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100	1		_aBachvarova, Mary R. _914219
245	1	0	_aFrom Hittite to Homer : _bthe Anatolian background of ancient Greek epic / _cMary R. Bachvarova.
260			_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2016.
300			_a649 p. : _bill. ; _c25 cm.
336			_2rdacontent
337			_2rdamedia
338			_2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.
505	0		_a1. Introduction -- 2. Hurro-Hittite narrative song at Hattusa -- 3. Gilgamesh at Hattusa -- 4. The Hurro-Hittite ritual context of Gilgamesh ath Hattusa -- 5. The plot of the Song of Release -- 6. The place of the Song of Release in its eastern Mediterranean -- 7. The function and prehistory of the Song of Release -- 8. Sargon the Great: from history to myth -- 9. Long-distance interactions: theory, practice, and myth -- 10. Festivals: a milieu for cultural contact -- 11. The context of epic in Late Bronze and Early Iron Age Greece -- 12. Cyprus as a source of Syro-Anatolian epic in the Early Iron Age -- 13. Cultural contact in Late Bronze Age western Anatolia -- 14. Continuity of memory at Troy and in Anatolia -- 15. The history of the Homeric tradition -- 16. The layers of Anatolian influence in the Iliad.
520			_a"This book provides a groundbreaking reassessment of the prehistory of Homeric epic. It argues that in the Early Iron Age bilingual poets transmitted to the Greeks a set of narrative traditions closely related to the one found at Bronze Age Hattusa, the Hittite capital. Key drivers for Near Eastern influence on the developing Homeric tradition were the shared practices of supralocal festivals and venerating divinized ancestors, and a shared interest in creating narratives about a legendary past using a few specific storylines: theogonies, genealogies connecting local polities, long-distance travel, destruction of a famous city because it refuses to release captives, and trying to overcome death when confronted with the loss of a dear companion. Professor Bachvarova concludes by providing a fresh explanation of the origins and significance of the Greco-Anatolian legend of Troy, thereby offering a new solution to the long-debated question of the historicity of the Trojan War."-- Publisher's description.
600		0	_aHomer _tIliad _91471
630	0	0	_aGilgamesh _914220
650		0	_91476 _aEpic poetry, Greek _xHistory and criticism
650		0	_aHittites _xReligion _914221
650		0	_aHittite literature _xHistory and criticism _914222
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