Cunning Intelligence in Greek Culture and Society

by: Detienne, M. Vernant, J.-P.

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Cunning intelligence in Greek culture and society

Authors:Marcel Detienne, Jean Pierre Vernant

337 pages ; 22 cm

Contents:
I. The ploys of cunning
Antilochus' race
The fox and the octopus
II. The conquest of power
The combats of Zeus
The union with Metis and the sovereignty of the sky
III. At the origins of the world
The orphic Metis and the cuttle-fish of Thetis
IV. The divine forms of knowledge: Athena, Hephaestus
The eye of bronze
The live bit
The 'sea crow'
The feet of Hephaestus
V. Conclusion
The circle and the bond

Translation of: Les ruses de l'intelligence
Reprint. Originally published: Hassock [Eng.] : Harvester Press; Atlantic Highlands, N.J. : Humanities Press, ©1978. Originally published in series: European philosophy and the human sciences

Cunning Intelligence in Greek Culture and Society

by: Detienne, M. Vernant, J.-P.

• ISBN-13: 9780226143477 / 978-0-226-14347-7
• ISBN-03: 0226143473 / 0-226-14347-3
• Chicago Univeristy Press, Chicago , 1991

Price: 69,00 EURO

1 copy in stock