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Jean Pierre Verant

    Jean-Pierre Vernant, a distinguished French historian and anthropologist, specialized in the study of ancient Greece. Deeply influenced by Claude Lévi-Strauss, Vernant pioneered a structuralist approach to understanding Greek myth, tragedy, and society. His analytical methods provided profound insights into the ancient Greek worldview and became highly influential among classical scholars. He held a professorship at the prestigious Collège de France.

    L'orient ancien et nous