The Orientalizing Revolution: Near Eastern Influence on Greek Culture in the Early Archaic Age

The splendid 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 neighbors. Walter Burkert offers a decisive argument against that distorted view, pointing toward a 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."

Author: Walter Burkert
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 08/11/1998
Pages: 238
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.62lbs
Size: 8.21h x 5.50w x 0.67d
ISBN: 9780674643642

About the Author
Burkert, Walter: - Walter Burkert was Professor Emeritus of Classics, University of Zurich.