Zum Hauptinhalt springen
Herakles and Hercules

Herakles and Hercules

Herausgegeben von The Classical Press of Wales

English 265 Seiten 2005 ISBN 9781914535093
PDF

Über dieses Buch

Herakles and Hercules: two names for a figure of pervasive appeal in Antiquity. He was a hero of myth and a god with cult associations. He was ancestor of Macedonian kings, patron of Carthaginian generals and of Roman emperors, and a role model for Stoic philosophers. As a performer of the famous labours, wanderer, liberator, madman and murderer of kin, Herakles-Hercules has retained his fascination down to the present. The eleven new studies in this volume explore why this figure appealed so widely in Antiquity. They examine his role in ancient myth and philosophy, drama and art, as well as in politics and propaganda, warfare and religion.

Kategorien

Sprache
English
Teilen