The Masters of Truth in Archaic Greece

The acclaimed French classicist Marcel Detienne`s first book traces the odyssey of truth, aletheia, from mythoreligious concept to philosophical thought in archaic Greece. Detienne begins by examining how truth in Greek literature first emerges as an enigma. He then looks at the movement from a religious to a secular thinking about truth in the speech of the sophists and orators. His study culminates with an original interpretation of Parmenides` poem on Being. Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only. All rights reserved.