Cover -- Half-title page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 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 -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary
Argues that Greek thinkers engaged with linguistic concepts developed by Mesopotamian scribes in a process leading to new discoveries
