Myth and Society in Ancient Greece

Myth and Society in Ancient Greece
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Publisher : Brighton, Sussex : Harvester
Total Pages : 260
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ISBN-10 : UVA:X006114321
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Download or read book Myth and Society in Ancient Greece written by Jean-Pierre Vernant and published by Brighton, Sussex : Harvester. This book was released on 1980 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jean-Pierre Vernant delineates a compelling new vision of ancient Greece that takes us far from the calm and familiar images of Polykleitos and the Parthenon, and reveals a culture of slavery, of blood sacrifice, of perpetual and ritualized warfare, of ceremonial hunting and ecstasies.In his provocative discussions of various institutions and practices including war, marriage, and the city state, Vernant unveils a complex and previously unexplored intersection of the religious, social, and political structures of ancient Greece. He concludes with a genealogy of the study of myth from antiquity to the present, and offers a critique of structuralism.Jean-Pierre Vernant is Professor Emeritus of Comparative Study of Ancient Religions at the College de France in Paris.


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