The Oxford handbook of Heracles

Weitere Verfasser: Ogden, Daniel , [HerausgeberIn]
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2021]
Umfang/Format: xxxi, 571 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm.
Schriftenreihe: Oxford handbooks
Schlagworte:
Parallelausgabe: The oxford handbook of Heracles (Online version:) | ISSN: 9780190651008
Inhaltsangabe:
  • Part I: Before the Labors.
  • Birth and childhood /
  • Corinne Pache
  • The madness and the labors /
  • KatherineLu Hsu
  • Part II: The Labors (Athloi).
  • Labor I : the Nemean Lion /
  • Jenny March
  • Labor II : the Lernean Hydra /
  • Christina Salowey
  • Labor III : the Cerynean Hind /
  • Emma Aston
  • Labor IV : the Erymanthian Boar (and Pholus) /
  • Daniel Ogden
  • Labor V : the Augean Stables /
  • Fiona Mitchell
  • Labor VI : the Stymphalian Birds /
  • Emma Aston
  • Labor VII : the Cretan Bull /
  • Daniel Ogden
  • Labor VIII : the Mares of Diomede (and Alcestis) /
  • Daniel Ogden
  • Labor IX : the girdle of the Amazon Hippolyte /
  • Andrienne Mayor
  • Labor X : the Cattle of Geryon and the return from Tartessus /
  • P.J. Finglass
  • Labor XI : the Apples of the Hesperides /
  • Gina Salapata
  • Labor XII : Cerberus /
  • Pauline Hanesworth
  • Part III: The Side-Deeds (Parerga).
  • 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 /
  • Deianeira Romero-González
  • Part IV: Genres and media.
  • Epic /
  • Elton Barker,
  • Joel Christensen
  • Tragedy /
  • Michael Lloyd
  • Comedy /
  • John Wilkins
  • The philosophical tradition /
  • Philip Bosman
  • Classical art /
  • Amy Smith
  • Part V: Themes.
  • Heracles as a quest hero /
  • Graham Anderson
  • Heracles between Hera and Athena /
  • Susan Deacy
  • Heracles rationalized and allegorized /
  • Greta Hawes
  • Heracles and the mastery of geographical space /
  • Antonio Ignacio Molina Marín
  • 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 Danielsr
  • The Roman cult of Hercules /
  • Christopher Siwicki
  • Hercules, Caesar, and the Roman emperors /
  • Matthew P. Loar
  • The Early Christian Heracles /
  • Alexandra Eppinger
  • The reception of Heracles /
  • Emma Stafford.