Ancient Greek Poetry and the Near East

Comparative study of ancient Greek and Near Eastern texts has become a standard subfield of classical philology. This timely handbook presents an up-to-date history of the field and sets out the important questions still to be answered. The author lays out the kinds of parallels that have been discovered for various Greek poetic genres: epic, theogonic, genealogical, and didactic narratives, Homeric hymns, lyric and iambic poetry, drama, Orphic poetry, and incantations. These data inform discus ...