The East Face of Helicon
West Asiatic Elements in Greek Poetry and Myth
Paperback
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ISBN-13:
9780198152217
Veröffentl:
1999
Einband:
Paperback
Erscheinungsdatum:
18.02.1999
Seiten:
692
Autor:
M. L. West
Gewicht:
1033 g
Format:
234x156x37 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Over the last sixty years scholars have increasingly become aware of links connecting early Greek poetry with the literatures of the ancient Near East. Martin West's new book far surpasses previous studies in comprehensiveness, demonstrating these links with massive and detailed documentation and showing they are much more fundamental and pervasive than has hitherto been acknowledged. His survey embraces Hesiod, the Homeric epics, the lyric poets, and Aeschylus, and concludes with an illuminating discussion of possible avenues of transmission between the orient and Greece.
From Neolithic times, Greek lands lay open to cultural imports from western Asia, including writing, religion and artistic fashions. This work explores the connections between Greek poetry and the literatures of Mesopotamia, Anatolia, Canaan and Israel, along with the avenues of transmission.
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