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Jean-Pierre Vernant (January 4, 1914 – January 9, 2007) was a French 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.

Biography

Born in Provins, France, Vernant at first studied philosophy, receiving his agrégation in this field in 1937.
   A member of the Young Communists (Jeunes Communistes), Vernant joined the French Resistance during World War II and was a member of Libération-sud (founded by Emmanuel d'Astier). He later commanded the French Interior Forces (FFI) in Haute-Garonne under the pseudonym of "Colonel Berthier." He was a Companion of the Liberation. After the war he remained a member of the French Communist Party.
   He entered the Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS) in 1948 and, under the influence of Louis Gernet, turned to the study of ancient Greek anthropology. Ten years later he became director of studies at the École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS).
   He was a member of the French sponsorship committee for the Decade for the Promotion of a Culture of Peace and Non-Violence for the Children of the World. He supported the funding organisation Non-Violence XXI. He was awarded the CNRS gold medal in 1984. In 2002 he received an honorary doctorate at the University of Crete.
   Vernant died a few days after his 93rd birthday in Sèvres.

Influence

The structuralist approach pioneered by Vernant has been influential on a wide range of classical scholars. More specifically, Vernant's reading of the myth of Prometheus was an important influence on philosopher Bernard Stiegler's book, .

Awards

Awards and prizes

, 1984
Premio di Storia, San Marino, 1991
American Academy Award for Humanistic Studies, 1992
Commandeur de la Légion d'honneur
Compagnon de la Libération
Croix de Guerre
Grand Officier dans l'Ordre national du Mérite
Commandeur de l'Ordre de l'Honneur de la République Hellénique
Officier des Arts et des Lettres

Doctor Honoris Causa

University of Chicago

University of Bristol

Masaryk University of Brno

University of Naples

University of Oxford

University of Crete (2002)

New Bulgarian University (2004)

Other awards

Associate member of the Académie royale de Belgique

Foreign honorary member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy

Honorary Member of the Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies

Membre de l'Academia Europaea

Select publications

Les origines de la pensée grecque (Paris), 1962 (= Origins of Greek Thought, 1982)

Mythe et pensée chez les Grecs: Etudes de psychologie historique (Paris), 1965 (= Myth and Thought among the Greeks, 1983)

With Pierre Vidal-Naquet: Mythe et tragédie en Grèce ancienne, 2 vols. (Paris), 1972, 1986 (= Tragedy and Myth in Ancient Greece, 1981; Myth and Tragedy in Ancient Greece, 1988)

Mythe et société en Grèce ancienne (Paris), 1974 (= Myth and Society in Ancient Greece, 1978)

Divination et rationalité, 1974

With Marcel Detienne: Les ruses de l'intelligence: La mètis des Grecs (Paris), 1974 (= Cunning Intelligence in Greek Culture and Society, 1977)

Religion grecque, religions antiques (Paris), 1976

Religion, histoires, raisons (Paris), 1979

With Marcel Detienne: La cuisine de sacrifice en pays grec (Paris), 1979 (= Cuisine of Sacrifice among the Greeks, 1989)

With Pierre Vidal-Naquet: Travail et esclavage en Grèce ancienne (Brussels), 1988

L'individu, la mort, l'amour: soi-même et l'autre en Grèce ancienne (Paris), 1989

Mythe et religion en Grèce ancienne (Paris), 1990

Figures, idoles, masques (Paris), 1990

With Pierre Vidal-Naquet: La Grèce ancienne, 3 vols. (Paris), 1990-92

Mortals and Immortals: Collected Essays (Princeton), 1991

With Pierre Vidal-Naquet: Œdipe et ses mythes (Brussels), 1994

Entre mythe et politique (Paris), 1996

With Jean Bottéro and Clarisse Herrenschmidt: L'orient ancien et nous (Paris), 1996 (= Ancestor of the West: Writing, Reasoning, and Religion in Mesopotamia, Elam, and Greece, 2000)

With Françoise Frontisi-Ducroux: Dans l'œil du miroir (Paris), 1997

L'univers, les dieux, les hommes: récits grecs des origines Paris, Le Seuil, 1999 (= The Universe, The Gods, and Men: Ancient Greek Myths, 2001)

La traversée des frontières (Paris), 2004Further Information

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