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Indo-European Poetry and Myth

The late M. L. West
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      The Indo-Europeans, speakers of the prehistoric parent language from which most European and some Asiatic languages are descended, most probably lived on the Eurasian steppes some five or six thousand years ago. Martin West investigates their traditional mythologies, religions, and poetries, and points to elements of common heritage. In The East Face of Helicon (1997), West showed the extent to which Homeric and other early Greek poetry was influenced byNear Eastern traditions, mainly non-Indo-European. His new book presents a foil to that work by identifying elements of more ancient, Indo-European heritage in the Greek material. Topics covered include the status of poets and poetry in Indo-European societies; metre, style, and diction; gods and othersupernatural beings, from Father Sky and Mother Earth to the Sun-god and his beautiful daughter, the Thunder-god and other elemental deities, and earthly orders such as Nymphs and Elves; the forms of hymns, prayers, and incantations; conceptions about the world, its origin, mankind, death, and fate; the ideology of fame and of immortalization through poetry; the typology of the king and the hero; the hero as warrior, and the conventions of battle narrative.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: The late M. L. West EAN: 9780199558919 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 770 g HEIGHT: 234 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Oxford University Press DATE PUBLISHED: 2008-11-13 CITY: GENRE: LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Ancient & Classical, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical WIDTH: 157 cm SPINE:

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      Indo-European languages, BCE period – Protohistory, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Literary studies: poetry and poets, Folklore studies / Study of myth (mythology), Social and cultural anthropology, Religion: general

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      The late M. L. West was Emeritus Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford.
      The Indo-Europeans, speakers of the prehistoric parent language from which most European and some Asiatic languages are descended, most probably lived on the Eurasian steppes some five or six thousand years ago. Martin West investigates their traditional mythologies, religions, and poetries, and points to elements of common heritage. In The East Face of Helicon (1997), West showed the extent to which Homeric and other early Greek poetry was influenced byNear Eastern traditions, mainly non-Indo-European. His new book presents a foil to that work by identifying elements of more ancient, Indo-European heritage in the Greek material. Topics covered include the status of poets and poetry in Indo-European societies; metre, style, and diction; gods and othersupernatural beings, from Father Sky and Mother Earth to the Sun-god and his beautiful daughter, the Thunder-god and other elemental deities, and earthly orders such as Nymphs and Elves; the forms of hymns, prayers, and incantations; conceptions about the world, its origin, mankind, death, and fate; the ideology of fame and of immortalization through poetry; the typology of the king and the hero; the hero as warrior, and the conventions of battle narrative.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: The late M. L. West EAN: 9780199558919 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 770 g HEIGHT: 234 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Oxford University Press DATE PUBLISHED: 2008-11-13 CITY: GENRE: LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Ancient & Classical, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical WIDTH: 157 cm SPINE:

      Book Themes:

      Indo-European languages, BCE period – Protohistory, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Literary studies: poetry and poets, Folklore studies / Study of myth (mythology), Social and cultural anthropology, Religion: general

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      The late M. L. West was Emeritus Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford.

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