The Politics of Beginnings: Hesiod and the Assyrian Ideological Appropriation of Enuma Eliš
This article proposes a new way to understand Near Eastern literary and mythological parallels in Hesiod’s Theogony by focusing on the meaning of these parallels for a contemporary Greek audience. In particular, a case study analyzing a parallel shared by the Theogony and Enuma eliš is pursued here...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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De Gruyter
[2020]
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Archiv für Religionsgeschichte
Year: 2020, Volume: 21/22, Issue: 1, Pages: 343-368 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Hesiodus, Theogonia
/ Enūma elīś
/ Assyria
/ History 912 BC-627 BC
/ Ideology
/ Greece (Antiquity)
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| RelBib Classification: | BC Ancient Orient; religion BE Greco-Roman religions NBC Doctrine of God |
| Further subjects: | B
Religionswissenschaften
B Theologie und Religion B Altertumswissenschaften B Antike Religionsgeschichte B Klassische Altertumswissenschaften |
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