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3 unusual facts about Walter Burkert


Amykles

There have been finds of sub-Mycenaean votive figures and of votive figures from the Geometric period, but with a gap in continuity between them: "it is clear that a radical reinterpretation has taken place" Walter Burkert has observed, instancing many examples of this break in cult during the "Greek Dark Ages", including Amyklai (1985, p 49).

Hermes

"That a monument of this kind could be transformed into an Olympian god is astounding," Walter Burkert remarked.

Pharmakos

Walter Burkert and René Girard have written influential modern interpretations of the pharmakos rite.


Hestia

The similarity of names between Hestia and Vesta is, however, misleading: "The relationship hestia-histie-Vesta cannot be explained in terms of Indo-European linguistics; borrowings from a third language must also be involved," scholar Walter Burkert has written.


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