Persephone and Hecate on archaic Greek poetry

• Grant number: 13/25189-9
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: February 01, 2014
• End date: December 31, 2014
• Field of knowledge: Linguistics, Literature and Arts - Literature - Classical Languages
• Principal Investigator: Giuliana Ragusa de Faria
• Grantee: Thais Rocha Carvalho
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

This research, through the translation of some verses of the Theogony and the complete Homeric Hymm to Demeter, will search for the representations of the goddesses Hecate and Persephone on the archaic hexametric greek poetry.