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West Asiatic Elements in Greek Poetry and Myth
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Ever since Neolithic times Greek lands lay open to cultural imports from western Asia: agriculture, metal-working, writing, religious institutions, artistic fashions, musical instruments, and much more. Over the last sixty years scholars have increasingly become aware of links connecting early Greek poetry with the literatures of Mesopotamia, Anatolia, Canaan, and Israel. Martin West's new book far surpasses previous studies in comprehensiveness, demonstrating these links with massive and detailed documentation and showing that 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. He believes that an age has dawned in which Hellenists will no more be able to ignore the Near Eastern literature than Latinists can ignore Greek.

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The late Martin West FBA was formerly Professor of Greek, University of London (1974-91).
Release date NZ
February 18th, 1999
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  • Professional & Vocational
Illustrations
1 map, 3 tables
Pages
688
Dimensions
156x233x36
ISBN-13
9780198152217
Product ID
2245630

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