From violence to civilization: Heracles, the super-man of Antiquity

<p>Hercules, that hero redolent of the remotest antiquity, straddles the Greek world as a pan‑hellenic symbol. As a cross‑over figure in Greek culture and literature<br />throughout the centuries, the son of Zeus and Alcmene gradually adjusted to the ever changing mind‑set within the Gre...

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Main Author: Maria de Fátima Silva
Format: Article
Language:Portuguese
Published: Coimbra University Press 2016-08-01
Series:Humanitas
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Online Access:http://impactum-journals.uc.pt/index.php/humanitas/article/view/3303