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Subject(s)

• Heracles (Greek mythological character)—Handbooks, manuals, etc [Browse]

Editor

• Ogden, Daniel [Browse]

Series

Oxford handbooks online [More in this series]

Summary note

The first half of the volume is devoted to the exposition of the ancient evidence, literary and iconographic, for the traditions of Heracles' life and deeds. After a chapter each on the hero's childhood and his madness, the canonical cause of his Twelve Labors, each of the Labors themselves receives detailed treatment in a dedicated chapter. The "Parerga" or "Side-Labors" are then treated in a similar level of detail in seven further chapters. In the second half, the Heracles tradition is analysed from a range of thematic perspectives. After consideration of the contrasting projections of the figure across the major literary genres, epic, tragedy, comedy, philosophy, and in the iconographic register, a number of his myth-cycle's diverse fils rouges are pursued.

Notes

Also issued in print: 2021.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Target audience

Specialized.

Source of description

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on July 14, 2021).

Contents

• Birth and Childhood / Corinne Pache
• Labor XI: The Apples of the Hesperides / Gina Salapata
• Labor XII: Cerberus / Pauline Hanesworth
• 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 / Dâamaris Romero-Gonzâalez
• The Madness and the Labors / Katherine Lu Hsu
• Epic / Elton Barker, Joel Christensen
• Tragedy / Michael Lloyd
• Comedy / John Wilkins
• Classical Art / Amy Smith
• The Philosophical Tradition / Philip Bosman
• Heracles as a Quest Hero / Graham Anderson
• Heracles between Hera and Athena / Susan Deacy
• Heracles Rationalised and Allegorised / Greta Hawes
• Labor I: The Nemean Lion / Jenny March
• Heracles and the Mastery of Geographical Space / Antonio Ignacio Molina Marâin
• 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 Daniels
• The Roman Cult of Hercules / Christopher Siwicki
• Heracles, Caesar and the Roman emperors / Matthew Loar
• The Early Christian Heracles / Alexandra Eppinger
• The Reception of Heracles / Emma Stafford
• Labor II: The Lernaean Hydra / Christina Salowey
• Introduction / Daniel Ogden
• Labor VII: The Cretan Bull / Daniel Ogden
• Labor VIII: The Mares of Diomede (and Alcestis) / Daniel Ogden
• Labor IV: The Erymanthian Boar (and Pholus) / Daniel Ogden
• Labor III: The Cerynean Hind / Emma Aston
• Labor V: The Augean Stables / Fiona Mitchell
• Labor VI: The Stymphalian Birds / Emma Aston
• Labor IX: The Girdle of the Amazon Hippolyte / Adrienne Mayor
• Labor X: The Cattle of Geryon and the Return from Tartessus / P. J. Finglass.

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Other title(s)

• Handbook of Heracles
• Heracles

ISBN

9780190651015 (ebook) :

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