When the Gods Were Born - Greek Cosmogonies and the Near East

Informationen zum Autor Carolina López-Ruiz is Professor of the History of Religions, Comparative Mythology, and the Ancient Mediterranean World at the University of Chicago Divinity School and the Department of Classics. She is the author of When the Gods Were Born and Phoenicians and the Making of the Mediterranean . Her work focuses on cross-cultural interactions in the ancient Mediterranean world. Klappentext Aiming to bring the study of Greek and Near Eastern cosmogonies to a new level! this book analyzes themes such as succession myths! expressions of poetic inspiration! and claims to cosmic knowledge! as well as the role of itinerant specialists in the transmission of theogonies. Zusammenfassung Aiming to bring the study of Greek and Near Eastern cosmogonies to a new level! this book analyzes themes such as succession myths! expressions of poetic inspiration! and claims to cosmic knowledge! as well as the role of itinerant specialists in the transmission of theogonies.

Product details

• Authors: Carolina Lopez Ruiz, Carolina Lopez-Ruiz, Carolina López-Ruiz
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.06.2010
• EAN: 9780674049468
• ISBN: 978-0-674-04946-8
• No. of pages: 320
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Folklore & Mythology, Ancient Greece, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, LITERARY CRITICISM / Middle Eastern, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Customs & Traditions, Middle East, Ancient religions and Mythologies