| Did the Greeks Believe in Their Myths?: An Essay on the Constitutive Imagination Contributor(s): Veyne, Paul (Author), Wissing, Paula (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0226854345 ISBN-13: 9780226854342 Publisher: University of Chicago Press OUR PRICE: $27.72 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 1988 Annotation: "[Veyne's] present book has some kinship with his sprightly theoretical work "Comment on ecrit l'histoire"; and he declares that its aim was to provoke reflection on the way our conception of truth is built up and changes over the centuries. . . . The style is brilliant and exhilarating."--Jasper Griffin, "Times Literary Supplement" |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Antiquities & Archaeology - History | Ancient - Greece |
| Dewey: 292.13 |
| LCCN: 87025536 |
| Physical Information: 0.67" H x 5.71" W x 8.65" (0.47 lbs) 169 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: [Veyne's] present book has some kinship with his sprightly theoretical work Comment on ecrit l'histoire; and he declares that its aim was to provoke reflection on the way our conception of truth is built up and changes over the centuries. . . . The style is brilliant and exhilarating.--Jasper Griffin, Times Literary Supplement |
Contributor Bio(s): Veyne, Paul: - Paul Veyne is a French archaeologist and historian and an honorary professor at the College de France. He is the author of several books in French as well as Did the Greeks Believe in Their Myths?, also published by the University of Chicago Press. |