New Heroes in Antiquity: From Achilles to Antinoos

Heroes and heroines in antiquity inhabited a space somewhere between gods and humans. In this detailed, yet brilliantly wide-ranging analysis, Christopher Jones starts from literary heroes such as Achilles and moves to the historical record of those exceptional men and women who were worshiped after...

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Main Author: Jones, Christopher P. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, MA Harvard University Press [2022]
Series:Revealing Antiquity 18
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Summary:Heroes and heroines in antiquity inhabited a space somewhere between gods and humans. In this detailed, yet brilliantly wide-ranging analysis, Christopher Jones starts from literary heroes such as Achilles and moves to the historical record of those exceptional men and women who were worshiped after death. This book, wholly new and beautifully written, rescues the hero from literary metaphor and vividly restores heroism to the reality of ancient life
Item Description:Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Mrz 2022)
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (144 pages)
ISBN:9780674054080
DOI:10.4159/9780674054080

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