Myth and Society in Ancient Greece

Jean-Pierre Vernant (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

280 Seiten

1988
Zone Books (Verlag)
978-0-942299-16-8 (ISBN)

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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.

The late Jean-Pierre Vernant was Professor of Comparative Study of Religions at the College de France in Paris. Janet Lloyd is a translator and writer living in England.

Reihe/Serie	Zone Books
Übersetzer	Janet Lloyd
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	567 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte
ISBN-10	0-942299-16-7 / 0942299167
ISBN-13	978-0-942299-16-8 / 9780942299168
Zustand	Neuware