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pp.225.”The culture of the ancient Greeks has often been described as emerging like a miracle from a genius of its own, owing practically nothing to its neighbours. Walter Burkert offers a decisive argument against that view, pointing toward a more balanced picture of the archaic period “in which, 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”.”
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| ISBN | 067464364X | |
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| ISBN13 | 9780674643642 | |
| Number of pages | 225 | |
| Original Title | The Orientalizing Revolution: Near Eastern Influence on Greek Culture in the Early Archaic Age (Revealing Antiquity) | |
| Published Date | 1998 | |
| Book Condition | very good | |
| Jacket Condition | no dj | |
| Binding | paperback | |
| Size | 8vo | |
| Place of Publication | Cambridge | |
| Category: | Ancient History | |
| Author: | Walter Burkert | |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press |
pp.225.”The culture of the ancient Greeks has often been described as emerging like a miracle from a genius of its own, owing practically nothing to its neighbours. Walter Burkert offers a decisive argument against that view, pointing toward a more balanced picture of the archaic period “in which, 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”.”
| Weight | 1 kg |
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