Marcel Detienne (October 11, 1935 in

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, Belgium – March 21, 2019 in Nemours, France) was a

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and specialist in the study of

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. He was a professor at

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, where he held the Basil L. Gildersleeve chair in

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. Along with Jean-Pierre Vernant and

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, Detienne has sought to apply an

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approach, informed by the

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, to classical and

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Biography

Detienne received his ''Doctorat en sciences religieuses'' at the ''

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'' in 1960, and his ''Doctorat en philosophie et lettres'' from the

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in 1965. Detienne was at one time a ''directeur d'études'' at the ''

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'', where he taught until 1998. He was also a founder of the ''Centre de recherches comparées sur les sociétés anciennes'' in Paris. Detienne began teaching in the Department of Classics at

in 1992.

Bibliography

*''Homère, Hésiode et Pythagore: poésie et philosophie dans le pythagorisme ancien'' (1962) *''Crise agraire et attitude religieuse chez Hésiode'' (1963) *''De la pensée religieuse à la pensée philosophique'' (1963) *''Les Maîtres de vérité dans la Grèce archaïque'' (1967; trans. Janet Lloyd, ''The Masters of Truth in Archaic Greece'' (1996) *''Les Jardins d'Adonis'' (1972; trans. Janet Lloyd, ''The Gardens of Adonis'', 1977; 2nd ed. 1994) *''Les ruses de l'intelligence: la métis des Grecs'' (with Jean-Pierre Vernant, 1974; trans. Janet Lloyd, ''Cunning Intelligence in Greek Culture and Society'', 1978) *''Dionysos mis à mort'' (1977; trans. Mireille & Leonard Muellener, ''Dionysos Slain'', 1979) *''La cuisine du sacrifice en pays grec'' (with Jean-Pierre Vernant et al., 1979; trans. Paula Wissing, ''The Cuisine of Sacrifice among the Greeks'', 1989) *''L'invention de la mythologie'' (1981; trans. Margaret Cook, ''The Creation of Mythology'', 1986) *''Dionysos à ciel ouvert'' (1986; trans.

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, ''Dionysos at Large'', 1989) *''Les Savoirs de l’écriture en Grèce ancienne'' (with Georgio Camassa, 1988) *''L' écriture d'Orphée'' (1989; trans. Janet Lloyd, ''The Writing of Orpheus: Greek Myth in Cultural Context'', 2003) *''La vie quotidienne des dieux grecs'' (with Giulia Sissa, 1989; trans. Janet Lloyd, ''The Daily Life of the Greek Gods'', 2000) *''Apollon le couteau à la main'' (1998) *''Comparer l'incomparable'' (2002; trans. Janet Lloyd, ''Comparing the Incomparable'', 2008) *''Comment être autochtone: du pur Athénien au Français raciné'' (2003) *''Qui veut prendre la parole?'' (2003) *''Les Grecs et nous'' (2005; trans. Janet Lloyd, ''The Greeks and Us: A Comparative Anthropology of Ancient Greece'', 2007) As editor or co-editor: *''Transcrire les mythologies: tradition, écriture, historicité'' (1994) *''Destin de Meurtriers'' (1996)

References

''Marcel Detienne''
at

, March 22, 2019.

External links

''Marcel Detienne, le déconstructeur''
interview by François Gauvin Marcel in ''

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'', February 2012. {{DEFAULTSORT:Detienne, Marcel 1935 births 2019 deaths 20th-century Belgian historians Historians of antiquity Johns Hopkins University faculty University of Liège alumni University of Paris alumni University of Paris faculty Rhetoricians Scholars of Greek mythology and religion Belgian expatriates in France Belgian expatriates in the United States 21st-century Belgian historians

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