LEADER 03088nam 2200697 a 450 001 996217844903316 005 20230721030206.0 010 $a0-19-955891-4 010 $a1-281-15386-9 010 $a9786611153861 010 $a0-19-156540-7 010 $a0-19-153577-X 010 $a1-4356-2330-4 035 $a(CKB)1000000000375221 035 $a(EBL)729023 035 $a(OCoLC)735627230 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000087562 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11119462 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000087562 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10069298 035 $a(PQKB)10244728 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001038370 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12451322 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001038370 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11048199 035 $a(PQKB)11006033 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000073781 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC729023 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7038482 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL7038482 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000375221 100 $a20061204d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aIndo-European poetry and myth$b[electronic resource] /$fM.L. West 210 $aOxford $cOxford University Press$d2007 215 $a1 online resource (540 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-171291-4 311 $a0-19-928075-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [505]-510) and index. 327 $aContents; 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; Index 330 $aThe 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-Eur 606 $aMythology, Indo-European 606 $aPoetry, Ancient$xHistory and criticism 606 $aMythology, Indo-European, in literature 615 0$aMythology, Indo-European. 615 0$aPoetry, Ancient$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aMythology, Indo-European, in literature. 676 $a201.308909 700 $aWest$b M. L$g(Martin Litchfield),$f1937-2015.$0153941 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a996217844903316 996 $aIndo-European poetry and myth$91380332 997 $aUNISA