{"id":{"repo_id":"uiuc","oai_identifier":"oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/87382"},"canonical_url":"https://search.dev.ndltd.org/etd/uiuc/oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/87382","repository":{"repo_id":"uiuc","name":"University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign","base_url":"https://www.ideals.illinois.edu/oai-pmh"},"display":{"title":"Etrusco-Italic Hercle: A Study in the Formation of Image, Cult, and Regional Identity","abstract":"\"My dissertation traces the 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 ancestry on the Italic peninsula. I argue that, although one cannot trace a direct teleological evolution for Hercle that goes back to the beginning of anthropomorphization, earlier and more anonymous Italic hero-figures embody indigenous and deeply rooted cultural meanings that are evident in subsequent representations of Hercle. In shaping my theorization of the indigenous, Italic roots of Hercle, I draw especially on the work of Richard White and Mary Helms. White's concept of the \"\"middle ground,\"\" which refers to both a geographic location (literally a space of interaction) and a cultural stance (the overlap or place between two differing cultures) is a compelling lens through which to understand the interaction between Greeks and Italic populations. Helms outlines a theory of how distance affects the formation of ideology among ruling elites, such that spatial and temporal distances become linked and equivalent on a cosmological scale. In applying these ideas to the study of objects, I used quantitative elements such as iconography and materiality to get at underlying socio-cultural structure and meaning at both local and regional levels.\"","abstract_html":""My dissertation traces the 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 ancestry on the Italic peninsula. I argue that, although one cannot trace a direct teleological evolution for Hercle that goes back to the beginning of anthropomorphization, earlier and more anonymous Italic hero-figures embody indigenous and deeply rooted cultural meanings that are evident in subsequent representations of Hercle. In shaping my theorization of the indigenous, Italic roots of Hercle, I draw especially on the work of Richard White and Mary Helms. White's concept of the ""middle ground,"" which refers to both a geographic location (literally a space of interaction) and a cultural stance (the overlap or place between two differing cultures) is a compelling lens through which to understand the interaction between Greeks and Italic populations. Helms outlines a theory of how distance affects the formation of ideology among ruling elites, such that spatial and temporal distances become linked and equivalent on a cosmological scale. In applying these ideas to the study of objects, I used quantitative elements such as iconography and materiality to get at underlying socio-cultural structure and meaning at both local and regional levels."","abstract_has_math":false,"creators":["Martinez, Victor Manuel"],"institution":"University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign","degree_name":"Ph.D.","degree_level":"Dissertation","degree_discipline":"Art History","degree_department":null,"school":null,"contributors":["Eric Hostetter"],"advisors":[],"committee_chairs":[],"committee_members":[],"year":2015,"date_issued":"2015-09-28T15:53:05Z","date_published":"2015-09-28T15:53:05Z","updated_at":"2026-07-22T22:26:30Z","subjects":["Classical Studies"],"languages":["eng"],"rights":[],"rights_urls":[],"identifier_entries":[{"key":"dc:identifier","label":"Identifier","values":["(MiAaPQ)AAI3406781"],"render_values":[{"text":"(MiAaPQ)AAI3406781","href":null,"code":true}]}]},"links":{"outbound_url":"http://hdl.handle.net/2142/87382","outbound_label":"Handle","outbound_source":"dc:identifier"},"metadata_groups":[{"id":"people","label":"People","entries":[{"key":"dc:contributor","label":"Contributor","values":["Eric Hostetter"]},{"key":"dc:creator","label":"Author","values":["Martinez, Victor Manuel"]}]},{"id":"academic_context","label":"Academic Context","entries":[{"key":"dc:date","label":"Dc Date","values":["2015-09-28T15:53:05Z","10000-01-01","2009"]},{"key":"dc:type","label":"Dc Type","values":["text"]},{"key":"thesis:degree_discipline","label":"Discipline","values":["Art History"]},{"key":"thesis:degree_level","label":"Degree Level","values":["Dissertation"]},{"key":"thesis:degree_name","label":"Degree Name","values":["Ph.D."]},{"key":"thesis:institution_name","label":"Thesis Institution Name","values":["University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign"]}]},{"id":"subjects_keywords","label":"Subjects and Keywords","entries":[{"key":"dc:subject","label":"Dc Subject","values":["Classical Studies"]}]},{"id":"language_rights","label":"Language and Rights","entries":[{"key":"dc:language","label":"Dc Language","values":["eng"]}]},{"id":"identifiers","label":"Identifiers","entries":[{"key":"dc:identifier","label":"Identifier","values":["http://hdl.handle.net/2142/87382","(MiAaPQ)AAI3406781"]}]},{"id":"additional","label":"Additional Metadata","entries":[{"key":"dc:description","label":"Description","values":["\"My dissertation traces the 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 ancestry on the Italic peninsula. I argue that, although one cannot trace a direct teleological evolution for Hercle that goes back to the beginning of anthropomorphization, earlier and more anonymous Italic hero-figures embody indigenous and deeply rooted cultural meanings that are evident in subsequent representations of Hercle. In shaping my theorization of the indigenous, Italic roots of Hercle, I draw especially on the work of Richard White and Mary Helms. White's concept of the \"\"middle ground,\"\" which refers to both a geographic location (literally a space of interaction) and a cultural stance (the overlap or place between two differing cultures) is a compelling lens through which to understand the interaction between Greeks and Italic populations. Helms outlines a theory of how distance affects the formation of ideology among ruling elites, such that spatial and temporal distances become linked and equivalent on a cosmological scale. In applying these ideas to the study of objects, I used quantitative elements such as iconography and materiality to get at underlying socio-cultural structure and meaning at both local and regional levels.\"","Made available in DSpace on 2015-09-28T15:53:05Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 license.txt: 4848 bytes, checksum: 96035ab3f5e1c23cc7138a224ce498bd (MD5) 3406781.pdf: 39639010 bytes, checksum: e39d5ae878afd47bc4f87b8ac697dcbf (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009","Embargo set by: Seth Robbins for item 88663 Lift date: Forever Reason: Restricted to the U of I community idenfinitely during batch ingest of legacy ETDs","Restricted to the U of I community idenfinitely during batch ingest of legacy ETDs","U of I Only","641 p.","Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2009."]},{"key":"dc:title","label":"Title","values":["Etrusco-Italic Hercle: A Study in the Formation of Image, Cult, and Regional Identity"]}]}],"canonical_facts":{"dc:contributor":["Eric Hostetter"],"dc:creator":["Martinez, Victor Manuel"],"dc:date":["2015-09-28T15:53:05Z","10000-01-01","2009"],"dc:description":["\"My dissertation traces the 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 ancestry on the Italic peninsula. I argue that, although one cannot trace a direct teleological evolution for Hercle that goes back to the beginning of anthropomorphization, earlier and more anonymous Italic hero-figures embody indigenous and deeply rooted cultural meanings that are evident in subsequent representations of Hercle. In shaping my theorization of the indigenous, Italic roots of Hercle, I draw especially on the work of Richard White and Mary Helms. White's concept of the \"\"middle ground,\"\" which refers to both a geographic location (literally a space of interaction) and a cultural stance (the overlap or place between two differing cultures) is a compelling lens through which to understand the interaction between Greeks and Italic populations. Helms outlines a theory of how distance affects the formation of ideology among ruling elites, such that spatial and temporal distances become linked and equivalent on a cosmological scale. In applying these ideas to the study of objects, I used quantitative elements such as iconography and materiality to get at underlying socio-cultural structure and meaning at both local and regional levels.\"","Made available in DSpace on 2015-09-28T15:53:05Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 license.txt: 4848 bytes, checksum: 96035ab3f5e1c23cc7138a224ce498bd (MD5) 3406781.pdf: 39639010 bytes, checksum: e39d5ae878afd47bc4f87b8ac697dcbf (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009","Embargo set by: Seth Robbins for item 88663 Lift date: Forever Reason: Restricted to the U of I community idenfinitely during batch ingest of legacy ETDs","Restricted to the U of I community idenfinitely during batch ingest of legacy ETDs","U of I Only","641 p.","Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2009."],"dc:identifier":["http://hdl.handle.net/2142/87382","(MiAaPQ)AAI3406781"],"dc:language":["eng"],"dc:subject":["Classical Studies"],"dc:title":["Etrusco-Italic Hercle: A Study in the Formation of Image, Cult, and Regional Identity"],"dc:type":["text"],"thesis:degree_discipline":["Art History"],"thesis:degree_level":["Dissertation"],"thesis:degree_name":["Ph.D."],"thesis:institution_name":["University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign"]},"updated_at":"2026-07-22T22:26:30Z"}