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The east face of Helicon :

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0198150423 (hardbound)

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0198152213

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9780198150428 (hardbound)

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9780198152217

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b534267

Title Proper

The east face of Helicon :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

west Asiatic elements in Greek poetry and myth /

First Statement of Responsibility

M.L. West

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

New York :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Clarendon Press,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

1997

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

xxvi, 662 pages ;

Dimensions

24 cm

Series Title

Clarendon paperbacks

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [631]-636) and indexes

Text of Note

Abbreviations -- Note on the transcription of oriental languages -- Note on chronologies -- 1. Aegean and Orient -- 2. Ancient Literatures of Western Asia -- 3. Of Heaven and Earth -- 4. Ars Poetica -- 5. A Form of Words -- 6. Hesiod -- 7. The Iliad -- 8. The Odyssey -- 9. Myths and Legends of Heroes -- 10. The Lyric Poets -- 11. Aeschylus -- 12. The Question of Transmission -- Bibliography -- Indexes

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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 become increasingly aware of links connecting early Greek poetry with the literatures of Mesopotamia, Anatolia, Canaan, and Israel. Martin Wests'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 Near Eastern literature than Latinists can ignore Greek."--Jacket

Title

East face of Helicon.

Comparative literature-- Greek and Middle Eastern

Comparative literature-- Middle Eastern and Greek

Greek poetry-- History and criticism

Greek poetry-- Oriental influences

Mythology, Greek

Mythology, Middle Eastern

Greece, Civilization, Middle Eastern influences

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Edition

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West, M. L., (Martin Litchfield),1937-2015

Date of Transaction

20160712064117.0

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[Book]

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