Jean-Pierre Vernant

Jean-Pierre Vernant
Vernant in 2006
Born(1914-01-04)January 4, 1914
Provins, France
DiedJanuary 9, 2007(2007-01-09) (aged 93)
Sèvres, France
Scientific career
FieldsAnthropologist, historian

Jean-Pierre Vernant (French: [vɛʁnɑ̃]; January 4, 1914 – January 9, 2007) was a French resistant, historian and anthropologist, specialist in ancient Greece. Influenced by Claude Lévi-Strauss, Vernant developed a structuralist approach to Greek myth, tragedy, and society which would itself be influential among classical scholars. He was an honorary professor at the Collège de France.

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