The Oxford handbook of Heracles / edited by Daniel Ogden.

"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 receive...

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Other Authors: Ogden, Daniel (Editor)
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2021]
Series:Oxford handbooks.
Subjects:
Heracles > (Greek mythological character) > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Heracles > (Greek mythological character)
Handbooks and manuals.
Genre:
Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Handbooks and manuals.
Physical Description:xxxi, 571 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Part I: Before the Labors. Birth and childhood / Corinne Pache
  • The madness and the labors / KatherineLu Hsu
  • Part II: The Labors (Athloi). Labor I : the Nemean Lion / Jenny March
  • Labor II : the Lernean Hydra / Christina Salowey
  • Labor III : the Cerynean Hind / Emma Aston
  • Labor IV : the Erymanthian Boar (and Pholus) / Daniel Ogden
  • Labor V : the Augean Stables / Fiona Mitchell
  • Labor VI : the Stymphalian Birds / Emma Aston
  • Labor VII : the Cretan Bull / Daniel Ogden
  • Labor VIII : the Mares of Diomede (and Alcestis) / Daniel Ogden
  • Labor IX : the girdle of the Amazon Hippolyte / Andrienne Mayor
  • Labor X : the Cattle of Geryon and the return from Tartessus / P.J. Finglass
  • Labor XI : the Apples of the Hesperides / Gina Salapata
  • Labor XII : Cerberus / Pauline Hanesworth
  • Part III: The Side-Deeds (Parerga). Brigands and cruel kings / Debbie Felton
  • The Argonauts / Richard Hunter
  • Laomedon, Hesione, and the Sea-Monster / Bronwen Wickkiser
  • Auge and Telephus / Emma Griffiths
  • The Gigantomachy / Christina Salowey
  • Oechalia, Delphi, and Omphale / Kristin Heineman
  • Deianeira, death, and apotheosis / Deianeira Romero-González
  • Part IV: Genres and media. Epic / Elton Barker, Joel Christensen
  • Tragedy / Michael Lloyd
  • Comedy / John Wilkins
  • The philosophical tradition / Philip Bosman
  • Classical art / Amy Smith
  • Part V: Themes. Heracles as a quest hero / Graham Anderson
  • Heracles between Hera and Athena / Susan Deacy
  • Heracles rationalized and allegorized / Greta Hawes
  • Heracles and the mastery of geographical space / Antonio Ignacio Molina Marín
  • Heracles as ancestor / Lee E. Patterson
  • Heracles, Macedon, and Alexander the Great / Christian Thrue Djurslev
  • The Greek cult of Heracles / Jennifer Larson
  • Heracles and Melqart / Megan Daniels
  • The Roman cult of Hercules / Christopher Siwicki
  • Hercules, Caesar, and the Roman emperors / Matthew P. Loar
  • The Early Christian Heracles / Alexandra Eppinger
  • The reception of Heracles / Emma Stafford.