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Herakles and Hercules : exploring a Graeco-Roman divinity / editors, Louis Rawlings and Hugh Bowden ; contributors, Hugh Bowden [and others].
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Heracles (Greek mythological character)--Congresses.
- Heracles.
- Hercules (Roman mythological character)--Congresses.
- Hercules.
- Hercules (Roman mythological character).
- Heracles (Greek mythological character).
- Mythology, Greek--Congresses.
- Mythology, Greek.
- Mythology, Roman--Congresses.
- Mythology, Roman.
- Genre:
- Conference papers and proceedings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (x, 254 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- Swansea [Wales] : Classical Press of Wales ; Oakville, CT : Distributor in the United States of America, the David Brown Book Co., 2005.
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- Herakles, Herodotos and the Persian Wars / Hugh Bowden
- The family of Herakles in Attika / Michael Jameson
- Herakles and his "girl" : Athena, heroism and beyond / Susan Deacy
- Herakles re-dressed : gender, clothing and the construction of a Greek hero / Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones
- Vice or virtue? : Herakles and the art of allegory / Emma Stafford
- The magic knot of Herakles, the propaganda of Alexander the Great and Tomb II at Vergina / Ann M. Nicgorski
- Aspects of the cult of Hercules in central Italy / Guy Bradley
- Hannibal and Hercules / Louis Rawlings
- Hercules furens and Nero / Eleanor Regina OKell
- Propagating power : Hercules as an example for second-century emperors / Olivier Hekster
- The emperors' new names : Diocletian Jovis and Maximian Herculius / Roger Rees.
- Notes:
- "This collection had its origins in a conference on Herakles-Hercules in the Ancient World, held at the University of Cardiff in September 1998"--Page vii.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781914535093
- 191453509X
- Publisher Number:
- 99989205421
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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