Jacobo Myerston

Language and Cosmos in Greece and Mesopotamia

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"A ground-breaking analysis of the origins of Western linguistic thought, exploring how ancient Greek and Mesopotamian thinkers saw the relationship between human symbols and the universe. By examining neglected primary sources, the book offers fresh reconstructions of how these thinkers conceived the interrelation of language and reality"--

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 228
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. April 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 417g
• ISBN-13: 9781009289924
• ISBN-10: 1009289926
• Artikelnr.: 66268158

Autorenporträt

JACOBO MYERSTON is an Assistant Professor of Classics and Comparative Literature at the University of California, San Diego.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Babylonian Theories of Language
2 Language and Cosmos in the Epic of Creation
3. Hesiod, Language, and the Names of Ishtar
4. Orpheus' Cosmic Names.