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Erik van Dongen

Researcher who examined Kumarbi–Hesiod connections in a 2010 doctoral thesis at University College London.

University College London portico, 25 March 2015. Institutional context for Erik van Dongen’s 2010 thesis; a later photograph, not a portrait or identification of his office
University College London portico, 25 March 2015. Institutional context for Erik van Dongen’s 2010 thesis; a later photograph, not a portrait or identification of his officeRaya Sharbain / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · CC BY-SALicense · Image source

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Erik van Dongen authored a doctoral thesis completed at University College London in 2010 on the Kingship in Heaven theme from KumarbiKumarbiHurrian divine figure in Hittite CTH 344; challenges Anu and carries the storm god after swallowing his seed.Glossary · Click to read the explanation to KronosKronosGreek divine figure and Zeus’s father; Hesiod connects his reign with struggles between divine generations.Glossary · Click to read the explanation through AnatoliaAnatoliaAnatolia is the region occupying the Asian part of present-day TurkeyGlossary · Click to read the explanation. [1]

He studies texts and contacts between Anatolia and the Aegean, proposing transmission through Neo-Hittite traditions and PhrygiaPhrygiaHistorical inland Anatolian region with an Iron Age kingdom; Gordion was a major center.Glossary · Click to read the explanation. This route is a scholarly model whose limits of direct evidence are discussed in the thesis. [1]

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  1. UCL Discovery — E.W.M. van Dongen, doctoral thesis (2010) Thesis metadata and abstract; proposed route discussed in the research. Return to the text ↑

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