![]() ![]() xxxi, for example, after celebrating Helios, the poet declares he will next sing of the `race of mortal men, the demi-gods'. vi, xxxi, xxxii, are clearly preludes in the strict sense in No. ![]() Thucydides, in quoting the "Hymn to Apollo", calls it PROOIMION, which ordinarily means a `prelude' chanted by a rhapsode before recitation of a lay from Homer, and such hymns as Nos. Conceivable the collection was arranged in the Alexandrine period. Thucydides quotes the Delian "Hymn to Apollo", and it is possible that the Homeric corpus of his day also contained other of the more important hymns. Augustus) is the first to mention such a body of poetry, and it is likely enough that this is, at least substantially, the one which has come down to us. The date of the formation of the collection as such is unknown. It cannot be definitely assigned either to the Ionian or Continental schools, for while the romantic element is very strong, there is a distinct genealogical interest and in matters of diction and style the influences of both Hesiod and Homer are well-marked. The collection of thirty-three Hymns, ascribed to Homer, is the last considerable work of the Epic School, and seems, on the whole, to be later than the Cyclic poems. ![]()
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