Heracles and Athenian Propaganda: Politics, Imagery and Drama

by Sofia Frade

Book Overview

Heracles and Athenian Propagandaexamines how Greece's most important hero was appropriated and portrayed by Athens in religion, politics, architecture and literature, with a detailed study of Euripides' Heraclesin relation to this interplay between the hero and the city's ideology. Though Athens needed a hero of Hellenic stature, Heracles was a deeply problematic figure: a violent hero of ancient epic, with an aristocratic nature and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1350370673
• ISBN13: 9781350370678
• Release Date: November 2024
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"