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The Orientalizing RevolutionNear Eastern Influence on Greek Culture in the Early Archaic AgeWalter Burkert
 
The splendid culture of the ancient Greeks has often been described as emerging like a miraclefrom a genius of its own, owing practically nothing to its neighbors.
Walter Burkert
offers adecisive argument against that distorted view, pointing toward a balanced picture of the archaicperiod "in which, under the influence of the Semitic East--from writers, craftsmen, merchants,healers--Greek culture began its unique flowering, soon to assume cultural hegemony in theMediterranean.“Brilliant...[
Burkert
] is consistently thorough and challenging...Without denying the roleof innate talent, he shows that much of the Greek miracle grew from an openness toinfluences from other cultures...[His] careful scholarship...has constructed the bridge thathe set out to build.”—Carol G. Thomas,
 American Historical Review 
“An elegant and academically influential work...
The Orientalizing Revolution
can beenthusiastically recommended.”—Simon Hornblower,
Times Literary Supplement 
“
Burkert
’s
The Orientalizing Revolution
remains an outstanding, or rather 
the
outstanding, contribution to the question of `Near Eastern influence on Greek culture inthe Early Archaic Age.”—
Greece and Rome
“This thought provoking work is an updated translation of 
Burkert
’s
Die orientlisierendeEpoche in der griechischen Religion und Literature
, 1984...It is refreshing to see aclassical scholar follow in the footsteps of eminent Near Eastern scholars such as CyrusGordon and Michael Astour who have long argued for interconnections in the ancientMediterranean world.”—Mark W. Chavalas,
Near East Archaeological Society Bulletin
Contents;
PrefaceIntroduction
1.
"Who Are Public Workers" 
: The Migrant Craftsmen
Historical BackgroundOriental Products in Greece
 
Writing and Literature in the Eighth CenturyThe Problem of Loan-Words
2.
"A Seer or a Healer" 
: Magic and Medicine
"Craftsmen of the Sacred" 
: Mobility and Family StructureHepatoscopyFoundation DepositsPurificationSpirits of the Dead and Black MagicSubstitute SacrificeAsclepius and AsgelatasEcstatic DivinationLamashtu, Lamia, and Gorgo
3.
"Or Also a Godly Singer" 
: Akkadian and Early Greek Literature
From Atrahasis to the
"Deception of Zeus" 
Complaint in Heaven: Ishtar and AphroditeThe Overpopulated EarthSeven against ThebesCommon Style and Stance in Oriental and Greek EpicFablesMagic and CosmogonyConclusionAbbreviations
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