The East Face of Helicon: West Asiatic Elements in Greek Poetry and Myth - Brossura

West, The Late M. L.

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0198152213 ISBN 13: 9780198152217

Casa editrice: Clarendon Press, 1999

Riassunto

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.

Su questo libro

Recensione:

An impressive and substantial volume ... The book is very readable and OT scholars can learn much from it (Journal for the Study of the Old Testament)

L'autore:

The late Martin West FBA was formerly Professor of Greek, University of London (1974-91).

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Clarendon Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0198152213
• ISBN 13: 9780198152217
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 688