Heracles's weariness and apotheosis in Classical Greek art

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In this paper, I propose a general interpretation of images showing the physical exhaustion and apotheosis of Heracles that were produced during the Classical period. These images appear on or take the form of coins, jewels, vase paintings, and sculptures. Building on the major scholarly work on the...

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Autor principal:	Dourado Lopes, Antonio Orlando
Formato:	Articulo
Lenguaje:	Inglés
Publicado:	2018
Materias:	Letras Heracles hero apotheosis classical Greek art héroe apoteosis arte clásico griego
Acceso en línea:	http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/75892
Aporte de:	SEDICI (UNLP) de Universidad Nacional de La Plata

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description	In this paper, I propose a general interpretation of images showing the physical exhaustion and apotheosis of Heracles that were produced during the Classical period. These images appear on or take the form of coins, jewels, vase paintings, and sculptures. Building on the major scholarly work on the subject since the late 19th century, I suggest that the iconography of Heracles shows the influence of new religious and philosophical conceptions of his myth, in particular relating to Pythagoreanism, Orphism, and mystery cults, as well as the intellectual climate of 5th century Athens. Rather than appearing as an example of infinite toil and excess in the manner of earlier literary and iconographic representations, Heracles is presented in the Classical period as a model of virtue and self-restraint and a symbol of the triumph of merit over adversity and divine persecution.
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Heracles's weariness and apotheosis in Classical Greek art

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