{"product_id":"myth-and-society-in-ancient-greece-paperback","title":"Myth and Society in Ancient Greece - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJean-Pierre Vernant\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJanet Lloyd\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this groundbreaking study, Jean-Pierre Vernant delineates a compelling new vision of ancient Greece. \u003ci\u003eMyth and Society in Ancient Greece\u003c\/i\u003e 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 of ecstasies. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eVernant's provocative discussions of various institutions and practices (including war, marriage, and sacrifice) detail 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. \"Myth,\" he writes, \"brings into operation a form of logic which we may describe, unlike the logic of noncontradiction of the philosophers, as a logic of the ambiguous and the equivocal.\"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe late Jean-Pierre Vernant was Professor of Comparative Study of Religions at the College de France in Paris.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 280\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 17, 1990\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51772856008992,"sku":"9780942299175","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/c86856a64844f14667b489c67c856f45.webp?v=1780415669","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/myth-and-society-in-ancient-greece-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}