The Ancient Greek Hero In 24 Hours
Greek literature, history and criticism
Classical philology
Heroes in literature
Greek literature
History and criticism
"The ancient Greeks' concept of "the hero" was very different from what we understand by the term today, Gregory Nagy argues--and it is only through analyzing their historical contexts that we can truly understand Achilles, Odysseus, Oedipus, and Herakles. In Greek tradition, a hero was a human, mal…
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