Herakles and Hercules: Exploring a Graeco-Roman Divinity.

From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - Slightly rubbed jacket, allover very good and clean. / Leicht beriebener Umschlag, insgesamt sehr gut und sauber. - CONTENTS: Introduction by Hugh Bowden and Louis Rawlings -- Part I. Herakles -- 1. Herakles, Herodotos and the Persian Wars by Hugh Bowden (King�s College, London) -- 2. The family of Herakles in Attika by Michael Jameson (Stanford University) -- 3. Herakles and his �girl�: Athena, heroism and beyond by Susan Deacy (Roehampton University) -- 4. Herakles re-dressed: gender, clothing and the construction of a Greek hero by Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones (University of Edinburgh) -- 5. Vice or virtue? Herakles and the art of allegory by Emma Stajjord (University of Leeds) -- 6. The magic knot of Herakles, the propaganda of Alexander the Great and Tomb II at Vergina by Ann M. Nicgorski (Willamette University, Oregon) -- Part II. Hercules -- 7. Aspects of the cult of Hercules in central Italy by Guy Bradley (Cardiff University) -- 8. Hannibal and Hercules by Louis Rawlings (Cardiff University) -- 9. Hercules Furens and Nero: the didactic purpose of Senecan tragedy by Eleanor Regina OKell (Nottingham) -- 10. Propagating power: Hercules as an example for second-century emperors by Olivier Hekster (Radboud University, Nijmegen) -- 11. The emperors� new names: Diocletian Jovius and Maximian Herculius by Roger Rees (University of Edinburgh). - Herakles and Hercules: two names for a figure of pervasive appeal in Antiquity. He was a hero of myth and a god with cult associations. He was ancestor of Macedonian kings, patron of Carthaginian generals and of Roman emperors, and a role model for Stoic philosophers. As a performer of the famous labours, wanderer, liberator, madman and murderer of kin, Herakles-Hercules has retained his fascination down to the present. 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. - Louis Rawlings is Lecturer in Ancient History at Cardiff University. He has written numerous articles on ancient warfare and society, and is currently preparing a monograph, The Ancient Greeks at War (Manchester University Press). Hugh Bowden is Lecturer in Ancient History at King�s College London. He is the author of Classical Athens and the Delphic Oracle: Divination and Democracy (Cambridge 2005) and General Editor of The Times Ancient Civilizations (Revised Edition, London 2005). He has also published numerous articles on Greek history and religion. ISBN 1905125054