The violent hero : Heracles in the Greek imagination

The violent hero : Heracles in the Greek imagination / Katherine Lu Hsu.

"This book uses the mythological hero Heracles as a lens for investigating the nature of heroic violence in archaic and classical Greek literature, from Homer through to Aristophanes. Heracles was famous for his great victories as much as for his notorious failures. Driving each of these acts i...

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Main Author: Hsu, Katherine Lu (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2021.
Series:Bloomsbury classical studies monographs.
Subjects:
Heracles > (Greek mythological character)
Violence in literature.
Greek literature > History and criticism.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Holy Cross Note:Faculty author.
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Call Number: PA3015.R5 H48 2021
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