Divine Liars: Gods and Their Falsehoods in the Homeric Hymns.

This paper examines examples of lies performed by gods in the Homeric Hymn to Aphrodite and the Homeric Hymn to Hermes , and demonstrates how these false assertions illustrate each god's power and essential nature. This analysis uses speech act theory and theories of lying to demonstrate that not al...

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Published in:	Classical Philology Vol. 119; no. 1; pp. 111 - 123
Main Author:	Caliva, Kathryn
Format:	Article
Published:	University of Chicago Press 2023
Subjects:	God Homeric hymns Aphrodite (Greek deity) Speech act theory (Communication) Deception
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