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 Hēraklēs as a prototypical Strong Man by tracing him backward in time, back to the earliest reconstructable phases of myths that told his story. Here in Essay 9, I will… Read more