Joseph A. L. Barber

DEMETER MOVES IN MYSTERIOUS WAYS? THE NARRATIVE MOTIVATION AND TRADITIONAL ARTISTRY OF THE HOMERIC HYMN TO DEMETER

Abstract This paper reasserts that the narrative of the Homeric Hymn to Demeter is logically coherent, contrary to the common belief among scholars who often claim that the actions of Demeter herself in Eleusis are unmotivated. I argue on the contrary that the narrative of the El...