03088nam 2200697 a 450 99621784490331620230721030206.00-19-955891-41-281-15386-997866111538610-19-156540-70-19-153577-X1-4356-2330-4(CKB)1000000000375221(EBL)729023(OCoLC)735627230(SSID)ssj0000087562(PQKBManifestationID)11119462(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000087562(PQKBWorkID)10069298(PQKB)10244728(SSID)ssj0001038370(PQKBManifestationID)12451322(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001038370(PQKBWorkID)11048199(PQKB)11006033(StDuBDS)EDZ0000073781(MiAaPQ)EBC729023(MiAaPQ)EBC7038482(Au-PeEL)EBL7038482(EXLCZ)99100000000037522120061204d2007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrIndo-European poetry and myth[electronic resource] /M.L. WestOxford Oxford University Press20071 online resource (540 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-171291-4 0-19-928075-4 Includes bibliographical references (p. [505]-510) and index.Contents; Abbreviations; Note on Translations Quoted; Introduction; 1. Poet and Poesy; 2. Phrase and Figure; 3. Gods and Goddesses; 4. Sky and Earth; 5. Sun and Daughter; 6. Storm and Stream; 7. Nymphs and Gnomes; 8. Hymns and Spells; 9. Cosmos and Canon; 10. Mortality and Fame; 11. King and Hero; 12. Arms and the Man; Elegy on an Indo-European Hero; Bibliography; IndexThe 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 by Near Easterntraditions, mainly non-Indo-European. His new book presents a foil to that work by identifying elements of more ancient, Indo-EurMythology, Indo-EuropeanPoetry, AncientHistory and criticismMythology, Indo-European, in literatureMythology, Indo-European.Poetry, AncientHistory and criticism.Mythology, Indo-European, in literature.201.308909West M. L(Martin Litchfield),1937-2015.153941MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK996217844903316Indo-European poetry and myth1380332UNISA