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The Violent Hero - Heracles in the Greek Imagination (Paperback)
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The Violent Hero - Heracles in the Greek Imagination (Paperback)
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This book uses the mythological hero Heracles as a lens for
investigating the nature of heroic violence in Archaic and
Classical Greek literature, from Homer through to Aristophanes.
Heracles was famous for his great victories as much as for his
notorious failures. Driving each of these acts is his heroic
violence, an ambivalent force that can offer communal protection as
well as cause grievous harm. Drawing on evidence from epic, lyric
poetry, tragedy, and comedy, this work illuminates the strategies
used to justify and deflate the threatening aspects of violence.
The mixed results of these strategies also demonstrate how the
figure of Heracles inherently - and stubbornly - resists reform.
The diverse character of Heracles' violent acts reveals an enduring
tension in understanding violence: is violence a negative
individual trait, that is to say the manifestation of an internal
state of hostility? Or is it one specific means to a preconceived
end, rather like an instrument whose employment may or may not be
justified? Katherine Lu Hsu explores these evolving attitudes
towards individual violence in the ancient Greek world while also
shedding light on timeless debates about the nature of violence
itself.
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