Download or read book Callimachus: Hymn to Demeter written by Callimachus and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1984-10-25 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Callimachus was one of the most influential writers in the ancient world and had a profound effect on the subsequent course of Greek and Roman literature. Dr Hopkinson here thoroughly analyses Callimachus' Sixth Hymn, The Hymn to Demeter providing the first full edition and commentary on the work in English.