Vol. 32 No. 3 (2006): XXXII - 2006, fascicolo 3
Articoli

Unhelpful Helpers: Folk-Tale Vestigies in the <em>Homeric Hymns</em>

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  • M. Davies
DOI: https://doi.org/10.14601/prometheus-13054

Published 2013-07-04

Keywords

  • Homeric hymns,
  • meeting Hermes & Apollo
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Abstract

In the Homeric hymn to Hermes, the god (lines 87 ff.) and Apollo (184 ff.) meet the same old man, who helps both of them, though in an ambiguous and evasive way: this is in keeping with a traditional model of popular tales, several times attested in literature.
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