From violence to civilization: Heracles, the super-man of Antiquity

Authors

  • Maria de Fátima Silva

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14195/2183-1718_65_1

Keywords:

Homer, Pindar, Hesiod, Pseudo‑Hesiod, Shield of Heracles, Euripides.

Abstract

Hercules, that hero redolent of the remotest antiquity, straddles the Greek world as a pan‑hellenic symbol. As a cross‑over figure in Greek culture and literature
throughout the centuries, the son of Zeus and Alcmene gradually adjusted to the ever changing mind‑set within the Greek world. Initially a brutal and violent conqueror, his image evolved, becoming a protector of the vulnerable and a symbol of the civilization he helped to construct.

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Published

2016-08-30

Issue

Vol. 65 (2013)

Section

Articles

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