Did the Greeks believe in their myths? : an essay on the constitutive imagination
Paul Veyne, Paula Wissing (Translator)
An examination of Greek mythology and a discussion about how religion and truth have evolved throughout time
xii, 161 pages ; 23 cm
9780226854335, 9780226854342, 0226854337, 0226854345
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When Historical Truth Was Tradition and Vulgate
The Plurality and Analogy of True Words
The Social Distribution of Knowledge and the Modalities of Belief
Social Diversity of Beliefs and Mental Balkanization
Behind This Sociology an Implicit Program of Truth
Restoring Etiological Truth to Myth
Myth and Rhetorical Truth
Pausanias Entrapped
Forger's Truth, Philologist's Truth
The Need to Choose between Culture and Belief in a Truth
Notes
Index
Translation of: Les Grecs ont-ils cru à leurs mythes?