Gods and Mortals in Early Greek and Near Eastern Mythology

ISBN-13: 9781108727174 / Miękka / 2023 / 353 str.

Opis

Explores the interaction between Greece and the Ancient Near East through stories about the gods and their relationships with humankind.

Recenzje

'The volume is a welcome contribution to our understanding of the relationship between the ancient Near East and Greece. It provides fascinating, often compelling perspectives that significantly refine approaches to these difficult questions. Perhaps most importantly, it will offer encouragement and a surer methodological footing to those wishing to explore an area of study that has remained relatively marginal, but is of defining importance for the field of classical studies as its exclusive focus on Greece and Rome (and its relationship with 'Western' culture) comes under ever closer scrutiny.' Alexandre Johnston, The Classical Review

Spis treści

Introduction Adrian Kelly and Christopher Metcalf; Part I. Contexts: 1. 'Let Those Important Primeval Deities Listen': The Social Setting of the Hurro-Hittite Song of Emergence Amir Gilan; 2. Siting the Gods: Narrative, Cult, and Hybrid Communities in the Iron Age Mediterranean Carolina López-Ruiz; 3. Politics, Cult, and Scholarship: Aspects of the Transmission History of Marduk and Tiʾamat's Battle Frances Reynolds; 4. The Scholar and the Poet: Standard Babylonian Gilgameš VI vs. Iliad 5 Mark Weeden; Part II. Influence: 5. Playing with Traditions: Deliberate Allusions to Near Eastern Myth in Hesiod's Story of the Five Human Races André Lardinois; 6. Etana in Greece Bruno Currie; 7. The World of Gods and Men: Animal and Plant Disputation Poems and Fables in Babylonia, Persia, and Greece Yoram Cohen; 8. Tales of Kings and Cup-bearers in History and Myth Christopher Metcalf; 9. There Were Nephilim Ruth Scodel; 10. Mythical Time in Mesopotamia Andrew George; Part III. Difference: 11. Borrowing, Dialogue and Rejection: Intertextual Interfaces in the Late Bronze Age Ian Rutherford; 12. Divine Labour Johannes Haubold; 13. Comparison: Relevance and Significance of Linguistic Features Sylvie Vanséveren; 14. Fate and Authority in Mesopotamian Literature and the Iliad Angus Bowie; 15. Fashioning Pandora: Ancient Near Eastern Creation Scenes and Hesiod Bernardo Ballesteros Petrella; 16. Sexing and Gendering the Succession Myth in Ancient Greece and the Near East Adrian Kelly.