Heracles

Author : Thalia Papadopoulou
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2005-07-14
Category : History
ISBN : 1139446673

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Heracles and Euripidean Tragedy by Thalia Papadopoulou Pdf

Euripides' Heracles is an extraordinary play of great complexity, exploring the co-existence of both positive and negative aspects of the eponymous hero. Euripides treats Heracles' ambivalence by showing his uncertain position after the completion of his labours and turns him into a tragic hero by dramatizing his development from the invincible hero of the labours to the courageous bearer of suffering. This book offers a comprehensive reading of Heracles examining it in the contexts of Euripidean dramaturgy, Greek drama and fifth-century Athenian society. It shows that the play, which raises profound questions on divinity and human values, deserves to have a prominent place in every discussion about Euripides and about Greek tragedy. Tracing some of Euripides' most spectacular writing in terms of emotional and intellectual effect, and discussing questions of narrative, rhetoric, stagecraft and audience reception, this work is required reading for all students and scholars of Euripides.

Author : Euripides,
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2008-09-11
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9780199555093

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Heracles and Other Plays by Euripides, Pdf

The first three plays in this volume are typical of Euripides, filled with violence or its threat, while the fourth, Cyclops, is a satyr play, full of crude and slapstick humour. Alcestis shows various reactions to death with pathos and grim humour while the blood-soaked Heracles portrays deep emotional pain and undeserved suffering. Children of Heracles deals with the effects of war on refugees and the consequences of sheltering them.

Author : Emma Stafford
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2013-06-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9781136519277

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Herakles by Emma Stafford Pdf

There is more material available on Herakles than any other Greek god or hero. His story has many more episodes than those of other heroes, concerning his life and death as well as his battles with myriad monsters and other opponents. In literature, he appears in our earliest Greek epic and lyric poetry, is reinvented for the tragic and comic stage, and later finds his way into such unlikely areas as philosophical writing and love poetry. In art, his exploits are amongst the earliest identifiable mythological scenes, and his easily-recognisable figure with lionskin and club was a familiar sight throughout antiquity in sculpture, vase-painting and other media. He was held up as an ancestor and role-model for both Greek and Roman rulers, and widely worshipped as a god, his unusual status as a hero-god being reinforced by the story of his apotheosis. Often referred to by his Roman name Hercules, he has continued to fascinate writers and artists right up to the present day. In Herakles, Emma Stafford has successfully tackled the ‘Herculean task’ of surveying both the ancient sources and the extensive modern scholarship in order to present a hugely accessible account of this important mythical figure. Covering both Greek and Roman material, the book highlights areas of consensus and dissent, indicating avenues for further study on both details and broader issues. Easy to read, Herakles is perfectly suited to students of classics and related disciplines, and of interest to anyone looking for an insight into ancient Greece’s most popular hero.

Author : James Boyd White
Publisher : Univ of Wisconsin Press
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Communication in law
ISBN : 0299104141

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Heracles' Bow by James Boyd White Pdf

The law has traditionally been regarded as a set of rules and institutions. In this thoughtful series of essays, James Boyd White urges a fresh view of the law as an essentially literary, rhetorical, and ethical activity. Defining and elaborating his conception, he artfully bridges the fields of jurisprudence, literature, philosophy, history, and political science. The result, a new approach that may change the way we perceive the legal process, will engage not only lawyers and law students but anyone interested in the relationship between ethics, persuasion, and community. White's essays, though bound by a common perspective, are thematically varied. Each of these pieces makes eloquent and insightful reading. Taken as a whole, they establish, by triangulation, a position from which they all proceed: a view of poetry, law, and rhetoric as essentially synonymous. Only when we perceive the links between these processes, White stresses, can we begin to unite the concerns of truth, beauty, and justice in a single field of action and expression.

Author : Euripides
Publisher : Hackett Publishing
Page : 98 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1988-01-01
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9781585105113

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Heracles by Euripides Pdf

Euripides' Heracles is an extraordinary play, innovative in its treatment of the myth, bold in its dramatic structure, and filled with affective human pathos. The play tells a tale of horror: Heracles, the greatest hero of the Greeks, is maddened by the gods to murder his wife and children. But this suffering and divine malevolence are leavened by the friendship between Heracles and Theseus, which allows the hero to survive this final and most painful labor. The Heracles raises profound questions about the gods and mortal values in a capricious and harsh world. ​Includes essays on Euripides, performance, and interpretation of Myth, a list of suggested readings, notes, and a map.

Author : Daniel Ogden
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 609 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2021-07-13
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9780190651008

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The Oxford Handbook of Heracles by Daniel Ogden Pdf

Heracles is the quintessential ancient Greek hero. The rich and massive tradition associated with him encompasses myths of all kinds: quest myths, monster-fights, world-foundational myths, aetiological myths, philosophical myths, allegorical myths, and more. It informs and is informed by every genre and variety of Classical literature. The figure of Heracles opens windows onto numerous aspects of ancient religion, including those of cult, syncretism, Christian reception, the relationship between gods and heroes, and the intersection of religion with politics. The Oxford Handbook of Heracles is the first large-scale guide to Heracles, his myth-cycle the Twelve Labors, and, to the pervasive impact of the hero upon Greek and Roman culture. The first half of the volume is devoted to the lucid exposition and analysis of the ancient evidence, literary and iconographic, for Heracles' life and deeds. In the second half, the Heracles tradition is analyzed from a range of thematic perspectives, including the contrasting projections of the figure across the major literary genres and in art; the ways in which Greek communities and even Roman emperors exploited the figure in the fashioning of their own identities and for political advantage; his cult in Greece and Rome and its syncretism with that of the Phoenician Melqart; and Heracles' reception in later Western tradition. Presenting, in 39 chapters, the authoritative work of international experts in a clear and well-structured format, this volume provides a convenient reference tool for scholars and offers an accessible starting-point for students.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2024-03-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004696617

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Heracles in Early Greek Epic by Anonim Pdf

Heracles in Early Greek Epic examines 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.

Author : Euripides
Publisher : Hackett Publishing
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2012-12-21
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9781585105991

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Medea, Hippolytus, Heracles, Bacchae by Euripides Pdf

This anthology includes four outstanding translations of Euripides’ plays: Medea, Bacchae, Hippolytus, and Heracles. These translations remain close to the original, with extensive introductions, interpretive essays, and footnotes. This series is designed to provide students and general readers with access to the nature of Greek drama, Greek mythology, and the context of Greek culture, as well as highly readable and understandable translations of four of Euripides most important plays. Focus also publishes each play as an individual volume.

Author : Sofia Frade
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2023-05-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9781472511157

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Heracles and Athenian Propaganda by Sofia Frade Pdf

Heracles and Athenian Propaganda examines how Greece's most important hero was appropriated and portrayed by Athens in religion, politics, architecture and literature, with a detailed study of Euripides' Heracles in relation to this interplay between the hero and the city's ideology. Though Athens needed a hero of Hellenic stature, Heracles was a deeply problematic figure: a violent hero of ancient epic, with an aristocratic nature and a murderous temper, who did not naturally fit into the new ideals of democratic society at Athens. Examining how Euripides' play fits within the space of the polis and its political ideology, Sofia Frade asks specific questions of tragedy and politics: how does Euripides' tragic drama of grief, insanity and murder reconcile this hero to a palatable, patriotic ideal? How does the tragic hero relate to his own representations and his cult within the polis? In a city so marked by iconographic propaganda, how did the imagery influence the audience? By looking at the play's larger contexts – literary, civic, political, religious and ideological – new readings are offered to the most problematic elements of the play, including the question of its unity, the nature of the hero's madness and the role of the gods.

Author : Pearson Education
Publisher : Ginn
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2003-05-14
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0602308267

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Lightning: Year 5 Short Stories - Teacher's Notes Book 2 by Pearson Education Pdf

Lightning provides: 32 books with 3 levels of differentiation per book; whole texts that provide NLS genre coverage; linked themes across fiction, non-fiction and the wider curriculum; focussed teaching support for each book including comprehension and writing activities; and a teaching and practice CD that provides opportunities for ICT.

Author : Hugh McCulloch
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1893
Category : American poetry
ISBN : HARVARD:HNQJWP

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The Quest of Heracles and Other Poems by Hugh McCulloch Pdf

Author : Euripides
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1891
Category : Mythology, Greek
ISBN : NYPL:33433082192539

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The Plays of Euripides: Andromache. Electra. The Bacchantes. Hecuba. Heracles mad. The Phoenician maidens. Orestes. Iphigenia among the Tauri. Iphigenia at Aulis. The Cyclops by Euripides Pdf

Author : Euripides
Publisher : Phoemixx Classics Ebooks
Page : 41 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2021-10-13
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9783986473563

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Heracles by Euripides Pdf

Heracles Euripides - Euripides' Heracles is an extraordinary play, innovative in its treatment of the myth, bold in its dramatic structure, and filled with effective human pathos. The play tells a tale of horror: Heracles, the greatest hero of the Greeks, is maddened by the gods to murder his wife and children. But this suffering and divine malevolence are leavened by the friendship between Heracles and Theseus, which allows the hero to survive this final and most painful labor. The Heracles raises profound questions about the gods and mortal values in a capricious and harsh world.

Author : Johanna Ehrmann
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2013-12-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781477762271

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The Labors of Heracles by Johanna Ehrmann Pdf

Heracles, also known as Hercules, was perhaps the greatest hero in all of Greek mythology, known for his awesome strength and bravery. His father was Zeus, the king of the gods. His mother was Alcmene, a mortal woman. Hera, the goddess of women and marriage, and Zeus’s wife, punished Heracles for the misdeeds of his father. Lucky for us, the challenges she set for him make for great stories perfect for the graphic format. Readers will be enthralled by the adventure as they learn about the legends and legendary creatures of Greek mythology through the labors of Heracles.

Author : British School at Rome,Rome (Italy). Museo capitolino
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1912
Category : Sculpture
ISBN : PRNC:32101076189123

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A Catalogue of the Ancient Sculptures Preserved in the Municipal Collections of Rome ... by British School at Rome,Rome (Italy). Museo capitolino Pdf