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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:
Religious poetry, Greek
Religious poetry, Greek > Foreign influences
Religious poetry, Greek > History and criticism
Religious literature, Assyro-Babylonian > History and criticism
Table of Contents:
  • 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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