Tsagalis, Christos C.
(ed.)
Editorial: Brill
Colección: Mnemosyne, Supplements ; 482
Número de páginas: 271 págs.
Fecha de edición: 28-02-2024
EAN: 9789004696198
ISBN: 978-90-04-69619-8
Precio (sin IVA): 109,00 €
Precio (IVA incluído): 113,36 €
This book xamines the protean nature of the greatest Greek hero, Heracles in Homeric and Hesiodic poetry, as well as in fragmentary epics such as Creophylus’ Oichalias Halosis, Pisander’s Heracleia, and Panyassis’ Heracleia. Several contributors explore Heracles’ associations with heroes in Near-Eastern literature and reflections in early epic about his involvement in the first sack of Troy, the tale of Hesione and the ketos, the war against the Meropes on Cos, and the sack of Oechalia. Other contributors study his role in other Archaic and Classical epics such as those written by Creophylus, Pisander, and Panyassis.