bernard sergent (; born in 1946) is a french ancient historian and comparative mythologist. he is researcher of the cnrs and president of the sociÃ©tÃ© de mythologie franÃ§aise."le conseil d'administration comprend actuellement", sociÃ©tÃ© de mythologie franÃ§aisehttp://www.arbre-celtique.com/encyclopedie/sergent-bernard-2081.htm == publications == he has written a seminal work on greek mythology entitled homosexuality in greek myth, translated into english two years later by beacon press. in 1986, he followed up with a study covering early homosexuality in europe, under the title of l'homosexualitÃ© initiatique dans l'europe ancienne (payot 1986), which has yet to be translated into english. the two studies have been published together, with a postface, as homosexualitÃ© et initiation chez les peuples indo-europÃ©ens. in genÃ¨se de l'inde, he attacks the recent anti-invasionist reconstructions of early indian history. instead he defends the traditional hypothesis that the indo-aryans invaded india in the 2nd millennium bc. according to sergent, the dravidian populations are not autochthonous either, but of african origin.http://koenraadelst.bharatvani.org/reviews/sergent.html the book les indo-europÃ©ens - histoire, langues, mythes is a general introduction to the indo-european language family. sergent associates the indo-european language family with certain archaeological cultures in southern russia, and he reconstructs an indo-european religion (relying on the method of georges dumÃ©zil). in the monograph, les trois fonctions indo-europÃ©ennes en grÃ¨ce ancienne, vol. 1: de mycÃ¨nes aux tragique, sergent examines the employment of the dumÃ©zilian tripartite system in greek epic, lyric and dramatic poetry. in a second volume, which has not been published yet, he will continue this examination with greek philosophy and religion. his recent work, celtes et grecs, is dedicated to comparative greek and celtic mythology. in volume 1, le livre de hÃ©ros (payot 1999 isbn 2-228-89257-2), the irish hero cuchulainn is compared with the greek heroes achilleus, bellerophon and melanthius and the irish epic tÃ¡in bÃ³ cÃºailnge with the greek iliad, which, according to sergent, presuppose an indo-european "pre-iliad". in volume 2, le livre des dieux, sergent argues that the celtic and greek pantheons derive from a common indo-european inheritance. ==works== * l'homosexualitÃ© initiatique dans l'europe ancienne, payot 1986 isbn 2-228-89052-9 * les
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