Table of Contents: Heroes :

Other Authors:	Albersmeier, Sabine, Anderson, Michael J.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Baltimore : New Haven : Walters Art Museum ; Distributed by Yale University Press, c2009
Subjects:	Hero worship > History > Greece Heroes > History > Greece Mythology, Greek Art, Greek Greek literature > History and criticism Heroes in literature Heroes in art Greece > History > To 146 B.C. Greece > Religion

Table of Contents:

Recovering the past : the origins of Greek heroes and hero cult / Jorge J. Bravo III
Four paradigmatic heroes
The singularity of Herakles / Jennifer Larson
Achilles beyond the Iliad / Guy Hedreen
Helen : heroine of cult, heroine in art / H.A. Shapiro
Odysseus : an epic hero with a human face / Ralf von den Hoff
Child heroes in Greek art / John H. Oakley
The hero beyond himself : heroic death in ancient Greek poetry and art / Corinne Ondine Pache
Beloved of the gods : imag(in)ing heroes in Greek art / Jenifer Neils
The cult of heroes / Gunnel Ekroth
Heroes as moral agents and moral examples / Michael J. Anderson
Catalogue
Heroes in myth
Heroes in cult
Emulation