Cyrus Gordon compares Ugaritic texts from the excavations at Ugarit with evidence relating to Minoan Crete, proposing cultural and linguistic links between Greece, Ugarit and Israel around and after 1500 BCE. The book centres on annotated poetic translations of Ugaritic works, each introduced with contextual summaries. Through these texts, Gordon considers Ugaritic language and literature alongside Minoan and Mycenaean civilisation, Phoenician influence, and the broader cultural exchanges of the eastern Mediterranean.
Author: Gordon, Cyrus
Publisher: Norton
Publication year: 1967
Format: Paperback