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When the Gods Were Born
The Levantini Podcast
English - January 24, 2021 00:00 - 48 minutes - 33.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsJudaism Religion & Spirituality Education Language Learning arabic hebrew near east linguistics archaeology middle east religion history archaeologist Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Carolina Lopez-Ruiz is a Professor at Ohio State University in the Classics Department and her research focuses on understanding Greek culture in its broader ancient Mediterranean context. She has authored a number of books on the Phoenician civilization and in this episode we discussed her book When The Gods Were Born - Greek Cosmogonies and the Near East, which examines the links between ancient Greek civilization and Northwest Semitic peoples and how the cultural exchange between the two influenced Greek origin myths. You can purchase a copy of When the Gods Were Born on Amazon.