Originally attributed to Homer because of their style and quality, the Hymns are now thought to have been written by of a number of different poets of the 7th and 6th centuries BC.
Dr Nicholas Richardson is a Fellow in English at Merton College, Oxford.
She is the author of The Myth of the Goddess (Arkana, 1991) & The Myth of the Moon (Weidenfeld & Nicholson, forthcoming.
Jules Cashford is a writer and lecturer on Mythology.
Originally attributed to Homer because of their style and quality, the Hymns are now thought to have been written by of a number of different poets of the 7th and 6th centuries BC