The Hera of Zeus : intimate enemy, ultimate spouse / Vinciane Pirenne-Delforge, Gabriella Pironti ; translated by Raymond Geuss.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pirenne-Delforge, Vinciane, author.

Pironti, Gabriella, author.

Contributor:

Geuss, Raymond, translator.

Series:

Classical Scholarship in Translation.

Classical scholarship in translation

Standardized Title:

Hera de Zeus. English

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Hera (Greek deity).

Hera.

Zeus (Greek deity).

Zeus.

Mythology, Greek.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxi, 381 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2022.

Language Note:

In English and French.

Summary:

The goddess Hera is represented in mythology as an irascible wife and imperfect mother in the face of a frivolous Zeus. Beginning with the Iliad, many narrative traditions depict her wrath, the infidelities of her royal husband and the persecutions to which she subjects his illegitimate offspring. But how to relate this image to the cults of the sovereign goddess in her sanctuaries across Greece? This book uses the Hera of Zeus to open up new perspectives for understanding the society of the gods, the fate of heroes and the lives of men. As the intimate enemy of Zeus but also the fierce guardian of the legitimacy and integrity of the Olympian family, she takes shape in more subtle and complex ways that make it possible to rethink the configuration of power in ancient Greece, with the tensions that inhabited it, and thus how polytheism works.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 19 Jan 2022).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-108-89762-2

1-108-89729-0

1-108-88847-X

OCLC:

1274228600