New heroes in antiquity : from Achilles to Antinoos / Christopher Jones.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jones, C. P. (Christopher Prestige), 1940-

Series:

Revealing antiquity ; 18.

Revealing antiquity ; 18

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mythology, Greek.

Gods, Greek.

Heroes--Greece.

Heroes.

Greece--Religion.

Greece.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (138 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Heroes and heroines in antiquity inhabited a space somewhere between gods and humans. In this detailed, yet brilliantly wide-ranging analysis, Christopher Jones starts from literary heroes such as Achilles and moves to the historical record of those exceptional men and women who were worshiped after death. This book, wholly new and beautifully written, rescues the hero from literary metaphor and vividly restores heroism to the reality of ancient life.

Contents:

Introduction

Poetic heroes

Local heroes

Warriors and patriots

Athletes, poets, philosophers

Private heroes

Greek heroes in a Roman world

Antinoos

Heroes and saints

Appendix: Living heroes.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780674264854

0674264851

9780674054080

0674054083

OCLC:

648759714