Divine assemblies in early Greek and Babylonian epic / Bernardo Ballesteros.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ballesteros, Bernardo, author.

Series:

Oxford classical monographs.

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford classical monographs

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Epic poetry, Greek--History and criticism.

Epic poetry, Greek.

Epic poetry, Assyro-Babylonian--History and criticism.

Epic poetry, Assyro-Babylonian.

Mythology, Greek, in literature.

Mythology, Assyro-Babylonian in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (484 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2024]

Summary:

In early Greek and Near Eastern myth and religion, the gods govern the cosmos. In narrative poetry, they are frequently portrayed through scenes of divine assembly. Did Homer and early Greek poets inherit this feature from their more ancient neighbours? And what can comparison tell us besides? This book is the first to chart divine assembly scenes in ancient Babylonian and early Greek epic. It asks why similarities between the two corpora exist, and exploits those similarities to enhance understanding of Mesopotamian and early Greek literature and religion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource and publisher information; title from PDF title page (viewed on October 9, 2024).

ISBN:

9780198924623

0198924623

9780198924609

0198924607

OCLC:

1459877923