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Homeric Hymns

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... that all existing copies of the ancient Homeric Hymns can be traced back to a single manuscript?

Source: Richardson, Nicholas (2010). Three Homeric Hymns to Apollo, Hermes, and Aphrodite. Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 33. doi:10.1017/CBO9780511840296. ISBN 9780521451581.

ALT1: ... that the ancient Homeric Hymns influenced the works of James Joyce, Alfred Hitchcock and Neil Gaiman? Source: Fletcher, Judith (2019). Myths of the Underworld in Contemporary Culture: The Backward Gaze. Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 117–119. doi:10.1093/oso/9780198767091.001.0001. ISBN 9780191821288. (Gaiman); Fraser, Jennifer (1999). "Intertextual Turnarounds: Joyce's Use of the Homeric 'Hymn to Hermes'". James Joyce Quarterly. 36 (3): 541–557. JSTOR 25474056. (Joyce); Padilla, Mark William (2018). Classical Myth in Alfred Hitchcock's Wrong Man and Grace Kelly Films. Lanham: Lexington Books. p. 229. ISBN 9781498563512. (Hitchcock)
ALT2: ... that two of the Homeric Hymns were lost until 1777, when Christian Frederick Matthaei discovered a manuscript of them in a barn outside Moscow? Source: West, Martin (1970). "The Eighth Homeric Hymn and Proclus". The Classical Quarterly. 20 (2): 43. doi:10.1017/S0009838800036260. JSTOR 637428.; Barnett, Suzanne L. (2018). Romantic Paganism: The Politics of Ecstasy in the Shelley Circle. Cham: Springer. pp. 97–98. ISBN 9783319547237.
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Improved to Good Article status by UndercoverClassicist (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 22 past nominations.

UndercoverClassicist ^T·C 06:50, 20 May 2024 (UTC).

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: A fascinating article! All ready to go. All of the hooks are cited and interesting - I would suggest either ALT1 or ALT2 for most main page interest. Mystery Merrivale (talk) 07:00, 29 May 2024 (UTC)