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

by M . L . West (Author)

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  Paperback
  1999

  $119.10

  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 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.