Heracles in Early Greek Epic

Christos C. Tsagalis, Ph.D. (1998), Cornell University, is Professor of Ancient Greek Literature at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. He has published extensively on Homer, Hesiod, fragmentary Greek epic, and Greek epigram, including Early Greek Epic: Language, Interpretation, Performance (De Gruyter 2023). Contributors are: Apostolia Alepidou, Silvio Bär, Bruno Currie, Hanne Eisenfeld, Laura Lulli, Sophie Mills, Glenn Most, Ruth Scodel, Christos Tsagalis, Stefano Vecchiato.

Preface

Contributors



Introduction

 Christos Tsagalis



Part 1 Sources and Intertexts for Early Greek Epic on Heracles



Heracles and Gilgamesh in Early Greek Epic

 Bruno Currie



Heracles on Cos

 Ruth Scodel



Civilizer, Killer, Glutton … Moralist? Glimpses of Heracles in Early Greek Epic

 Sophie Mills



Part 2 Heracles in Homer and Hesiod



Heracles in Homer and Hesiod: Shared ID s, Distinct Perspectives

 Apostolia Alepidou



Heracles in Hesiod

 Glenn W. Most



Heracles and Hesione in the Iliad

 Silvio Bär



Of Walls and Monsters: Heracles and Epic Time in Iliad 20

 Hanne Eisenfeld



Part 3 Heracles in Fragmentary Greek Epic



Narrative and Stylistic Artistry in Early Greek Epic: Creophylus, Pisander, Panyassis

 Christos Tsagalis



Traces of the Epics on Heracles in the Archaic and Classical Periods: Between Local Interests and Never-Ending Traditions

 Laura Lulli



Reassessing Pisander of Camirus, fr. dub. 2 EGEF

 Stefano Vecchiato



General Index