The violent hero : Heracles in the Greek imagination / Katherine Lu Hsu.
Hsu, Katherine Lu, author.; ProQuest (Firm)
2020
PA3015.R5 H78 2020
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Title The violent hero : Heracles in the Greek imagination / Katherine Lu Hsu.
Author Hsu, Katherine Lu, author.
ISBN 9781350153738 (electronic book)
1350153737
1350153729
9781350153721 (electronic book)
9781350153714
Published London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2020.
Language English
Description 1 online resource.
Call Number PA3015.R5 H78 2020
Dewey Decimal Classification 398.20938/02
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
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Intro
Half-Title Page
Dedication
Series Page
Title Page
Contents
List of Figures
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1 Heraclean Force and the Representation of Violence
2 Hero or Monster? Justifying Violence against Geryon
3 Heroic Competition and the Home in Sophocles' Trachiniae
4 Coping with Violence: Victory and Friendship in Euripides' Heracles
5 Heracles the Fool: Laughing at Violence
Conclusion: Which Path Did Heracles Choose?
Notes
References
Index
Copyright

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