The gods rich in praise : early Greek and Mesopotamian religious poetry /

Main Author: Metcalf, Christopher, 1986-
Format: Book
Language:English
Ancient Greek
Akkadian
Hittite
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2015.
Series:Oxford classical monographs
Subjects:
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300 |a xiv, 288 p. ;  |c 22 cm. 
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505 0 |a Sumerian hymns of the Old Babylonian Period -- Akkadian hymns of the Old Babylonian Period -- The Hittite evidence in the light of Old Babylonian sources -- Introductory remarks on the early Greek and Mesopotamian sources -- Hymnic openings -- A case of negative predication -- Variations on the names of the goddess -- Sumerian and Hittite notes on Iliad 1.62-4. 
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