Cunning Intelligence in Greek Culture and Society, Marcel Detienne and Jean Pierre Vernant's study, translated by Janet Lloyd, University of Chicago Press, 1991, English translation first published by The Harvester Press in 1978, French original by Flammarion in 1974, is the founding study of metis, or cunning intelligence, in Greek thought, and the book that shaped its later scholarly reception across classics and anthropology. Its strength is that it is the founding study of the subject it is cited for. Its limit is that it is a translation of a French original; a reader weighing specific terminological nuance should check the French text alongside this translation.
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Marcel Detienne and Jean-Pierre Vernant's Cunning Intelligence in Greek Culture and Society, University of Chicago Press, 1991 English translation by Janet Lloyd, French original by Flammarion, 1974, the top tier reflecting the founding academic study of metis that shaped the subject's later scholarly reception across classics and anthropology. Its limit is that it is a translation of a French original, so a reader weighing specific terminological nuance should check the French text alongside it. NotesThe 1974 study itself of metis as cunning intelligence in Greek thought, the book the Metis fact is directly about and its later scholarly reception across classics and anthropology.
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AuthorMarcel Detienne and Jean-Pierre Vernant, translated by Janet Lloyd
PublisherUniversity of Chicago Press (English trans. first published by The Harvester Press, 1978; French orig. Flammarion, 1974)
Publication Year1991
URLhttps://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/C/bo3630583.html
Source Typeacademic monograph
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Metis, Deities This source names Metis directly: "in 1974, is the founding study of metis, or cunning intelligence, in Greek thought, and the book that shaped its later scholarly reception across classics and anthropology."
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