The gods rich in praise

This title contributes to the current academic debate on the relationship between early Greek poetry and the ancient Near East, especially Mesopotamia. It is the first extensive study to be based on a detailed analysis of the ancient texts, consisting in this case of a selection of religious poems mainly in Sumerian, Akkadian, Hittite, and Greek.

Akkadian · Ancient Greek · Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Diction · Hittite language · Hymn · Literature · Mesopotamia · Middle East · Period (music) · Poetry · Praise · Scholarship · Style (visual arts) · Sumerian · Ancient Near East History · Classics · Historical and Linguistic Studies · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies · History · Linguistics and language evolution · 15.51 Antiquity · Foreign influences · Greek poetry · Greek Religious poetry · Religious poetry