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

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

by M. L. West
The East Face of Helicon: West Asiatic Elements in Greek Poetry and Myth

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

by M. L. West

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780198152217
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication date: 04/15/1999
Series: Clarendon Paperbacks
Edition description: New Edition
Pages: 688
Product dimensions: 9.24(w) x 6.24(h) x 1.52(d)

About the Author

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

Table of Contents

AbbreviationsNote on the transcription of oriental languagesNote on chronologies1. Aegean and Orient2. Ancient Literatures of Western Asia3. Of Heaven and Earth4. Ars Poetica5. A Form of Words6. Hesiod7. The Iliad8. The Odyssey9. Myths and Legends of Heroes10. The Lyric Poets11. Aeschylus12. The Question of TransmissionBibliographyIndexes
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