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Greek heroes in and out of Hades / Stamatia Dova.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dova, Stamatia.
- Series:
- Greek studies.
- Greek studies : interdisciplinary approaches
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Future life.
- Heroes--Mythology.
- Heroes.
- Mythology, Greek.
- Hell.
- Greek literature--History and criticism.
- Greek literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (243 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, c2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Greek Heroes in and out of Hades is a study on heroism and mortality from Homer to Plato. Through systematic readings of a wide range of ancient Greek texts, Stamatia Dova offers innovative hermeneutic approaches to heroic character and a comprehensive overview of the theme of descent to the underworld in the Iliad and the Odyssey, Bacchylides 5, Plato's <span style
- Contents:
- pt. 1. Odysseus and the poetics of katabasis
- pt. 2. Hades (and heroism) revisited
- pt. 3. Achilles, Alcestis, and the poetics of non-katabasis.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-13401-9
- 9786613806598
- 0-7391-4499-5
- OCLC:
- 806323309
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