Politics of Olympus : Form And Meaning in the Major Homeric Hymns, Paperback by Clay, Jenny Strauss, ISBN 1853996920, ISBN-13 9781853996924, Brand New, Free shipping in the US Clay (classics, U. of Virginia) shows how the longer Hymns can be considered a separate genre of early hexameter poetry that complement the poetry of Hesiod and Homer. They narrate critical moments in the evolution of the Olympian order, she says, and thus fill the gap between the theogonies and epics. Distributed in the US by Associated University Presses. The first edition was published by Princeton University Press in 1989. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR ()