The Orientalizing Revolution :Near Eastern Influence on Greek Culture in the Early Archaic Age - Revealing Antiquity
The Orientalizing Revolution :Near Eastern Influence on Greek Culture in the Early Archaic Age - Revealing Antiquity
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10 September, 1998
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| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9780674643642 |
| ISBN10 | 067464364X |
| Number Of Pages | 238 |
| Item Weight | 272 g |
| Publisher / Reseller | Harvard University Press |
| Format | paperback |
Media Reviews
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...The Orientalizing Revolution can be enthusiastically recommended. -- Simon Hornblower * Times Literary Supplement *
Burkert's The Orientalizing Revolution remains an outstanding, or rather the outstanding, contribution to the question of `Near Eastern influence on Greek culture in the Early Archaic Age. * Greece and Rome *
This thought provoking work is an updated translation of Burkert's Die orientlisierende Epoche in der griechischen Religion und Literature, 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 *
Author's Bio
Walter Burkert was Professor Emeritus of Classics, University of Zurich.