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The Indo-Europeans, speakers of the prehistoric parent language from which most European and some Asiatic languages are descended, most probably lived on the Eurasian steppes some five or six thousand years ago. Martin West investigates their traditional mythologies, religions, and poetries, and points to elements of common heritage. In The East Face of Helicon (1997), West showed the extent to which Homeric and other early Greek poetry was influenced by Near Easterntraditions, mainly non-Indo-European. His new book presents a foil to that work by identifying elements of more ancient, Indo-Eur

Indo-European literature --- Mythology, Indo-European. --- Poetry, Ancient --- Mythology, Indo-European, in literature. --- Mythology, Indo-European --- Mythology, Indo-European, in literature --- Indo-European mythology --- Mythology, Aryan --- Ancient poetry --- History and criticism --- Poetry --- Comparative religion --- History and criticism.