Heracles in Early Greek Epic

Erscheinungsjahr 2024
ISBN: 978-90-04-69619-8
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 482, 262 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 580 g

Reihe: Mnemosyne, Supplements

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Tsagalis, Christos C.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Geschichte der klassischen Antike

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface

Contributors

Introduction

Christos Tsagalis

Part 1 Sources and Intertexts for Early Greek Epic on Heracles

Heracles and Gilgamesh in Early Greek Epic

Bruno Currie

Heracles on Cos

Ruth Scodel

Civilizer, Killer, Glutton … Moralist? Glimpses of Heracles in Early Greek Epic

Sophie Mills

Part 2 Heracles in Homer and Hesiod

Heracles in Homer and Hesiod: Shared ID?s, Distinct Perspectives

Apostolia Alepidou

Heracles in Hesiod

Glenn W. Most

Heracles and Hesione in the Iliad

Silvio Bär

Of Walls and Monsters: Heracles and Epic Time in Iliad 20

Hanne Eisenfeld

Part 3 Heracles in Fragmentary Greek Epic

Narrative and Stylistic Artistry in Early Greek Epic: Creophylus, Pisander, Panyassis

Christos Tsagalis

Traces of the Epics on Heracles in the Archaic and Classical Periods: Between Local Interests and Never-Ending Traditions

Laura Lulli

Reassessing Pisander of Camirus, fr. dub. 2 EGEF

Stefano Vecchiato

General Index

Über Autor(innen)

Christos C. Tsagalis, Ph.D. (1998), Cornell University, is Professor of Ancient Greek Literature at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. He has published extensively on Homer, Hesiod, fragmentary Greek epic, and Greek epigram, including Early Greek Epic: Language, Interpretation, Performance (De Gruyter 2023).

Contributors are: Apostolia Alepidou, Silvio Bär, Bruno Currie, Hanne Eisenfeld, Laura Lulli, Sophie Mills, Glenn Most, Ruth Scodel, Christos Tsagalis, Stefano Vecchiato.