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Babylon, Memphis, Persepolis : eastern contexts of Greek culture

by Walter Burkert

This study examines cultural exchanges between ancient Greece and the Near Eastern centres of Babylon, Egypt, and Persia. It explores how Greek writing, religion, and philosophy were shaped by these interactions from the Bronze Age through the first millennium BC.

Accession 3052 ISBN 9780674014893 Publisher Harvard University Press
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