
  
  
  HOMERIC HYMNS
  
  
    
  HYMN TO APOLLO
  
  
    
  THE FOUNDING OF DELPHI
  
  
    
  II. HERMES
  
  
    
  III. APHRODITE
  
  
    
  IV. HYMN TO DEMETER
  
  
    
  V. TO APHRODITE
  
  
    
  VI. TO DIONYSUS
  
  
    
  VII. TO ARES
  
  
    
  VIII. TO ARTEMIS
  
  
    
  IX. TO APHRODITE
  
  
    
  X. TO ATHENE
  
  
    
  XI. TO HERA
  
  
    
  XII. TO DEMETER
  
  
    
  XIII. TO THE MOTHER OF THE GODS
  
  
    
  XIV. TO HERACLES THE LION-HEART
  
  
    
  XV. TO ASCLEPIUS
  
  
    
  XVI. TO THE DIOSCOURI
  
  
    
  XVII. TO HERMES
  
  
    
  XVIII. TO PAN
  
  
    
  XIX. TO HEPHAESTUS
  
  
    
  XX. TO APOLLO
  
  
    
  XXI. TO POSEIDON
  
  
    
  XXII. TO HIGHEST ZEUS
  
  
    
  XXIII. TO HESTIA
  
  
    
  XXIV. TO THE MUSES AND APOLLO
  
  
    
  XXV. TO DIONYSUS
  
  
    
  XXVI. TO ARTEMIS
  
  
    
  XXVII. TO