LEADER 04109oam 2200661I 450 001 9910451733403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-299-69285-0 010 $a1-136-51927-0 010 $a0-203-15245-X 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203152454 035 $a(CKB)2550000000098062 035 $a(EBL)958654 035 $a(OCoLC)798530379 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000677811 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11930406 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000677811 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10696919 035 $a(PQKB)10068112 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC958654 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL958654 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10545460 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL500536 035 $a(OCoLC)787851126 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000098062 100 $a20180706d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aHerakles /$fEmma Stafford 210 1$aAbingdon, Oxon ;$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2012. 215 $a1 online resource (337 p.) 225 1 $aGods and heroes of the ancient world 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-30068-1 311 $a0-415-30067-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aHERAKLES; Copyright; CONTENTS; SERIES FOREWORD; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; LIST OF FIGURES; ABBREVIATIONS AND CONVENTIONS; MAPS AND GENEALOGICAL TABLE; FOREWORD: WHY HERAKLES?; WHY HERAKLES?; INTRODUCING HERAKLES; Telling the story; Synopsis of the myth; Explaining Herakles; Contexts and sources; Overview; KEY THEMES; 1 MONSTERS AND THE HERO I: THE TWELVE LABOURS; The strong man figure and monster-fighting; Development of the canon of labours; Individual labours; Overview; 2 MONSTERS AND THE HERO II: OTHER BATTLES; A wealth of opponents; Early exploits; Strong men and transgressors; Strange beasts 327 $aOverview3 THE TRAGIC HERO; A complex character; Early tragedy; Sophokles: death and deification; Euripides: madness and family values; Visual reflections of tragedy; Roman adaptations; Overview; 4 VICE OR VIRTUE INCARNATE; From monster-slaying to comedy, philosophy and romance; The comic hero; Herakles intellectualized; The romantic hero; Overview; 5 POLITICAL HERAKLES; The art of political legitimation; Herakles as ancestor and ideal ruler; Herakles the founder; Tyranny and democracy at Athens; Overview; 6 WORSHIP OF THE HERO-GOD; Herakles heros-theos; Rituals and remains 327 $aThe Roman cult of HerculesOverview; HERAKLES AFTERWARDS; 7 POST-CLASSICAL VARIATIONS; The afterlife of a hero; Herakles/Hercules and the Christians; Telling Hercules' story I: Renaissance literature; Hercules' image reborn: art from the Renaissance onwards; Herculean politics; From monarch to revolutionary: Hercules in France; Telling Hercules' story II: literature from the seventeenth century on; Hercules the movie star; Conclusion: Herakles/Hercules now; NOTES; GLOSSARY; FURTHER READING; WORKS CITED; INDEX 330 $aThere is more material available on Herakles than any other Greek god or hero. His story has many more episodes than those of other heroes, concerning his life and death as well as his battles with myriad monsters and other opponents. In literature, he appears in our earliest Greek epic and lyric poetry, is reinvented for the tragic and comic stage, and later finds his way into such unlikely areas as philosophical writing and love poetry.? In art, his exploits are amongst the earliest identifiable mythological scenes, and his easily-recognisable figure with lionskin and club was a familiar 410 0$aGods and heroes of the ancient world. 606 $aHeracles (Greek mythology) 606 $aMythology, Greek 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aHeracles (Greek mythology) 615 0$aMythology, Greek. 676 $a398.20938 700 $aStafford$b Emma.$0241883 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910451733403321 996 $aHerakles$91086240 997 $aUNINA