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Kinyras: The Divine Lyre, written by Franklin J. C.

Kinyras: The Divine Lyre, written by Franklin J. C. 2015. Kinyras: The Divine Lyre. Hellenic Studies 70. Washington dc, Center for Hellenic Studies, 834 pp. $39.95 (hb). isbn 9780674088306.The main target of Franklin’s investigation is the link between the Greek cultural-hero Kinyras and the divine lyre Kinnaru known from Ugaritic sources. Myths and legends about the king and musician Kinyras were transmitted in different versions through Greek and later sources, but the divine Kinnaru is known only from a very few Ancient Near Eastern (ane) god-lists. Though their common etymology, derived from the musical instrument knr and known mainly from semitic sources, is generally accepted, the religious, cultural and semantic connections between them have never been investigated. Taking as his starting-point the questions “What is a Divine Lyre? And how could it beget a substantially metamusical Cypriot culture-hero?” (6) Franklin collects data from a large geographical area going back to the third millennium bc, referring even to the earliest finds of original lyres in southern Mesopotamia. Needless to say, his study integrates material from many disciplines, including Classical Studies, Biblical Studies, Assyriology, Sumerology, Ugaritistics, Hethitology and Near Eastern Archaeology. Though not expert in most of these fields, Franklin masters the challenges of such an undertaking in an exemplary http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Greek and Roman Musical Studies Brill

Kinyras: The Divine Lyre, written by Franklin J. C.

Greek and Roman Musical Studies , Volume 5 (2): 6 – Aug 10, 2017

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2015. Kinyras: The Divine Lyre. Hellenic Studies 70. Washington dc, Center for Hellenic Studies, 834 pp. $39.95 (hb). isbn 9780674088306.The main target of Franklin’s investigation is the link between the Greek cultural-hero Kinyras and the divine lyre Kinnaru known from Ugaritic sources. Myths and legends about the king and musician Kinyras were transmitted in different versions through Greek and later sources, but the divine Kinnaru is known only from a very few Ancient Near Eastern (ane) god-lists. Though their common etymology, derived from the musical instrument knr and known mainly from semitic sources, is generally accepted, the religious, cultural and semantic connections between them have never been investigated. Taking as his starting-point the questions “What is a Divine Lyre? And how could it beget a substantially metamusical Cypriot culture-hero?” (6) Franklin collects data from a large geographical area going back to the third millennium bc, referring even to the earliest finds of original lyres in southern Mesopotamia. Needless to say, his study integrates material from many disciplines, including Classical Studies, Biblical Studies, Assyriology, Sumerology, Ugaritistics, Hethitology and Near Eastern Archaeology. Though not expert in most of these fields, Franklin masters the challenges of such an undertaking in an exemplary

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