The Universe, the Gods, and Men
Ancient Greek Myths Told by Jean-Pierre Vernant
In this enchanting retelling of Greek myth, Jean-Pierre Vernant combines his deep knowledge of the subject with an original storytelling style. Beginning with the creation of Earth out of Chaos, Vernant continues with the castration of Uranus, the war between the Titans and the Olympian gods, the wily ruses of Prometheus and Zeus, and the creation of Pandora, the first woman. His narrative takes readers from the Trojan War to the voyage of Odysseus, from the story of Dionysus to the terrible destiny of Oedipus, to Perseus's confrontation with the Gorgons.Jean-Pierre Vernant has devoted himself to the study of Greek mythology. In recounting th…
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- ISBN: 978-0-06-095750-6
- EAN: 9780060957506
- Produktnummer: 9871148
- Verlag: Harper Collins (US)
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2002
- Seitenangabe: 224 S.
- Ausstattung: Trade Paperback
Über den Autor
Jean-Pierre Vernant is a professor at the Collège de France in Paris and one of the foremost classicists of our time. He is the author of numerous scholarly books on Greek thought, myths, tragedy, politics, society, and religion.Linda Asher, a former editor at The New Yorker, has translated into English many French language writers, including Nicolas Edme Restif de Ia Bretonne, Victor Hugo, Georges Simenon, and Milan Kundera.
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