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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"Herakles"”.
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Higher Powers: The Metrics of Divine Will and Agency in Euripides' Hippolytos and Herakles
Certain gods in Euripides, Hippolytos and Herakles exhibit a high level of control over mortals. Each play has one primary god whose statements of will, identity, and offense control the actions of other characters. Each play features a distinct god/human dialectic, in which certain actions …
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Die Aigis : zu Typologie und Ikonographie eines mythischen Gegenstandes
… als auch auf die ihr zum Schutz Befohlenen (Herakles, Theseus), damit auch auf die Stadt Athen. Die literarische Erwähnung erfolgt bereits durch Homer, während ihre bildliche Gestaltung erst im frühen 6. Jh. v. Chr. beginnt. Hier ist vor allem Athena Trägerin der Aigis. Die ihrem Namen nach …
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Etrusco-Italic Hercle: A Study in the Formation of Image, Cult, and Regional Identity
… Italic roots for the iconographies and roles of Herakles in central and northern Italy (i.e., Etrusco-Italic Hercle) prior to Roman hegemony (ca. 1000--300 BCE). The thesis begins with the premise that this hero-god, commonly known as Hercle, after his Greek namesake, may have had an indigenous …
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Etrusco-Italic Herclé: a study in the formation of image, cult, and regional identity
… Italic roots for the iconographies and roles of Herakles in central and northern Italy (i.e., Etrusco-Italic Herclé) prior to Roman hegemony (ca. 1000-300 BCE). The thesis begins with the premise that this hero-god, commonly known as Herclé, after his Greek namesake, may have had an indigenous …
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Into the woods: narrative studies in the 'Thebaid' of Statius with special reference to books IV-VI
… episode: the Victoria Berenices' aetiology of Herakles and Molorchus reconfigures our notions of the heroic, attributing new value to the small and insignificant. Chapter three explores the importance of Bacchus' epiphany in books IV-VI and discusses the impact of Euripides' Hypsipyle. The …
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Émile-Antoine Bourdelle and the Midi: French sculpture and regional identity at the turn of the twentieth century
… themes in Bourdelle’s most famous sculpture, Herakles the Archer (1909). Chapter three centers on two works: the decoration for the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées (1913) and Dying Centaur (1914). The sculptures represent a high point of Bourdelle’s classicism, but the artist’s lectures and …
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Harnessing Environmental Justice to Protect Against Land-grabbing in Cameroon
… will be translated into specific actions by Herakles Farms. Based on the evaluation results, the following recommendations are made to the Cameroon Government to promote environmental justice in communities that are vulnerable to land-grabbing: (1) formalize customary land tenure, (2) promote …
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An amazon in Athens : gendered correlation and political association in Sophocles’ "Trachiniae"
… of marriage and illicit sexualities, namely Herakles and his monstrous competitors (Acheloos, Nessos), in order to argue that this world is juxtaposed to the social sustainability that is ensured through the well-being of the oikos. With an Amazon being placed within the civilized arrangement …
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Pindar's Isthmians 3 And 4: Essays And Commentary
… reference to the topography of the sanctuary of Herakles at Thebes and the vivid account he gives of the sacrifices performed at the local festival of Herakleia (Isthm. 4.61-6). After examining in extenso references to geographic and architectural landmarks in Greek poetry, I suggest that the …