Martin Litchfield West, OM FBA (23 September 1937 – 13 July 2015) was a British philologist and classical scholar. In recognition of his contribution to...

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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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...

Pherecydes took Ophion and the Ophionidae from the Phoenicians. Ophites Martin Litchfield West, "Three Presocratic Cosmologies." In: The Classical Quarterly. 13(2)...

Martin Litchfield West, The Orphic Poems, 1983. Martin Litchfield West, Early Greek philosophy and the Orient, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1971. Martin Litchfield...

literature]. Martin Fitzgerald (2000). Orson Welles: The Pocket Essential Guide. Summersdale Publishers LTD – ROW. ISBN 9781848396807. Martin Litchfield West (1984)...

sort of reminder of the prophetess of olden times. The scholar Martin Litchfield West writes that the Pythia shows many traits of shamanistic practices...

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...

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...

of the dismemberment and cannibalism of Dionysus by the Titans. Martin Litchfield West also asserts this in relation to shamanistic initiatory rites of...

do not mention hoplite battle tactics, inhumation, or literacy. Martin Litchfield West has argued that the Iliad echoes the poetry of Hesiod and that it...

invoked in particular in studies of comparative mythology such as Martin Litchfield West (1999) and Calvert Watkins (2001). One controversial hypothesis...

(e.g., Miriam Robbins Dexter, Lotte Motz. David Adams Leeming, Martin Litchfield West) note that these deities were invoked with the epithet "mate" 'mother'...

{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) Martin Litchfield West, Ancient Greek music, Oxford University Press, 199 ἀποληκέω, Henry...

apparat, histoire critique d'une tradition imprimée (Brussels). Martin Litchfield West "Epic Cycle" in Oxford Classical Dictionary 3rd. ed. Oxford; Oxford...

the extent of this influence is widely debated. The classicist Martin Litchfield West states, "contact with oriental cosmology and theology helped to...

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)...

attested form is Aḯdēs (Ἀΐδης), which lacks the proposed digamma. Martin Litchfield West argues instead for an original meaning of "the one who presides...

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...

etymologies Lists of etymologies List of river name etymologies Martin Litchfield West states that "phonologically, the match between Europa's name and...

is the male equivalent of nymphomania. According to classicist Martin Litchfield West, satyrs and silenoi in Greek mythology are similar to a number of...

revolution, an impoverished and embittered exile dreaming of revenge. — Martin Litchfield West One forms a clear impression of his personality, sometimes high-spirited...

as original simply because of its degree of difficulty". Also, Martin Litchfield West cautions: "When we choose the 'more difficult reading'... we must...

fragments, but not in the later versions of the epic. The Classicist Martin Litchfield West suggested that the encounter between Gilgamesh and the alewife in...

the Orphic Dionysus, the son of Zeus and Persephone. According to Martin Litchfield West, the "most plausible etymology" derives "Zagreus" from zagre, which...

Nereus, as a patronymic, has also been suggested. According to Martin Litchfield West (1966), Nereus is much less important than his daughters, mentioning...

Nereus, as a patronymic, has also been suggested. According to Martin Litchfield West (1966), Nereus is much less important than his daughters, mentioning...

Litchfield is a city in Montgomery County, Illinois, United States. The population was 6,605 at the 2020 census. It is located in South Central Illinois...

classical reception. His doctoral students included the Hellenist Martin Litchfield West. He was knighted on his retirement in 1989, and died in 2009 in...