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Heroes : mortals and myths in ancient Greece / edited by Sabine Albersmeier ; with essays by Michael J. Anderson ... [and others].
Van Pelt Library BL795.H46 H46 2009
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Penn Museum Library BL795.H46 H46 2009
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LIBRA BL795.H46 H46 2009
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hero worship--Greece--History--Exhibitions.
- Hero worship.
- Heroes--Greece--History--Exhibitions.
- Heroes.
- Mythology, Greek--Exhibitions.
- Mythology, Greek.
- Art, Greek--History--Exhibitions.
- Art, Greek.
- Greek literature--History and criticism--Exhibitions.
- Greek literature.
- Heroes in literature--Exhibitions.
- Heroes in literature.
- Heroes in art--Exhibitions.
- Heroes in art.
- Religion.
- History.
- Greece--History--To 146 B.C--Exhibitions.
- Greece.
- Greece--Religion--Exhibitions.
- Genre:
- Exhibition catalogs.
- Physical Description:
- 328 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Baltimore : Walters Art Museum ; New Haven : Distributed by Yale University Press, [2009]
- Contents:
- Recovering the past : the origins of Greek heroes and hero cult / Jorge J. Bravo III
- Four paradigmatic heroes
- The singularity of Herakles / Jennifer Larson
- Achilles beyond the Iliad / Guy Hedreen
- Helen : heroine of cult, heroine in art / H.A. Shapiro
- Odysseus : an epic hero with a human face / Ralf von den Hoff
- Child heroes in Greek art / John H. Oakley
- The hero beyond himself : heroic death in ancient Greek poetry and art / Corinne Ondine Pache
- Beloved of the gods : imag(in)ing heroes in Greek art / Jenifer Neils
- The cult of heroes / Gunnel Ekroth
- Heroes as moral agents and moral examples / Michael J. Anderson
- Catalogue
- Heroes in myth
- Heroes in cult
- Emulation.
- Notes:
- Catalog of an exhibition.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780300154726
- 0300154720
- 9780911886733
- 0911886737
- OCLC:
- 377797692
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