The violent hero : Heracles in the Greek imagination /
This book uses the mythological hero Heracles as a lens for investigating the nature of heroic violence in archaic and classical Greek literature, from Homer through to Aristophanes. Heracles was famous for his great victories as much as for his notorious failures. Driving each of these acts is his...
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| Typ dokumentu: | Kniha |
| Jazyk: | Angličtina Řečtina, starověká (do 1453) |
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London :
Bloomsbury Academic,
2021
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| Vydání: | First published in Great Britain |
| Edice: | Bloomsbury classical studies monographs
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| On-line přístup: | Elektronická verze přístupná pouze pro studenty a pracovníky MU |
| Příbuzné jednotky: | Tištěná verze::
Violent hero |
Obsah:
- Introduction
- 1. Heraclean Force and the Representation of Violence
- 2. Hero or Monster? Justifying Violence against Geryon
- 3. Heroic Competition and the Home in Sophocles' Trachiniae
- 4. Coping with Violence: Victory and Friendship in Euripides' Heracles
- 5. Heracles the Fool: Laughing at Violence
- Conclusion: Which Path Did Heracles Choose?