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Babylon, Memphis, Persepolis : eastern contexts of Greek culture / 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.

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