The east face of Helicon : west Asiatic elements in Greek poetry and myth
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 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.
Criticism, interpretation, etc
1 online resource (xxvi, 662 pages)
680317481
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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