The gods rich in praise

By Christopher Metcalf

Subjects: Religious poetry, Foreign influences, Greek poetry, 15.51 Antiquity, Greek Religious poetry

Description: This title contributes to the current academic debate on the relationship between early Greek poetry and the ancient Near East, especially Mesopotamia. It is the first extensive study to be based on a detailed analysis of the ancient texts, consisting in this case of a selection of religious poems mainly in Sumerian, Akkadian, Hittite, and Greek.