• Martin Litchfield West, OM FBA (23 September 1937 – 13 July 2015) was a British philologist and classical scholar. In recognition of his contribution to...
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  • the extent of this influence is widely debated. The classicist Martin Litchfield West states, "contact with oriental cosmology and theology helped to...
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    Martin Litchfield West, The Orphic Poems, 1983. Martin Litchfield West, Early Greek philosophy and the Orient, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1971. Martin Litchfield...
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  • West (actor) (1937–2019), American actor Martin Litchfield West (1937–2015), classical scholar Martin West (writer), Canadian writer This disambiguation...
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    literature]. Martin Fitzgerald (2000). Orson Welles: The Pocket Essential Guide. Summersdale Publishers LTD - ROW. ISBN 9781848396807. Martin Litchfield West (1984)...
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    note series is alternatively described by Egert Pöhlmann [de] and Martin Litchfield West as corresponding "to a segment from the Ionian scale". R. P. Winnington-Ingram...
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    ascribed to Homer. These influences are detailed by Martin Litchfield West in The East Face of Helicon: West Asiatic Elements in Greek Poetry and Myth. According...
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    the extent of this influence is widely debated. The classicist Martin Litchfield West states, "contact with oriental cosmology and theology helped to...
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  • Pherecydes took Ophion and the Ophionidae from the Phoenicians. Ophites Martin Litchfield West, "Three Presocratic Cosmologies." In: The Classical Quarterly. 13(2)...
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    sort of reminder of the prophetess of olden times. The scholar Martin Litchfield West writes that the Pythia shows many traits of shamanistic practices...
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    attested form is Aḯdēs (Ἀΐδης), which lacks the proposed digamma. Martin Litchfield West argues instead for an original meaning of "the one who presides...
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  • {{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) Martin Litchfield West, Ancient Greek music, Oxford University Press, 199 ἀποληκέω, Henry...
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    of the dismemberment and cannibalism of Dionysus by the Titans. Martin Litchfield West also asserts this in relation to shamanistic initiatory rites of...
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    invoked in particular in studies of comparative mythology such as Martin Litchfield West (1999) and Calvert Watkins (2001). One controversial hypothesis...
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  • the Orphic Dionysus, the son of Zeus and Persephone. According to Martin Litchfield West, the "most plausible etymology" derives "Zagreus" from zagre, which...
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    apparat, histoire critique d'une tradition imprimée (Brussels). Martin Litchfield West "Epic Cycle" in Oxford Classical Dictionary 3rd. ed. Oxford; Oxford...
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    Europa. Martin Litchfield West states that "phonologically, the match between Europa's name and any form of the Semitic word is very poor". M. L. West (1997)...
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    do not mention hoplite battle tactics, inhumation, or literacy. Martin Litchfield West has argued that the Iliad echoes the poetry of Hesiod, and that...
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    evolving until as late as the middle of the second century BC. Martin Litchfield West has argued that the Iliad echoes the poetry of Hesiod, and that...
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    Nereus, as a patronymic, has also been suggested. According to Martin Litchfield West (1966), Nereus is much less important than his daughters, mentioning...
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    Schuster has argued that the division came from the Pinakes. Scholar Martin Litchfield West claims that while the existing fragments do not give much of an...
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  • Retrieved 2 January 2015. Studies in Greek elegy and iambus By Martin Litchfield West Page 22 ISBN 3-11-004585-0 "Poetry 101: What Is a Shakespearean...
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    is the male equivalent of nymphomania. According to classicist Martin Litchfield West, satyrs and silenoi in Greek mythology are similar to a number of...
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    revolution, an impoverished and embittered exile dreaming of revenge. — Martin Litchfield West One forms a clear impression of his personality, sometimes high-spirited...
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  • 2nd ed."]. ELOT (Athens), 2001. (in Greek). Ancient Greek music, Martin Litchfield West, 1994, p. 267. The MuseScore Handbook: Lyrics - elision SC2/WG2...
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    west', which is at the origin of Arabic maghreb and Hebrew ma'arav. Martin Litchfield West stated that "phonologically, the match between Europa's name and...
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    Robert, Peter Brown, E. R. Dodds, Timothy Barnes, E. J. Bickerman, Martin Litchfield West, Walter Burkert, and his long-standing New College colleague W....
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  • etymologies Lists of etymologies List of river name etymologies Martin Litchfield West states that "phonologically, the match between Europa's name and...
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    coherent Aesop legend appears, and Samos seems to be its home. — Martin Litchfield West The earliest Greek sources, including Aristotle, indicate that Aesop...
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    conventional sexual themes in Greek elegy. However, as noted by Martin Litchfield West, Mimnermus could have been a pederast and yet still have composed...
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