The East Face of Helicon: West Asiatic Elements in Greek Poetry and Myth (Clarendon Pap...
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Book details
- Author
- M. L. West
- Publisher
- OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
- Format
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- Category
- Ancient & Classical
- Condition
- New
- ISBN-13
- 9780198152217
- ISBN-10
- 0198152213
- Vendor: Mia Karts
The East Face of Helicon: West Asiatic Elements in Greek Poetry and Myth (Clarendon Paperbacks)
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ISBN: 0198152213
Author: West, M. L.
Condition: New
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.
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