Ancient Greek heroes, athletes, poetry Part I: Twelve Olympian Essays – Essay 12: Olympian women, Olympian girls, Olympian running 2022.09.05| By Gregory Nagy §0. In this essay, I will quote and translate and comment on an ancient text about…
Ancient Greek heroes, athletes, poetry Part I: Twelve Olympian Essays – Essay 10: Variations of Mycenaean phases in the prototyping of Hēraklēs as a Strong Man for 2022.08.22 | By Gregory Nagy §0. There are Mycenaean phases—more than one Mycenaean phase—to be discovered in myths about…
Ancient Greek heroes, athletes, poetry Part I: Twelve Olympian Essays – Essay 9: Three Phases of Hēraklēs, from Indo-European to Mycenaean to post-Mycenaean 2022.08.15 | By Gregory Nagy §0. Up to now, I have been reconstructing the mythological persona of the Greek hero…