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The Black Hunter

Forms of Thought and Forms of Society in the Greek World
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The black hunter travels through the mountains and forests of Greek mythology, living on the frontier of the city-state, of adulthood, of class, of ethics and of sexuality. Taking its title from this mythological figure, this book approaches the Greek world by charting the elaborate system of contradictions which pervaded Greek society and culture - wild yet cultivated, citizen and foreigner, real yet imaginary, god and man. The text organizes the discussions around four principle themes: space and time; youth and warriors; women, slaves and artisans; and the city of vision and reality. It focuses on the congruence of the textual and the actual, on the patterns that link literary, philosophical and historical works with social activities such as war, slavery, education and commemoration. Probing the interplay of world view, language and social practice, the book seeks to illuminate the complex sphere of the ancient Greek world.

Author Biography

Pierre Vidal-Naquet is director of the Centre de Recherches comparees sur les Societes Anciennes at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales in Paris. Among his many publications are Clisthene l' Athenien, with Pierre Leveque, and Mythe et Tragedie, with Jean-Pierre Vernant.
Release date Australia
July 30th, 1998
Audiences
  • Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
  • Professional & Vocational
  • Undergraduate
Contributor
  • Translated by Andrew Szegedy-Maszak
Country of Publication
United States
Illustrations
2, 2 black & white illustrations
Imprint
Johns Hopkins University Press
Interest Age
From 17
Pages
392
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Dimensions
152x229x22
ISBN-13
9780801859519
Product ID
3715382

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