The orientalizing revolution: Near Eastern influence on Greek culture in the early archaic age

Abstract

Preface Introduction 1. Who Are Public Workers: The Migrant Historical Background Oriental Products in Greece Writing and Literature in the Eighth Century The Problem of Loan-Words 2. A Seer or a Healer: Magic and Medicine Craftsmen of the Sacred: Mobility and Family Structure Hepatoscopy Foundation Deposits Purification Spirits of the Dead and Black Magic Substitute Sacrifice Asclepius and Asgelatas Ecstatic Divination Lamashtu, Lamia, and Gorgo 3. Or Also a Godly Singer: Akkadian and Early Greek Literature From Atrahasis to the Deception of Zeus Complaint in Heaven: Ishtar and Aphrodite The Overpopulated Earth Seven against Thebes Common Style and Stance in Oriental and Greek Epic Fables Magic and Cosmogony Conclusion Abbreviations Bibliography Notes Index of Greek Words General Index