The Hero's Life Choice. Studies on Heracles at the Crossroads, the Judgement of Paris, and Their Reception: 'Verbalising the Visual and Visualising th

by Malcolm Davies

Two allegorical ancient Greek stories about a young hero's career- defining choice are shown in this book to have later been appropriated to radically differing effects. E.g. a male's choice between female personifications can morph into a female's choice between the same, or between various male personifications. Never before have so many instances of this process from art, literature, music, even landscape gardening, been culled. Illustrations,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004678948
• ISBN13: 9789004678941
• Release Date: September 2023
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 292 Pages
• Weight: 1.27 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.4"