Euripides’ <i>Heracles</i>: The Katabasis-Motif Revisited

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  • Katerina Mikellidou University College London

Abstract

Though Heracles’ katabasis is offstage, its image shapes the play’s essential theme of life and death, as Heracles’ heroism in conquering death is succeeded by his acceptance of his humanity and mortality.

Author Biography

Katerina Mikellidou, University College London

HONORARY RESEARCH FELLOW AT UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON

TEACHING ASSISTANT (ANCIENT GREEK), DEPARTMENT OF CLASSICS AND PHILOSOPHY, UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS

TEACHING ASSISTANT (THEORETICAL APPROACHES TO ANCIENT GREEK TEXTS), FACULTY OF HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES, OPEN UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS

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2015-02-26

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