The Oxford handbook of Heracles / edited by Daniel Ogden.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ogden, Daniel, editor.

Series:

Oxford handbooks online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Heracles (Greek mythological character)--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Heracles.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (608 pages).

Other Title:

Handbook of Heracles

Heracles

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2021.

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, 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.

Contents:

Birth and Childhood / Corinne Pache

Labor XI: The Apples of the Hesperides / Gina Salapata

Labor XII: Cerberus / Pauline Hanesworth

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 / Dâamaris Romero-Gonzâalez

The Madness and the Labors / Katherine Lu Hsu

Epic / Elton Barker, Joel Christensen

Tragedy / Michael Lloyd

Comedy / John Wilkins

Classical Art / Amy Smith

The Philosophical Tradition / Philip Bosman

Heracles as a Quest Hero / Graham Anderson

Heracles between Hera and Athena / Susan Deacy

Heracles Rationalised and Allegorised / Greta Hawes

Labor I: The Nemean Lion / Jenny March

Heracles and the Mastery of Geographical Space / Antonio Ignacio Molina Marâin

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

Heracles, Caesar and the Roman emperors / Matthew Loar

The Early Christian Heracles / Alexandra Eppinger

The Reception of Heracles / Emma Stafford

Labor II: The Lernaean Hydra / Christina Salowey

Introduction / Daniel Ogden

Labor VII: The Cretan Bull / Daniel Ogden

Labor VIII: The Mares of Diomede (and Alcestis) / Daniel Ogden

Labor IV: The Erymanthian Boar (and Pholus) / Daniel Ogden

Labor III: The Cerynean Hind / Emma Aston

Labor V: The Augean Stables / Fiona Mitchell

Labor VI: The Stymphalian Birds / Emma Aston

Labor IX: The Girdle of the Amazon Hippolyte / Adrienne Mayor

Labor X: The Cattle of Geryon and the Return from Tartessus / P. J. Finglass.

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2021.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on July 14, 2021).

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Print version :

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9780190651015 (ebook) :

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