When the Gods Were Born

Greek Cosmogonies and the Near East

Carolina López-Ruiz

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$50.00 • £40.95 • €45.00

ISBN 9780674049468

Publication Date: 06/15/2010

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320 pages

6-1/8 x 9-1/4 inches

4 tables

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“With admirable erudition, López-Ruiz brings to life intimacies and exchanges between the ancient Greeks and their Northwest Semitic neighbors, portraying the ancient Mediterranean as a fluid, dynamic contact zone. She shows networks of circulation, creative uses of traditional material by peoples in motion, and radically transforms our understanding of ancient cosmogonies.”—Page duBois, author of Out of Athens: The New Ancient Greeks

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