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The Orientalizing Revolution: Near Eastern Influence on Greek Culture in the Early Archaic Age (Revealing Antiquity)
Walter Burkert
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paperback. The culture of the ancient Greeks has often been seen as owing practically nothing to its neighbours. This work argues against this view, and, focusing on the period between 750 and 650 BC, demonstrates that Eastern models significantly affected Greek literature and religion. Translator(s): Burkert, Walter; Pinder, Margaret E. Series: Revealing Antiquity. Num Pages: 238 pages, 5 halftones, 3 line illustration, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA; HDDK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 212 x 144 x 13. Weight in Grams: 288. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
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.”
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.”
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Condition
Used, Like New
Series
Revealing Antiquity
Number of Pages
238
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass, United States
ISBN
9780674643642
SKU
KSG0037032
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About Walter Burkert
Walter Burkert was Professor Emeritus of Classics, University of Zurich.
Reviews for The Orientalizing Revolution: Near Eastern Influence on Greek Culture in the Early Archaic Age (Revealing Antiquity)
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 ... Read more
Carol G. Thomas
American Historical Review
An elegant and academically influential work...The Orientalizing Revolution can be enthusiastically ... Read more