Daidalos and the Origins of Greek ArtIn a major revisionary approach to ancient Greek culture, Sarah Morris invokes as a paradigm the myths surrounding Daidalos to describe the profound influence of the Near East on Greece's artistic and literary origins. |
Contents
Daidala in Archaic Poetry and Ritual 800 | 36 |
Daidala in Classical and European Literature | 60 |
From Ugarit to the Aegean | 73 |
Greece and Its Oriental Culture | 101 |
Daidalos in Crete | 150 |
Greeks and Phoenicians in the West | 195 |
Magic and Sculpture | 215 |
The Daedalic Style | 238 |
From the Throne of Xerxes to | 257 |
History into Art | 271 |
History into Myth | 318 |
The Origins of Orientalism | 362 |
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