The Modern Hercules

The Modern Hercules
Author: Alastair J.L. Blanshard
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 698
Release: 2020-11-09
Genre: History
ISBN: 9004440062


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The Modern Hercules explores the reception of the ancient Greek hero Herakles – the Roman Hercules – in western culture from the nineteenth century to the present day, exploring the hero’s transformations of identity and significance in a wide range of media.


Herakles
Language: en
Pages: 338
Authors: Emma Stafford
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-06-17 - Publisher: Routledge

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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
The Modern Hercules
Language: en
Pages: 698
Authors: Alastair J.L. Blanshard
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-11-09 - Publisher: BRILL

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The Modern Hercules explores the reception of the ancient Greek hero Herakles – the Roman Hercules – in western culture from the nineteenth century to the p
Seneca's
Language: en
Pages: 502
Authors: Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Categories: Drama
Type: BOOK - Published: 1987 - Publisher: Cornell University Press

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John G. Fitch's new Latin text of Seneca's play, Hercules Furens, is based on a collation of the chief manuscripts, including the Paris manuscript T.
Seneca: Hercules Furens
Language: en
Pages: 169
Authors: Neil Bernstein
Categories: Drama
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-02-09 - Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

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Hercules is the best-known character from classical mythology. Seneca's play Hercules Furens presents the hero at a moment of triumph turned to tragedy. Hercule
Seneca - Hercules Furens
Language: en
Pages: 759
Authors: Margarethe Billerbeck
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-07-17 - Publisher: BRILL

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This is most comprehensive study of Seneca's Hercules Furens to date and indeed of any Roman tragedy. Apart from illustrating the poetic language, the literary