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Introducing Herakles | |
Telling the Story | |
Synopsis of the Myth | |
Birth and Early Years | |
The Labours | |
Minor Exploits | |
Events Leading up to Herakles' Death and Apotheosis | |
God or Hero? | |
Approaching the Myth | |
What's in a Name? | |
Historicism and the Search for Origins | |
Allegorical Interpretation | |
Myth and Ritual | |
Structuralism and Psychoanalysis | |
Comparative Mythology | |
Contexts and Sources | |
Summary | |
Key Themes | |
Monsters and the Culture Hero | |
Tragedy, Comedy and the Ideal Hero | |
Political Herakles | |
Worship of the Hero-God Herakles Afterwards | |
Post-Classical Variations | |
Genealogical Table | |
Notes | |
Further Reading | |
Works Cited | |
Index | |
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