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Mythematics [[electronic resource] ] : solving the Twelve Labors of Hercules / / Michael Huber
| Mythematics [[electronic resource] ] : solving the Twelve Labors of Hercules / / Michael Huber |
| Autore | Huber Michael R. <1960-> |
| Edizione | [Course Book] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, N.J., : Princeton University Press, c2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (206 p.) |
| Disciplina | 510 |
| Soggetto topico |
Problem solving
Heracles (Greek mythological character) |
| ISBN |
1-282-45856-6
9786612458569 1-4008-3190-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | The first Labor : the Nemean Lion -- The second Labor : the Lernean Hydra -- The third Labor : the Hind of Ceryneia -- The fourth Labor : the Erymanthian Boar -- The fifth Labor : the Augean Stables -- The sixth Labor : the Stymphalian Birds -- The seventh Labor : the Cretan Bull -- The eighth Labor : the Horses of Diomedes -- The ninth Labor : the Belt of Hippolyte -- The tenth Labor : Geryon's Cattle -- The eleventh Labor : the Apples of the Hesperides -- The twelfth Labor : Cerberus -- Appendix A. The Labors and subject areas of mathematics -- Appendix B. Hercules before the Labors -- Appendix C. The authors of the Hercules myth -- Appendix D. The Laplace Transform -- Appendix E. solution to the sudoku puzzles. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780817503321 |
Huber Michael R. <1960->
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| Princeton, N.J., : Princeton University Press, c2009 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The reception and performance of Euripides' Herakles [[electronic resource] ] : reasoning madness / / Kathleen Riley
| The reception and performance of Euripides' Herakles [[electronic resource] ] : reasoning madness / / Kathleen Riley |
| Autore | Riley Kathleen <1974-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (410 p.) |
| Disciplina | 882/.01 |
| Collana | Oxford classical monographs |
| Soggetto topico |
Heracles (Greek mythological character) - In literature
Heracles (Greek mythological character) Mental illness in literature |
| ISBN |
1-281-85315-1
9786611853150 0-19-156001-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; List of illustrations; Introduction: reasoning madness and redefining the hero; 1. 'No longer himself': the tragic fall of Euripides' Herakles; 2. 'Let the monster be mine': Seneca and the internalization of imperial furor; 3. A peculiar compound: Hercules as Renaissance man; 4. 'Even the earth is not room enough': Herculean selfhood on the Elizabethan stage; 5. Sophist, sceptic, sentimentalist: the nineteenth-century damnatio of Euripides; 6. The Browning version: Aristophanes' Apology and 'the perfect piece'
7. The psychological hero: Herakles' lost self and the creation of Nervenkunst8. Herakles' apotheosis: the tragedy of Superman; 9. The Herakles complex: a Senecan diagnosis of the 'Family Annihilator'; 10. Creating a Herakles for our times: a montage of modern madness; Appendix 1. Heraklean madness on the modern stage: a chronology; Appendix 2. The Reading school play; Bibliography; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNISA-996218130903316 |
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Riley Kathleen <1974->
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| Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2008 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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