Record Number: 7190

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Gruppe read us a translation of one of the Homeric Hymns - Aphrodite - which is really beautiful. It is a sort of Gegenstuck to "Der Gott und die Bayadere". He has struck out 150 lines which he believes to be interpolated and the connection of the poem appears perfect'.

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

18 Dec 1854

Country:

Germany

Time

evening: after dinner

Place:

city: Berlin

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

[Professor] Gruppe

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

professor

Religion:

unknown

Country of Origin:

Germany

Country of Experience:

Germany

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Homer

Title:

[hymn to Aphrodite]

Genre:

Classics, Poetry

Form of Text:

Manuscript: Unknown

Publication Details

trans by Gruppe

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

7190

Source:

Print

Author:

George Eliot

Editor:

Margaret / Judith Harris / Johnston

Title:

The Journals of George Eliot

Place of Publication:

Cambridge

Date of Publication:

1998

Vol:

n/a

Page:

39

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

George Eliot, Margaret / Judith Harris / Johnston (ed.), The Journals of George Eliot, (Cambridge, 1998), p. 39, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=7190, accessed: 09 May 2025

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Additional Comments:

None