10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HERAKLES»
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Herakles in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
Herakles and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
Collating research over the past thirty years, Emma Stafford the various aspects of Herakle's myth, representations in literature and art, monographs and articles, and presents a hugely accessible account of this legendary figure.
Of all of Euripides' plays, this is his most skeptically subversive examination of myth, morality, and power. Depicting Herakles slowly going mad by Hera, the wife of Zeus, this play continues to haunt and inspire readers.
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process.
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Herakles Gone Mad: Rethinking Heroism in an Age of Endless War
Compassionate meditation on Euripides' hero gone mad reveals the relevant of this new translation to our own age's dark struggle with violence and war.
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Herakles and Hercules: exploring a Graeco-Roman divinity
The eleven new studies in this volume explore why this figure appealed so widely in Antiquity. They examine his role in ancient myth and philosophy, drama and art, as well as in politics and propaganda, warfare and religion.
Hugh Bowden, Louis Rawlings, 2005
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Strong Stuff:
Herakles and His Labors
Describes the powerful Greek hero's completion of his twelve tasks, including such exploits as strangling the Nemean Lion, capturing the Cretan Bull, and acquiring the magical Amazonian girdle.
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The Lansdowne
Herakles:
For many years J. Paul Getty considered the Lansdowne Herakles the most important antiquity in his museum.
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The Reception and Performance of Euripides'
Herakles : ...
Euripides' Herakles, which tells the story of the hero's sudden descent into filicidal madness, is one of the least familiar and least performed plays in the Greek tragic canon.
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Through the Pillars of
Herakles: Greco-Roman Exploration of ...
In this first study of the Greek and Roman exploration for over half a century, Duane W. Roller presents an important examination of the impact of the Greeks and Romans on the world through the Pillars of Herakles and beyond the ...
Volume 2 contains Wilamowitz-Moellendorff's commentary on the etymological, historical and dramatic details of Euripides' interpretation of Herakles' tragic fate.
Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 2010
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HERAKLES»
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Ancient Coins of Cyprus
A small but spectacular gold quarter-stater of Evagoras bears a youthful portrait of Herakles in the “three-quarters facing” orientation; ... «CoinWeek, Jul 15»
MSP: Serco needs to be open about 'near miss' | Shetland News
... from the owners of the Hrossey” and referred to it as a “hazardous incident involving MV Hrossey and the emergency towing vessel Herakles” ... «Shetland News, Jul 15»
Ancient Coins - Herakles' Slaying of the Nemean Lion
The early Macedonian kingdom did not have sufficient access to mines to be able to mass-produce influential coinage. However, when Philip II ... «CoinWeek, Jul 15»
MSP demands inquiry into ferry near miss
... was forced to swerve to avoid hitting another vessel, thought to be the Marine & Coastguard Agency's emergency towing vessel Herakles. «Shetland News, Jul 15»
Ferry Hrossey took action to avoid vessel at Kirkwall
It was believed to have been the anchored Coastguard tug Herakles. Serco Northlink Ferries has now said the ferry had "manoeuvred to ... «BBC News, Jul 15»
Bluegrass at the Opera House, an Independence Day Salute in the …
Whether it's the adventures of the charming but dim Herakles (Walter Briggs, setting the mood for the first few hours with his goofy energy) or ... «Crain's Chicago Business, Jul 15»
Malaysia v India: One final push for Olympic ticket
We knew that making the quarter-finals was the key ... and we've done it,” he said after a morning training session at the Royal Herakles ... «The Star Online, Jun 15»
DCNS delivers Tahya Misr FREMM frigate to Egyptian Navy
... weapons systems and equipment including the Herakles multifunction radar, the Aster and Exocet MM 40 missiles, or the MU 90 torpedoes. «Naval Technology, Jun 15»
Going Places, Near & Far: Odyssey by Bike & Boat Through the …
The east pediment depicted the campaign of Herakles against King Laomedon, and the west the Greek expedition under Agamemnon against ... «The Island Now, Jun 15»
FREMM frigate transferred to Egyptian Navy
They feature Herakles multifunction radar, Aster surface-to-air missiles, MdCN cruise missiles, Exocet MM40 anti-ship missiles, MU90 ... «defenceWeb, Jun 15»
