Abbreviations Note on the transcription of oriental languages Note on chronologies 1: Aegean and Orient 2: Ancient Literatures of Western Asia 3: Of Heaven and Earth 4: Ars Poetica 5: A Form of Words 6: Hesiod 7: The Iliad 8: The Odyssey 9: Myths and Legends of Heroes 10: The Lyric Poets 11: Aeschylus 12: The Question of Transmission Bibliography Indexes
#2,500 as part of the Runciman Award, funded by the Onassis Foundation and adminsitered by the Anglo-Hellenic League.
Martin West FBA was formerly Professor of Greek, University of London (1974-91)
`immensely learned ... the evidence amassed by West discloses a
truly extraordinary command of Near Eastern as well as Classical
languages, linguistics, history, art history, and archaeology ... I
would single out ... chapter 2 which is to my knowledge the most
comprehensive detailed, up-to-date survey of Near Eastern
literature currently available in English ... he has performed an
extremely valuable service in making the specialist scholarship
of
Mesopotamian and other Eastern literatures more readily accessible
than has previously been the case.'
Charles C.Chiasson, Southern Humanities Review, 34:2, Spring
2000
`No short review can do justice to the treasures of this admirable
book ... The data extant in many ancient languages are cited by
West chiefly in English. His superb, unique scholarship can be read
with ease and profit even by undergraduates.'
Saul Levin, Religious Studies Review
`Shows in brilliant detail that there are parallels at the level of
ritual, custom, belief ... down to even the minute phraseology of
poetic language.'
Peter Jones, The Spectator
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