Ancient Greek heroes, athletes, poetry Part I: Twelve Olympian Essays – Essay 2: A Mycenaean background for Hēraklēs as a model for athletes
2022.06.27 | By Gregory Nagy §0. As I started to argue in Essay 1, the name of Mount Olympus as the setting for a myth about the immortalization of the hero Hēraklēs after death—his apotheosis—is linked with the name of Olympia as a setting for myths about the founding of… Read more