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It is indeed a strenuous labour to digest the vast amount of ancient materials that have survived regarding this panhellenic hero par excellence, and it is even more challenging to articulate and organize them in a coherent but not reductionistic way. The editor and contributors to this volume successfully provide a far-reaching synthesis that does not oversimplify Heracles’ mythical accounts and their influence in various areas of knowledge. The handbook is divided into five parts, although, de facto, there are two distinguishable sections, as the editor acknowledges in the introduction (p. xxii): “The first half of the book is devoted to the exposition of the ancient evidence, literary and iconographic, for the traditions of Heracles’ life and deeds,” while “the second half … then cuts aslant this first half to offer a thematic approach to Heracles’ myth-cycle, his cults and the uses made of him in the ancient world.” Ogden’s examination of the creation of a canon for Heracles’ labours is well articulated and very useful as an overview of the first part of the volume. This diachronic analysis of the sources demonstrates how myths were not fixed entities and how futile the search for an original institutionalized order of the labours can be. Onderdeel van de reeks(en)
"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 of the book 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: Heracles' fashioning as a folkloric quest-hero; his relationships with the two great goddesses, the Hera that persecutes him and the Athena that protects him; and the rationalisation and allegorisation of his cycle's constituent myths. The ways are investigated in which Greek communities and indeed Alexander the Great exploited the figure both in the fashioning of their own identities and for political advantage. The cult of Heracles is considered in its Greek manifestation, in its syncretism with that of the Phoenician Melqart, and in its presence at Rome, the last study leading into discussion of the use made of Heracles by the Roman emperors themselves and then by early Christian writers. A final chapter offers an authoritative perspective on the limitless subject of Heracles' reception in the western tradition"-- Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)398.2093802Social sciences Customs, Etiquette, Folklore Folklore Folk literature History, geographic treatment, biography Folklore of the ancient world Folklore of ancient Greece Tales and lore of legendary or mythological personsLC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde: Geen beoordelingen.Ben jij dit?Word een LibraryThing Auteur. |