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Benveniste, Dumézil, Lejeune and the decipherment of Linear B

Posted on January 5, 2025 by stuartelden

In April 1956, at Gif-sur-Yvette just outside of Paris, the first meeting of the International Colloquium on Mycenaean texts took place. The proceedings of the conference, edited by Michel Lejeune, were published later that year as Études mycéniennes: Actes du Colloque international sur … Continue reading →

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