Herakles and Hercules : exploring a Graeco-Roman divinity

Herakles and Hercules exploring a Graeco-Roman divinity

"Herakles and Hercules: two names for a figure of pervasive appeal in Antiquity. 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...

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Weitere Verfasser: Rawlings, Louis (BerichterstatterIn), Bowden, Hugh (BerichterstatterIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: Swansea Classical Press of Wales 2005
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Herakles > Heracles (mythologie) > Hercules (mythologisch personage) > Heracles (Greek mythology) > Hercules (Roman mythology) > Mythology, Greek > Mythology, Roman > Römisches Reich > Griechenland > Aufsatzsammlung > Konferenzschrift
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Zusammenfassung:"Herakles and Hercules: two names for a figure of pervasive appeal in Antiquity. 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."--BOOK JACKET.
Beschreibung:"This collection had its origins in a conference on Herakles-Hercules in the Ancient World, held at the University of Cardiff in September 1998."--P. vii.
Includes bibliographical references (p.237-239) and index
Beschreibung:X, 254 S.
Ill.
25 cm
ISBN:1905125054
1-905125-05-4