The Orientalizing Revolution: Near Eastern Influence on Greek Culture in the Early Archaic Age
by Walter Burkert
2021-05-26 01:47:03
The Orientalizing Revolution: Near Eastern Influence on Greek Culture in the Early Archaic Age
by Walter Burkert
2021-05-26 01:47:03
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 towar...
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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.
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