by Jean-Pierre Vernant · SEUIL · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782020382274
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«L'univers, les dieux, les hommes» is an essay on Greek mythology by Jean-Pierre Vernant, published by Seuil in paperback (256 pages, in French).
Vernant, a specialist in Greek mythology, recounts the stories of the origins of the cosmos, the struggle among the gods, and the bonds that human beings maintain with the divine. His voice combines the rigor of the scholar with the craft of the storyteller to reveal the multiple meanings of these ancient tales.
The cover includes the subtitle «Vernant raconte les mythes» and belongs to the La Librairie du XXIe siècle collection.
A work aimed at readers interested in Greek mythology and classical culture.
Jean-Pierre Vernant was a French resistant, historian and anthropologist, specialist in ancient Greece. Influenced by Claude Lévi-Strauss, Vernant developed a structuralist approach to Greek myth, tragedy, and society which would itself be influential among classical scholars. He was an honorary professor at the Collège de France.
