Heroes: mortals and myths in ancient Greece ; [the publication accompanies the Exhibition Heroes: Mortals and Myths in Ancient Greece, exhibition dates: The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore October 11, 2009 - January 3, 2010; Frist Center for the Visual Arts Nashville, January 29 - April 25, 2010; San Diego Museum of Art, May 22 - September 5, 2010 ...]
Recovering the past : the origins of Greek heroes and hero cult / Jorge J. Bravo III -- Four paradigmatic heroes -- The singularity of Herakles / Jennifer Larson -- Achilles beyond the Iliad / Guy Hedreen -- Helen : heroine of cult, heroine in art / H.A. Shapiro -- Odysseus : an epic hero with a hum...
| Zusammenfassung: | Recovering the past : the origins of Greek heroes and hero cult / Jorge J. Bravo III -- Four paradigmatic heroes -- The singularity of Herakles / Jennifer Larson -- Achilles beyond the Iliad / Guy Hedreen -- Helen : heroine of cult, heroine in art / H.A. Shapiro -- Odysseus : an epic hero with a human face / Ralf von den Hoff -- Child heroes in Greek art / John H. Oakley -- The hero beyond himself : heroic death in ancient Greek poetry and art / Corinne Ondine Pache -- Beloved of the gods : imag(in)ing heroes in Greek art / Jenifer Neils -- The cult of heroes / Gunnel Ekroth -- Heroes as moral agents and moral examples / Michael J. Anderson -- Catalogue -- Heroes in myth -- Heroes in cult -- Emulation |
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| Beschreibung: | Catalog of an exhibition. - Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 0300154720 |