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The Gods Rich in Praise - Early Greek and Mesopotamian Religious Poetry (Hardcover)
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The Gods Rich in Praise - Early Greek and Mesopotamian Religious Poetry (Hardcover)
Series: Oxford Classical Monographs
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Many scholars today believe that early Greek literature, as
represented by the great poems of Homer and Hesiod, was to some
extent inspired by texts from the neighbouring civilizations of the
ancient Near East, especially Mesopotamia. It is true that, in the
case of religious poetry, early Greek poets sang about their gods
in ways that resemble those of Sumerian or Akkadian hymns from
Mesopotamia, but does this mean that the latter influenced the
former, and if so, how? This volume is the first to attempt an
answer to these questions by undertaking a detailed study of the
ancient texts in their original languages, from Sumerian poetry in
the 20th century BC to Greek sources from the times of Homer,
Hesiod, Pindar, and Aeschylus. The Gods Rich in Praise presents the
core groups of sources from the ancient Near East, describing the
main features of style and content of Sumerian and Akkadian
religious poetry, and showing how certain compositions were
translated and adapted beyond Mesopotamia. It proceeds by comparing
selected elements of form and content: hymnic openings, negative
predication, the birth of Aphrodite in the Theogony of Hesiod, and
the origins and development of a phrase in Hittite prayers and the
Iliad of Homer. The volume concludes that, in terms of form and
style, early Greek religious poetry was probably not indebted to
ancient Near Eastern models, but also argues that such influence
may nevertheless be perceived in certain closely defined instances,
particularly where supplementary evidence from other ancient
sources is available, and where the extant sources permit a
reconstruction of the process of translation and adaptation.
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