The essays in this volume explore different aspects of the relation
between Greek myth and Greek thought between the Archaic period
(Homer and Hesiod) and the Hellenistic period, highlighting both
the continuities and the contrasts in the Greek interpretations and
'uses' of myth. With the exception of the essay by Louis Gernet,
all bear traces of the authors; attempts to combine older views
stemming essentially from Durkheim and his pupils with
Levi-Strauss's version of structuralism. Because the potential
field is unmanageably large this selection concentrates on four
important areas: the value of Greek myth in revealing the
underlying coherence of Greek views of divinity; the manner in
which Greek myth constructed meanings for Greek culture as a whole
by selecting and combining certain motifs derived from different
areas of life; the relationship between myth and delicate areas of
social existence such as the nature of the value of certain objects
and the passage of individuals from one status to another; and
finally, the role of the myth in providing 'forms' for breaking
rules - both in order to confirm the norm and to provide symbolic
and actuals means of escape from dominant social rules and
meanings. This book should be of interest to students in a number
of disciplines concerned with myth and ancient society.
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