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Orientalizing Revolution Near Eastern Influence on Greek Culture in the Early Archaic Age

Burkert, Walter
Heftet / 1998 / Engelsk

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ISBN
9780674643642
Publisert
1998-08-11
Utgiver
Harvard University Press
Vekt
272 gr
Høyde
210 mm
Bredde
140 mm
Aldersnivå
UU, UP, P, 05, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
238

Forfatter
Burkert, Walter
Oversetter
Pinder Margaret E.

Biografisk notat

Walter Burkert was Professor Emeritus of Classics, University of Zurich.

Orientalizing Revolution Near Eastern Influence on Greek Culture in the Early Archaic Age

Burkert, Walter
Heftet / 1998 / Engelsk
Burkert, Walter
Heftet / 1998 / Engelsk
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Brilliant...[Burkert] is consistently thorough and challenging...Without denying the role of innate talent, he shows that much of the Greek miracle grew from an openness to influences from other cultures...[His] careful scholarship...has constructed the bridge that he set out to build.

- Carol G. Thomas, American Historical Review

An elegant and academically influential work...<i>The Orientalizing Revolution</i> can be enthusiastically recommended.

- Simon Hornblower, Times Literary Supplement

Burkert's <i>The Orientalizing Revolution</i> remains an outstanding, or rather <i>the</i> outstanding, contribution to the question of `Near Eastern influence on Greek culture in the Early Archaic Age.

Greece and Rome

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This thought provoking work is an updated translation of Burkert's <i>Die orientlisierende Epoche in der griechischen Religion und Literature</i>, 1984...It is refreshing to see a classical scholar follow in the footsteps of eminent Near Eastern scholars such as Cyrus Gordon and Michael Astour who have long argued for interconnections in the ancient Mediterranean world.

- Mark W. Chavalas, Near East Archaeological Society Bulletin

The splendid culture of the ancient Greeks has often been described as emerging like a miracle from a genius of its own, owing practically nothing to its neighbors. Walter Burkert offers a decisive argument against that distorted view, pointing toward a balanced picture of the archaic period “in which, under the influence of the Semitic East—from writers, craftsmen, merchants, healers—Greek culture began its unique flowering, soon to assume cultural hegemony in the Mediterranean.”
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Ancient Greek culture is often described as a miracle, owing little to its neighbors. Walter Burkert argues against a distorted view, toward a more balanced picture. “Under the influence of the Semitic East—from writers, craftsmen, merchants, healers—Greek culture began its unique flowering, soon to assume cultural hegemony in the Mediterranean.”
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Preface Introduction 1. "Who Are Public Workers": The Migrant Craftsmen Historical Background Oriental Products in Greece Writing and Literature in the Eighth Century The Problem of Loan-Words 2. "A Seer or a Healer": Magic and Medicine "Craftsmen of the Sacred": Mobility and Family Structure Hepatoscopy Foundation Deposits Purification Spirits of the Dead and Black Magic Substitute Sacrifice Asclepius and Asgelatas Ecstatic Divination Lamashtu, Lamia, and Gorgo 3. "Or Also a Godly Singer": Akkadian and Early Greek Literature From Atrahasis to the "Deception of Zeus" Complaint in Heaven: Ishtar and Aphrodite The Overpopulated Earth Seven against Thebes Common Style and Stance in Oriental and Greek Epic Fables Magic and Cosmogony Conclusion Abbreviations Bibliography Notes Index of Greek Words General Index
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Brilliant...[Burkert] is consistently thorough and challenging...Without denying the role of innate talent, he shows that much of the Greek miracle grew from an openness to influences from other cultures...[His] careful scholarship...has constructed the bridge that he set out to build.

- Carol G. Thomas, American Historical Review

An elegant and academically influential work...<i>The Orientalizing Revolution</i> can be enthusiastically recommended.

- Simon Hornblower, Times Literary Supplement

Burkert's <i>The Orientalizing Revolution</i> remains an outstanding, or rather <i>the</i> outstanding, contribution to the question of `Near Eastern influence on Greek culture in the Early Archaic Age.

Greece and Rome

Se alle

This thought provoking work is an updated translation of Burkert's <i>Die orientlisierende Epoche in der griechischen Religion und Literature</i>, 1984...It is refreshing to see a classical scholar follow in the footsteps of eminent Near Eastern scholars such as Cyrus Gordon and Michael Astour who have long argued for interconnections in the ancient Mediterranean world.

- Mark W. Chavalas, Near East Archaeological Society Bulletin

The splendid culture of the ancient Greeks has often been described as emerging like a miracle from a genius of its own, owing practically nothing to its neighbors. Walter Burkert offers a decisive argument against that distorted view, pointing toward a balanced picture of the archaic period “in which, under the influence of the Semitic East—from writers, craftsmen, merchants, healers—Greek culture began its unique flowering, soon to assume cultural hegemony in the Mediterranean.”
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Ancient Greek culture is often described as a miracle, owing little to its neighbors. Walter Burkert argues against a distorted view, toward a more balanced picture. “Under the influence of the Semitic East—from writers, craftsmen, merchants, healers—Greek culture began its unique flowering, soon to assume cultural hegemony in the Mediterranean.”
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Preface Introduction 1. "Who Are Public Workers": The Migrant Craftsmen Historical Background Oriental Products in Greece Writing and Literature in the Eighth Century The Problem of Loan-Words 2. "A Seer or a Healer": Magic and Medicine "Craftsmen of the Sacred": Mobility and Family Structure Hepatoscopy Foundation Deposits Purification Spirits of the Dead and Black Magic Substitute Sacrifice Asclepius and Asgelatas Ecstatic Divination Lamashtu, Lamia, and Gorgo 3. "Or Also a Godly Singer": Akkadian and Early Greek Literature From Atrahasis to the "Deception of Zeus" Complaint in Heaven: Ishtar and Aphrodite The Overpopulated Earth Seven against Thebes Common Style and Stance in Oriental and Greek Epic Fables Magic and Cosmogony Conclusion Abbreviations Bibliography Notes Index of Greek Words General Index
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780674643642
Publisert
1998-08-11
Utgiver
Harvard University Press
Vekt
272 gr
Høyde
210 mm
Bredde
140 mm
Aldersnivå
UU, UP, P, 05, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
238

Forfatter
Burkert, Walter
Oversetter
Pinder Margaret E.

Biografisk notat

Walter Burkert was Professor Emeritus of Classics, University of Zurich.

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