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Argos
On-line version ISSN 1853-6379
Abstract
ABRITTA, Alejandro. Contribuciones al problema de la unidad del Himno homérico a Apolo. Argos [online]. 2012, vol.35, n.1, pp.107-130. ISSN 1853-6379.
The problem of the unity of the Homeric hymn to Apollo has a long tradition in modern philology, since in 1782 Ruhnken posited that the text that we have is actually constituted of two distinct hymns. I intend, firstly, to systematize briefly the different arguments, both the current and the traditional ones, in favor and against this idea, with their correspondent counter-arguments, and then to link this debate to a wider approximation to ancient hymnody that, perhaps without adding new proofs for Ruhnken's tesis, might provide a new perspective for it, which, I hope, contributes to the problem.
Keywords : Homer; Homeric hymns; Apollo; Unity; Greek hymnody.