Oedipus; or, The Legend of a Conqueror

Author:   Marie Delcourt ,  Malcolm B. DeBevoise
Publisher:   Michigan State University Press
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9781611863512


Pages:   347
Publication Date:   30 August 2020
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Author:   Marie Delcourt ,  Malcolm B. DeBevoise
Publisher:   Michigan State University Press
Imprint:   Michigan State University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.495kg
ISBN:  

9781611863512


ISBN 10:   1611863511
Pages:   347
Publication Date:   30 August 2020
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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""Marie Delcourt's book about the ritual origins of the Oedipus myth is a masterpiece. It reveals the archaic foundations of human societies and remains as enlightening and useful as it was when it first appeared seventy years ago."" --LUCIEN SCUBLA, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris, and author of Giving Life, Giving Death: Psychoanalysis, Anthropology, Philosophy


Marie Delcourt's book about the ritual origins of the Oedipus myth is a masterpiece. It reveals the archaic foundations of human societies and remains as enlightening and useful as it was when it first appeared seventy years ago. --LUCIEN SCUBLA, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris, and author of Giving Life, Giving Death: Psychoanalysis, Anthropology, Philosophy


"""Marie Delcourt's book about the ritual origins of the Oedipus myth is a masterpiece. It reveals the archaic foundations of human societies and remains as enlightening and useful as it was when it first appeared seventy years ago."" --LUCIEN SCUBLA, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris, and author of Giving Life, Giving Death: Psychoanalysis, Anthropology, Philosophy"


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Marie Delcourt (1891-1979) was Professor of Classical Philology at the University of LiÈge for more than three decades and the author of many works, including translations, biographies, and studies in the mythology and religion of ancient Greece. Malcolm Debevoise is a three-time winner of the French-American Foundation Prize for nonfiction and has translated more than forty works from French and Italian in all branches of scholarship.

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