Author:
Delcourt, Marie, author.
ImprintEast Lansing : Michigan State University Press, [2020]
Descriptionxiv, 323 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Note:Exposure of the infant -- Murder of the father -- Victory over the Sphinx -- The riddle -- Marriage to a princess -- Incest with the mother -- Endings -- Myths and memory -- Appendix 1. The Pisander scholion and related summaries -- Appendix 2. Legends and cults of twin children -- Appendix 3. Animal tales in Greece -- Appendix 4. The religious significance of spoils in the Homeric poems.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Note:"Delcourt argues that Oedipus is the archetype of all heroes of essentially ritual origin, and that the origin and transmission of the Oedipus legend tells us a great deal about the strength and persistence of public memories in prehistoric societies."-- Provided by publisher.
