The Orientalizing Revolution: Near Eastern Influence on Greek Culture in the Early Archaic Age Rita Goldner ISBN10: 1849352119

ISBN10: 1849352119

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ISBN13: 9781470171490

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The Orientalizing Revolution: Near Eastern Influence on Greek Culture in the Early Archaic Age Rita Goldner ISBN10: 1849352119The 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