Myth and Society in Ancient Greece - Softcover

Vernant, Jean-Pierre

 
9780942299175: Myth and Society in Ancient Greece

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In this groundbreaking study, Jean Pierre-Vernant delineates a compelling new vision of ancient Greece. Myth and Society in Ancient Greece takes us far from the calm and familiar images of Polykleitos and the Parthenon to reveal a fundamentally other culture: one of slavery, of masks and death, of scapegoats, of ritual hunting and ecstasies.

Vernant's provocative discussion of various institutions and practices including war, marriage, and sacrifice details the complex intersection of the religious, social, and political structures of ancient Greece. The book concludes with Vernant's authoritative genealogy of the study of myth from antiquity to structuralism and beyond.

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Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

The late Jean-Pierre Vernant was Professor of Comparative Study of Religions at the Collège de France in Paris.

Janet Lloyd is a translator and writer living in England.

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