Die Griechen Und Der Vordere Orient: Beitrage Zum Kultur- Und Religionskontakt Zwischen Griechenland Und Dem Vorderen Orient Im 1. Jahrtausend V. Chr. [German]

by Markus Witte

Four annotated papers, from a workgroup, examine the evidence for cultural and religious contact between Greece and the Near East in the first millennium BC. Contributors draw on archaeological and documentary evidence to discuss: Ionian Greeks and Homer's treatment of Anatolia; the progress of the Hellenistic oracle, from Greece to Lydia and Persia; the depiction of the gods in Greek and Persian cult artworks (focusing on a statue of Artemis); relations...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: German
• ISBN: 352553048X
• ISBN13: 9783525530481
• Release Date: December 2003
• Publisher: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht
• Length: 134 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.3" x 9.2"