The Oxford handbook of Heracles / 
 Handbook of Heracles  Heracles 
edited by Daniel Ogden. 
 - New York :  Oxford University Press,  [2021] 
 - xxxi, 571 pages :  illustrations ;  26 cm. 
 - Oxford handbooks. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Part I: Before the Labors -- Part II: The Labors (Athloi) -- Part III: The Side-Deeds (Parerga) -- Part IV: Genres and Media -- Part V: Themes. 
<br/><br/> "The Oxford Handbook of Heracles is the first large-scale guide to Heracles and his myth-cycle - his Twelve Labors and so much more - and to the pervasive impact of the hero on Greek and Roman culture more generally. The first half of the volume is devoted to the lucid exposition and analysis of the ancient evidence, literary iconographic, for Heracles' life and deeds. In the second half, the Heracles tradition is analyzed from a range of thematic perspectives, including the contrasting projections of the figure across the major literary genres and in art; the ways in which Greek communities and even Roman emperors exploited the figure in the fashioning of their own identities and for political advantage; his cult in Greece and Rome and its syncretism with that of the Phoenician Melqart; and Heracles' reception in the later Western tradition." -- Publisher's description. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780190650988  hardback 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Heracles (Greek mythological character) 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>292.1