A compulsion for antiquity : Freud and the ancient world / Richard H. Armstrong.

Ithaca, NY ; London : Cornell University Press, 2005.

xii, 305 pages ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [283]-300) and index.

Compulsive situations -- Compulsive anatomy -- The Theban paradigm -- Leonardo's gay science -- The cunning of tradition -- Conquest and interpretation -- Memory, biography, history, myth -- Critique and divination -- The archaeology of freedom -- Uncanny understanding and a grave philosophy -- The myth of Ur.