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

Zusatztext An impressive and substantial volume ... The book is very readable and OT scholars can learn much from it Informationen zum Autor Martin West FBA was formerly Professor of Greek, University of London (1974-91) Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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

Product details

• Authors: West, M. L. West, M.L. WEST, the Late M. L. (Senior Research Fellow West
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.02.1999
• EAN: 9780198152217
• ISBN: 978-0-19-815221-7
• No. of pages: 688
• Series: Clarendon Paperbacks
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Classical linguistics / literary studies; Israel, LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, Mesopotamia, Ancient Greece, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, HISTORY / World, HISTORY / Ancient / Greece, LITERARY CRITICISM / Middle Eastern, General & world history, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Ancient History, General and world history, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Ancient (Classical) Greek, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Literary studies: poetry and poets