Marie Delcourt (Ixelles, 18 November 1891 – Liège, 11 February 1979) was a Belgian classical philologist. She studied at the University of Liège (ULg), and obtained a PhD in classical philology in 1919. Under the German occupation of Belgium during World War I she was active in the Dame Blanche resistance network.[1] She was the first female part-time lecturer at the ULg.

An expert in the history of the ancient Greek religion, Marie Delcourt was particularly interested in the psychological dimension of religious facts. She was also a newspaper columnist and editorialist.[1] She was married to writer Alexis Curvers.

Publications

Ancient history
  • Translated by Malcolm B. DeBevoise as Oedipus; or, The Legend of a Conqueror (Michigan State University Press, 2020)
  • Translated by Jennifer Nicolson as Hermaphrodite: Myths and Rites of the Bisexual Figure in Classical Antiquity (1961)
History of humanism
Translations
Varia

References

  1. ^ a b Paul Delforge (2011). "Marie Delcourt". Connaître la Wallonie. Walloon Government.