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Informationen zum Autor Louis Rawlings is Lecturer in Ancient History at Cardiff University. He has written numerous articles on ancient warfare and society, and is currently preparing a monograph, The Ancient Greeks at War (Manchester University Press). Hugh Bowden is Lecturer in Ancient History at King's College London. He is the author of Classical Athens and the Delphic Oracle: Divination and Democracy (Cambridge 2005) and General Editor of The Times Ancient Civilisations (Revised Edition, London 2005). He has also published numerous articles on Greek history and religion. Vorwort Herakles and Hercules: two names for a figure of pervasive appeal in Antiquity. He was a hero of myth and a god with cult associations. He was ancestor of Macedonian kings, patron of Carthaginian generals and of Roman emperors, and a role model for Stoic philosophers. Zusammenfassung Herakles and Hercules: two names for a figure of pervasive appeal in Antiquity. He was a hero of myth and a god with cult associations. He was ancestor of Macedonian kings, patron of Carthaginian generals and of Roman emperors, and a role model for Stoic philosophers. Inhaltsverzeichnis Hugh Bowden & Louis Rawlings, Introduction. Hugh Bowden (King's College, London), 'Herakles, Herodotos and the Persian Wars'. Michael Jameson (Stanford), 'The family of Herakles in Attika'. Susan Deacy (Manchester), 'Herakles and his 'girl': Athena, heroism and beyond'. Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones (Edinburgh), 'Herakles re-dressed: gender, clothing and the construction of a Greek hero'. Emma Stafford (Leeds), 'Vice or Virtue? Herakles and the art of allegory'. Ann M. Nicgorski (Willamette University, Oregon), 'The magic knot of Herakles, the propaganda of Alexander the Great and Tomb II at Vergina'. Guy Bradley (Cardiff), 'Aspects of the cult of Hercules in central Italy'. Louis Rawlings (Cardiff), 'Hannibal and Hercules' Eleanor Regina Okell (Nottingham), 'Hercules Furens and Nero: the didactic purpose of Senecan tragedy'. Olivier Hekster (Oxford), 'Propagating power: Hercules as an example for second-century emperors'. Roger Rees (Edinburgh), 'The emperors' new names: Diocletian Jovius and Maximian Herculius'....
