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020			_a9780190650988 _qhardback
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245	0	4	_aThe Oxford handbook of Heracles / _cedited by Daniel Ogden.
246	3	0	_aHandbook of Heracles
246	3	0	_aHeracles
260			_aNew York : _bOxford University Press, _c[2021]
300			_axxxi, 571 pages : _billustrations ; _c26 cm.
336			_atext _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aOxford handbooks.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aPart I: Before the Labors -- Part II: The Labors (Athloi) -- Part III: The Side-Deeds (Parerga) -- Part IV: Genres and Media -- Part V: Themes.
520			_a"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.
600		0	_aHeracles _c(Greek mythological character) _913705
700	1		_aOgden, Daniel _eeditor _915462
830		0	_aOxford handbooks. _913782
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