Review of “Ancestor of the West: Writing, reasoning and religion in Mesopotamia, Elam, and Greece” by Jean Bottéro, Clarisse Herrenschmidt & Jean-Pierre Vernant

Mary R. Bachvarova

doi:10.1075/wll.4.2.08bac

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Review of “Ancestor of the West: Writing, reasoning and religion in Mesopotamia, Elam, and Greece” by Jean Bottéro, Clarisse Herrenschmidt & Jean-Pierre Vernant
Author(s): Mary R. Bachvarova
Source: Written Language & Literacy, Volume 4, Issue 2, Jan 2001, p. 223 - 227
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1075/wll.4.2.08bac

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