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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Philostratus, the Athenian, active 2nd century-3rd century
Corporate Author: Society of Biblical Literature
Other Authors: Aitken, Ellen Bradshaw, 1961-, Aitken, Ellen Bradshaw, 1961-2014, Maclean, Jennifer K. Berenson, 1963-
Format: Book
Language:English
Ancient Greek
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2003
Series:Writings from the Greco-Roman world (Brill Academic Publishers) v. 3
Writings from the Greco-Roman world ; v. 3
Writings from the Greco-Roman world v. 3
Subjects:
Philostratus, Flavius > 160-245 > Heroicus
Philostratus, Flavius > Heroicus.
Dialogues, Greek > Translations into English
Heroes > Early works to 1800
Trojan War > Early works to 1800
Guerre de Troie > Ouvrages avant 1800
Héros > Ouvrages avant 1800
Dialogues, Greek
Heroes
Helden (personen)
Trojaanse oorlog
Early works
Translations
Table of Contents:
  • Preliminaries to Philostratus's On Heroes
  • The Heroes of Philostratus's On Heroes: Fiction, Epic, and Hero-Cult
  • Initiation into the Mysteries of Heroes: Ancient Greek Hero Cult and On Heroes
  • Continuity and Tradition in Philostratus's On Heroes
  • The Educational Value of On Heroes
  • The Plot of On Heroes
  • Philostratus and On Heroes as a Sophistic Work
  • Protesilaos: Origins and Trajectories of His Story in Literature, Art, and Cult
  • The Two Great Heroes: Protesilaos and Achilles
  • On Critiquing Heroic Traditions
  • The Aims of the Dialogue
  • On Reading the Dialogue
  • Philostratus On Heroes
  • The Phoenician's Quest (1.1-8.18)
  • The Vinedresser and the Phoenician Meet (1.1-6.6)
  • The Phoenician's Doubts Overcome (6.7-8.18)
  • Protesilaos (9.1-23.30)
  • The Sanctuary of Protesilaos at Elaious (9.1-7)
  • Protesilaos's Appearance, Character, and Way of Life (10.1-13.4)
  • Suppliants at Protesilaos's Sanctuary (14.1-17.6)
  • Recent Appearances of Heroes at Troy (18.1-23.1)
  • The Battle at Mysia and the Contest of the Shield (23.2-30)
  • Protesilaos's Opinion of Homer (24.1-25.17)
  • The Catalogue of the Heroes (25.18-42.4)
  • Nestor and Antilokhos (25.18-26.20)
  • Diomedes and Sthenelos (27.1-13)
  • Philoktetes (28.1-14)
  • Agamemnon, Menelaos, and Idomeneus (29.1-30.3)
  • The Locrian Ajax (31.1-32.2)
  • Palamedes and Odysseus (33.1-34.7)
  • The Telamonian Ajax (35.1-36.1)
  • The Trojan Heroes (36.2-42.4)
  • On Homer and His Art (43.1-44.4)
  • Achilles (44.5-57.17)
  • Achilles' Life, Appearance, and Character (44.5-52.2)

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