Heroes : mortals and myths in ancient Greece

Körperschaft: Walters Art Museum (Baltimore, Md.)
Weitere Verfasser: Albersmeier, Sabine
Anderson, Michael J. 1967-
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: Baltimore : Walters Art Museum, 2009.
Umfang/Format: 328 p. : il.col., ; 30 cm.
Schlagworte:
Inhaltsangabe:
  • Recovering the past : the origins of Greek heroes and hero cult / Jorge J. Bravo III
  • Four paradigmatic heroes
  • The singularity of Herakles / Jennifer Larson
  • Achilles beyond the Iliad / Guy Hedreen
  • Helen : heroine of cult, heroine in art / H.A. Shapiro
  • Odysseus : an epic hero with a human face / Ralf von den Hoff
  • Child heroes in Greek art / John H. Oakley
  • The hero beyond himself : heroic death in ancient Greek poetry and art / Corinne Ondine Pache
  • Beloved of the gods : imag(in)ing heroes in Greek art / Jenifer Neils
  • The cult of heroes / Gunnel Ekroth
  • Heroes as moral agents and moral examples / Michael J. Anderson
  • Catalogue
  • Heroes in myth
  • Heroes in cult
  • Emulation.