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02915aam a2200397 i 4500 001 6475536CE9E911EBBBC9467A3DECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20210721010052 008 200527t20212021enk b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2020024299 020 $a 1350153710 020 $a 9781350153714 035 $a (OCoLC)1155596388 040 $a ICU/DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d UKMGB $d YDX $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a PA3015.R5 $b H448 2021 082 00 $a 398.20938/02 $2 23 100 1 $a Hsu, Katherine Lu, $e author. 245 14 $a The violent hero : $b Heracles in the Greek imagination / $c Katherine Lu Hsu. 264 1 $a London ; $b Bloomsbury Academic, $c 2021. 300 $a xi, 245 pages : $b illustrations (black and white) ; $c 24 cm. 490 1 $a Bloomsbury classical studies monographs 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 $a "This book uses the mythological hero Heracles as a lens for investigating the nature of heroic violence in archaic and classical Greek literature, from Homer through to Aristophanes. Heracles was famous for his great victories as much as for his notorious failures. Driving each of these acts is his heroic violence, an ambivalent force that can offer communal protection as well as cause grievous harm. Drawing on evidence from epic, lyric poetry, tragedy, and comedy, this work illuminates the strategies used to justify, constrain, and deflate the threatening aspects of violence. The mixed results of these strategies also demonstrate how the figure of Heracles inherently - and stubbornly - resists reform. The diverse character of Heracles' violent acts reveals an enduring tension in understanding violence: is violence a negative individual trait, that is to say, the manifestation of an internal state of hostility? Or is it one specific means to a preconceived end, rather like an instrument whose employment may or may not be justified? Katherine Lu Hsu explores these evolving attitudes towards individual violence in the ancient Greek world while also shedding light on timeless debates about the nature of violence itself"-- $c Provided by publisher. 600 00 $a Heracles $c (Greek mythological character) 600 07 $a Heracles $c (Greek mythological character) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00955263 650 0 $a Violence in literature. 650 0 $a Greek literature $x History and criticism. 650 7 $a Greek literature. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00947441 650 7 $a Violence in literature. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01167282 655 7 $a Criticism, interpretation, etc. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411635 776 08 $i Online version: $a Hsu, Katherine Lu, $t The violent hero $d New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2020. $z 9781350153721 $w (DLC) 2020024300 830 0 $a Bloomsbury classical studies monographs. 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231117013849.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=6475536CE9E911EBBBC9467A3DECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search