When the gods were born Greek cosmogonies and the Near East

Ancient Greece has for too long been studied in isolation from its Near Eastern neighbors. And the Ancient Near East itself has for too long been seen as an undifferentiated cultural monolith. Classics and Near Eastern studies, in our modern universities, continue to be separated by various discipli...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: López-Ruiz, Carolina (-)
Format: Book
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge (Massachusetts) ; London : Harvard University Press 2010.
Subjects:
See on Universidad de Navarra:https://unika.unav.edu/discovery/fulldisplay?docid=alma991008532389708016&context=L&vid=34UNAV_INST:VU1&search_scope=34UNAV_TODO&tab=34UNAV_TODO&lang=es
Table of Contents:
  • Greeks and Phoenicians
  • Hesiod's Theogony in context
  • Greek and Near Eastern succession myths
  • Orphic and Phoenician cosmogonies
  • Cosmogonies, poets, and cultural exchange
  • Appendix: The sacred tree and sacred stone from the Levant to Greece.