The Orientalizing Revolution: Near Eastern Influence On Greek Culture

Burkert, Walter. The Orientalizing Revolution: Near Eastern Influence On Greek Culture in the Early Archaic Age. Cambridge, MA ; London: Harvard University Press, 1992.

The Orientalizing Revolution is a famous piece of literature by Walter Burkert. Walter Burkert was a very passionate and avid Greek Mythologist, his life’s work all danced around the same general concept, Greek Culture. For most of his career he taught at the university of Zürich as professor of Greek. Like several recent scholars of Greek religion, he grew up in a very different religious environment, as the son of a Lutheran minister in southern Germany his career choice left some slightly perplexed. To emphasize, his passion for Greek culture began as a young boy and in an instant became his whole life. He simply could not keep his hands off Greek literature, thus beginning his passionate journey into the Archaeological and Mythological world. The Orientalizing Revolution is a brilliant Historically accredited novel, based on the author Walter Burkerts’ personal beliefs on Greek culture and how it was influenced

With these new discoveries it creates the impression that Walter Burkert was correct in his findings. Our main focus on Burkerts’ work was The Orientalizing Revolution, which depicted his belief that Greek culture was a combination of other cultures. His primary focus was on the way of life and religion in old Greece. In addition he also looks at the procedure by which Greece came to be unnatural and immersed with the Near Eastern culture or way of life. The Orientalizing Revolution is currently one of the few original works in which sought to change the outlook on the origination of Greek