In this paper, I propose a general interpretation of images showing the physical exhaustion and apotheosis of Heracles that were produced during the Classical period. These images appear on or take the form of coins, jewels, vase paintings, and sculptures. Building on the major scholarly work on the subject since the late 19th century, I suggest that the iconography of Heracles shows the influence of new religious and philosophical conceptions of his myth, in particular relating to Pythagoreanism, Orphism, and mystery cults, as well as the intellectual climate of 5th century Athens. Rather than appearing as an example of infinite toil and excess in the manner of earlier literary and iconographic representations, Heracles is presented in the...
Thesis (MA)--Stellenbosch University, 2016.ENGLISH SUMMARY: This thesis is an examination of the por...
The son of a divine father, Zeus, and a mortal mother, Alkmene, Herakles is often described by ancie...
Our purpose in this chapter is not to try to reconstruct the lost epics of Heracles but rather to us...
Este estudio propone una interpretación general de las imágenes realizadas en Grecia, a partir del s...
Héraclès est une des figures les plus importantes dans la littérature et l’art de la Grèce ancienne ...
Includes bibliographical references.Includes illustrations.The purpose of this qualifying paper was ...
Héracles é um conhecido personagem das narrativas míticas, sua fama não se limitou a antiguidade, me...
Our purpose in this chapter is not to try to reconstruct the lost epics of Heracles but rather to us...
Since Greek and Roman Antiquity Hercules has staying power as the embodiment of heroism constituted ...
In the ‘genealogical’ passage of the ‘Encomium’ of Ptolemy Philadelphus Theocritus several times cal...
Summary: This paper studies the reception of the figure of Heracles in the Socratic tradition. It di...
The author describes the development of the complex character of Herakles just as it is reflected i...
Traballo Fin de Grao en Historia da Arte. Curso 2020-2021En este trabajo estudiaremos desde el punto...
Some questions were raised during the study of the myth of Heracles/Hercules, such as which qualitie...
This thesis is primarily concerned with the documentation of the artistic and literary evidence for ...
Thesis (MA)--Stellenbosch University, 2016.ENGLISH SUMMARY: This thesis is an examination of the por...
The son of a divine father, Zeus, and a mortal mother, Alkmene, Herakles is often described by ancie...
Our purpose in this chapter is not to try to reconstruct the lost epics of Heracles but rather to us...
Este estudio propone una interpretación general de las imágenes realizadas en Grecia, a partir del s...
Héraclès est une des figures les plus importantes dans la littérature et l’art de la Grèce ancienne ...
Includes bibliographical references.Includes illustrations.The purpose of this qualifying paper was ...
Héracles é um conhecido personagem das narrativas míticas, sua fama não se limitou a antiguidade, me...
Our purpose in this chapter is not to try to reconstruct the lost epics of Heracles but rather to us...
Since Greek and Roman Antiquity Hercules has staying power as the embodiment of heroism constituted ...
In the ‘genealogical’ passage of the ‘Encomium’ of Ptolemy Philadelphus Theocritus several times cal...
Summary: This paper studies the reception of the figure of Heracles in the Socratic tradition. It di...
The author describes the development of the complex character of Herakles just as it is reflected i...
Traballo Fin de Grao en Historia da Arte. Curso 2020-2021En este trabajo estudiaremos desde el punto...
Some questions were raised during the study of the myth of Heracles/Hercules, such as which qualitie...
This thesis is primarily concerned with the documentation of the artistic and literary evidence for ...
Thesis (MA)--Stellenbosch University, 2016.ENGLISH SUMMARY: This thesis is an examination of the por...
The son of a divine father, Zeus, and a mortal mother, Alkmene, Herakles is often described by ancie...
Our purpose in this chapter is not to try to reconstruct the lost epics of Heracles but rather to us...