Myth and Society in Ancient Greece - Rilegato

Vernant, Jean-Pierre

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0942299167 ISBN 13: 9780942299168

Casa editrice: Zone Books, 1988

Riassunto

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.Jean Pierre-Vernant is Professor Emeritus of Comparative Study of Ancient Religions at the Collčge de France in Paris. Janet Lloyd is a translator and writer living in England. Distributed for Zone Books.

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L'autore:

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

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Zone Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 1988
• ISBN 10: 0942299167
• ISBN 13: 9780942299168
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 280