Ancient Greek heroes, athletes, poetry Part II: Viewing the Olympics through the lens of Olympia – Essay 1: A rhetoric for visualizing Zeus and Hērā as overseers of the Olympics Read more
Ancient Greek heroes, athletes, poetry Part I: Twelve Olympian Essays – Essay 12: Olympian women, Olympian girls, Olympian running Read more
Ancient Greek heroes, athletes, poetry Part I: Twelve Olympian Essays – Essay 11: An Olympian man Read more
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 Read more
Ancient Greek heroes, athletes, poetry Part I: Twelve Olympian Essays – Essay 9: Three Phases of Hēraklēs, from Indo-European to Mycenaean to post-Mycenaean Read more
Part I: Twelve Olympian Essays – Essay 8: A Mycenaean Hēraklēs, always a kingmaker and never a king Read more
Ancient Greek heroes, athletes, poetry Part I: Twelve Olympian Essays – Essay 7: Prototyping Hēraklēs as a model athlete Read more
By Gregory Nagy, Ancient Greek heroes, athletes, poetry Part I: Twelve Olympian Essays – Essay 6: Reconstructing Indo-European mythological traditions that shaped the role of Hēraklēs as athlete Read more
Ancient Greek heroes, athletes, poetry Part I: Twelve Olympian Essays Essay 5, Excursus on methods of reconstruction Read more
Ancient Greek heroes, athletes, poetry Part I: Twelve Olympian Essays – Essay 4: The Labors of Hēraklēs as a heroic model for athletes Read more