Greek Heroes in and Out of Hades
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- 2012
Summary
Greek Heroes in and out of Hades is a study on heroism and mortality from Homer to Plato. In a collection of thirty enjoyable essays, Stamatia Dova combines intertextual research and thought-provoking analysis to shed new light on concepts of the hero in the Iliad and the Odyssey, Bacchylides 5, Plato's Symposium, and Euripides' Alcestis.
Through systematic readings of a wide range of seemingly unrelated texts, the author offers a cohesive picture of heroic character in a variety of literary genres. Her characterization of Achilles, Odysseus, and Heracles is artfully supported by a comprehensive overview of the theme of descent to the underworld in Homer, Bacchylides, and Euripides. Aimed at the specialist as well as the general reader, Greek Heroes in and out of Hades brings innovative Classical scholarship and insightful literary criticism to a wide audience.
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Bibliographic data
- Copyright year
- 2012
- ISBN-Print
- 978-0-7391-4497-8
- ISBN-Online
- 978-0-7391-4499-2
- Publisher
- Lexington, Lanham
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 228
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- Contents No access
- Foreword: Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches No access
- Preface No access
- Part I: Odysseus and the Poetics of katábasis No access Pages 1 - 70
- Part II: Hades (and Heroism) Revisited No access Pages 71 - 140
- Part III: Achilles, Alcestis, and thePoetics of non-katábasis No access Pages 141 - 202
- Select Bibliography No access Pages 203 - 214
- Index No access Pages 215 - 228





