When the gods were born : Greek cosmogonies and the Near East /
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| Author / Creator: | López-Ruiz, Carolina. |
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| Imprint: | Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2010. |
| Description: | xii, 302 p. ; 25 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8106030 |
Table of Contents:
- List of Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Framing the Question
- Greece and the Near East: A Discipline and Its Discontents
- Competing Models
- 1. Greeks and Phoenicians
- Who are the Phoenicians?
- The Phoenicians in Greek sources
- The Phoenician Legacy
- Ex Oriente Lux?
- Rethinking the "Orientalizing" Paradigm
- 2. Hesiod's Theogony in Context
- Why the Muses?
- The Enigma of "the Tree and the Stone" in Hesiod and the Levant
- Hesiod's Truth
- 3. Greek and Near Eastern Succession Myths
- Introduction
- The Near Eastern and Hesiodic Succession Myths
- From Ugarit to Hesiod and Philon of Byblos
- Final Thoughts on Hesiod's Succession Myth
- 4. Orphic and Phoenician Theogonies
- Introduction to the Orphic Sources
- Classification of the Orphic Cosmogonies
- Oriental Motifs in the Derveni Papyrus
- Kronos and Chronos: The Deposed Father Survives
- Final Thoughts on the Near Eastern Motifs in the Orphic Cosmogonies
- 5. Cosmogonies, Poets, and Cultural Exchange
- Singing about the Gods in a Changing World
- Cosmogonic Poets as Cultural Mediators
- Final Thoughts on Cosmogonies and Cultural Interaction
- Appendix: The Sacred Tree and Sacred Stone from the Levant to Greece
- Abbreviations
- Notes
- References
- Index of Passages Cited
- General Index
