| Herakles and Hercules: Exploring a Graeco-Roman Divinity Contributor(s): Bowden, Hugh (Editor), Rawlings, Louis (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1905125054 ISBN-13: 9781905125050 Publisher: Classical Press of Wales OUR PRICE: $76.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2005 Annotation: Herakles and Hercules: two names for a figure of pervasive appeal in Antiquity. He was a hero of myth and a god with cult associations. He was ancestor of Macedonian kings, patron of Carthaginian generals and of Roman emperors, and a role model for Stoic philosophers. As a performer of the famous labours, wanderer, liberator, madman and murderer of kin, Herakles-Hercules has retained his fascination down to the present. The eleven new studies in this volume explore why this figure appealed so widely in Antiquity. They examine his role in ancient myth and philosophy, drama and art, as well as in politics and propaganda, warfare and religion. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Ancient - Greece - History | Ancient - Rome - Social Science | Folklore & Mythology |
| LCCN: 2006296205 |
| Physical Information: 0.69" H x 6.36" W x 9.66" (1.28 lbs) 270 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) |