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

by West, M. L.

• ISBN13: 9780198152217
• ISBN10: 0198152213
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-04-15
• Publisher: Clarendon Press

Summary

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.

Author Biography

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

Table of Contents

Abbreviations

Note on the transcription of oriental languages

Note on chronologies

Aegean and Orient

Ancient Literatures of Western Asia

Of Heaven and Earth

Ars Poetica

A Form of Words

Hesiod

The Iliad

The Odyssey

Myths and Legends of Heroes

The Lyric Poets

Aeschylus

The Question of Transmission

Bibliography

Indexes

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