Myth and Society in Ancient Greece
London: Methuen, 1980. Soft cover. 8vo. Fine. Item #006440
Soft cover. x, 242 pp. Spine sunned, else fine. 'To what extent and in what forms is myth present in a society and a society present in its myths?' In focusing on this question, Jean-Pierre Vernant makes an important contribution not only to the study of culture and society in ancient Greece but to the general problem of understanding the relation of myth to thought and social life. By applying a structuralist analysis to Greek myth, the ancient Greeks are studied by anthropological techniques for the first time.
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