Myth and Thought Among the Greeks (Zone Books)

by Jean-Pierre Vernant

0 ratings • 0 reviews • 0 shelved
Book cover for Myth and Thought Among the Greeks

Bookhype may earn a small commission from qualifying purchases. Full disclosure.

A classic work that rereads questions of "muthos" and "logos" in multifaceted contexts.

When Jean-Pierre Vernant first published Myth and Thought among the Greeks in 1965, it transformed the field of ancient Greek scholarship, calling forth a new way to think about Greek myth and thought. In eighteen essays-three of which, along with a new preface, are translated into English for the first time-Vernant freed the subject of ancient Greece from its philological chains and reread the questions of "muthos" and "logos" within multifaced and transdisciplinary contexts-of religion, ritual, and art, philosophy, science, social and economic institutions, and historical psychology....

Read more
  • ISBN10 0710095449
  • ISBN13 9780710095442
  • Publish Date 21 April 1983
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Out of Print 1 October 2009
  • Publish Country AU
  • Imprint Law Book Co of Australasia
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 398
  • Language English