New Heroes in Antiquity : : From Achilles to Antinoos / / Christopher P. Jones.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP eBook Package Archive 1893-1999
• VerfasserIn: Jones, Christopher P.,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2010]; ©2010
• Year of Publication: 2010
• Language: English
• Series: Revealing Antiquity , 18
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (144 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Acknowledgments --; List of Illustrations --; Introduction --; Poetic Heroes --; Local Heroes --; Warriors and Patriots --; Athletes, Poets, Phi los o phers --; Private Heroes --; Greek Heroes in a Roman World --; Antinoos --; Heroes and Saints --; Appendix: Living Heroes? --; Notes --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780674054080; 9783110442212; 9783110442205
• ISSN: 1052-0422
• DOI: 10.4159/9780674054080?locatt=mode:legacy
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Christopher P. Jones.

Heroes and heroines in antiquity inhabited a space somewhere between gods and humans. In this detailed, yet brilliantly wide-ranging analysis, Christopher Jones starts from literary heroes such as Achilles and moves to the historical record of those exceptional men and women who were worshiped after death. This book, wholly new and beautifully written, rescues the hero from literary metaphor and vividly restores heroism to the reality of ancient life.