Heroes : mortals and myths in ancient Greece / edited by Sabine Albersmeier ; with essays by Michael J. Anderson ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Albersmeier, Sabine.

Anderson, Michael J. (Michael John), 1967-

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