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Title:
The Oxford handbook of Heracles / edited by Daniel Ogden.
Publisher:
Oxford University Press,
Copyright Date:
2021
Description:
xxxi, 571 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm.
Subject:
Heracles--(Greek mythological character)--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Heracles--(Greek mythological character)
Handbooks and manuals.
Other Authors:
Ogden, Daniel, editor.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Part V: Themes. The reception of Heracles / Emma Stafford. The madness and the labors / KatherineLu Hsu -- Part II: The Labors (Athloi). Labor I : the Nemean Lion / Jenny March -- Labor II : the Lernean Hydra / Christina Salowey -- Labor III : the Cerynean Hind / Emma Aston -- Labor IV : the Erymanthian Boar (and Pholus) / Daniel Ogden -- Labor V : the Augean Stables / Fiona Mitchell -- Labor VI : the Stymphalian Birds / Emma Aston -- Labor VII : the Cretan Bull / Daniel Ogden -- Labor VIII : the Mares of Diomede (and Alcestis) / Daniel Ogden -- Labor IX : the girdle of the Amazon Hippolyte / Andrienne Mayor -- Labor X : the Cattle of Geryon and the return from Tartessus / P.J. Finglass -- Labor XI : the Apples of the Hesperides / Gina Salapata -- Labor XII : Cerberus / Pauline Hanesworth -- Part III: The Side-Deeds (Parerga). Brigands and cruel kings / Debbie Felton -- The Argonauts / Richard Hunter -- Laomedon, Hesione, and the Sea-Monster / Bronwen Wickkiser -- Auge and Telephus / Emma Griffiths -- The Gigantomachy / Christina Salowey -- Oechalia, Delphi, and Omphale / Kristin Heineman -- Deianeira, death, and apotheosis / Deianeira Romero-Gonzalez -- Part IV: Genres and media. Epic / Elton Barker, Joel Christensen -- Tragedy / Michael Lloyd -- Comedy / John Wilkins -- The philosophical tradition / Philip Bosman -- Classical art / Amy Smith -- Part V: Themes. Heracles as a quest hero / Graham Anderson -- Heracles between Hera and Athena / Susan Deacy -- Heracles rationalized and allegorized / Greta Hawes -- Heracles and the mastery of geographical space / Antonio Ignacio Molina Marin -- Heracles as ancestor / Lee E. Patterson -- Heracles, Macedon, and Alexander the Great / Christian Thrue Djurslev -- The Greek cult of Heracles / Jennifer Larson -- Heracles and Melqart / Megan Daniels -- The Roman cult of Hercules / Christopher Siwicki -- Hercules, Caesar, and the Roman emperors / Matthew P. Loar -- The Early Christian Heracles / Alexandra Eppinger -- The reception of Heracles / Emma Stafford.
Summary:
"The first half of the volume is devoted to the exposition of the ancient evidence, literary and iconographic, for the traditions of Heracles' life and deeds. After a chapter each on the hero's childhood and his madness, the canonical cause of his Twelve Labors, each of the Labors themselves receives detailed treatment in a dedicated chapter. The 'Parerga' or 'Side-Labors' are then treated in a similar level of detail in seven further chapters. In the second half of the book the Heracles tradition is analysed from a range of thematic perspectives. After consideration of the contrasting projections of the figure across the major literary genres, Epic, Tragedy, Comedy, Philosophy, and in the iconographic register, a number of his myth-cycle's diverse fils rouges are pursued: Heracles' fashioning as a folkloric quest-hero; his relationships with the two great goddesses, the Hera that persecutes him and the Athena that protects him; and the rationalisation and allegorisation of his cycle's constituent myths. The ways are investigated in which Greek communities and indeed Alexander the Great exploited the figure both in the fashioning of their own identities and for political advantage. The cult of Heracles is considered in its Greek manifestation, in its syncretism with that of the Phoenician Melqart, and in its presence at Rome, the last study leading into discussion of the use made of Heracles by the Roman emperors themselves and then by early Christian writers. A final chapter offers an authoritative perspective on the limitless subject of Heracles' reception in the western tradition"-- Provided by publisher.
Series:
Oxford handbooks series
ISBN:
0190650982
9780190650988
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1235902500
LCCN:
2021001219
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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