{"product_id":"the-orientalizing-revolution-9780674643642","title":"The Orientalizing Revolution","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAncient Greek culture is often described as a miracle, owing little to its neighbors. Walter Burkert argues against a distorted view, toward a more balanced picture. “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.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBrilliant...[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 *\u003cbr\u003eAn elegant and academically influential work...\u003ci\u003eThe Orientalizing Revolution\u003c\/i\u003e can be enthusiastically recommended. -- Simon Hornblower * Times Literary Supplement *\u003cbr\u003eBurkert's \u003ci\u003eThe Orientalizing Revolution\u003c\/i\u003e remains an outstanding, or rather \u003ci\u003ethe\u003c\/i\u003e outstanding, contribution to the question of `Near Eastern influence on Greek culture in the Early Archaic Age. * Greece and Rome *\u003cbr\u003eThis thought provoking work is an updated translation of Burkert's \u003ci\u003eDie orientlisierende Epoche in der griechischen Religion und Literature\u003c\/i\u003e, 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 *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface   Introduction    1. \"Who Are Public Workers\": The Migrant Craftsmen   Historical Background   Oriental Products in Greece   Writing and Literature in the Eighth Century    The Problem of Loan-Words    2. \"A Seer or a Healer\": Magic and Medicine   \"Craftsmen of the Sacred\": Mobility and Family Structure   Hepatoscopy   Foundation Deposits   Purification   Spirits of the Dead and Black Magic   Substitute Sacrifice   Asclepius and Asgelatas   Ecstatic Divination   Lamashtu, Lamia, and Gorgo    3. \"Or Also a Godly Singer\": Akkadian and Early Greek Literature   From Atrahasis to the \"Deception of Zeus\"   Complaint in Heaven: Ishtar and Aphrodite   The Overpopulated Earth   Seven against Thebes   Common Style and Stance in Oriental and Greek Epic   Fables   Magic and Cosmogony    Conclusion   Abbreviations   Bibliography   Notes   Index of Greek Words   General Index","brand":"Harvard University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51585784774999,"sku":"9780674643642","price":28.76,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780674643642.jpg?v=1756489219","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-orientalizing-revolution-9780674643642","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}