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Gods and heroes in late archaic Greek art : Karl Schefold with the assistance of Luca Giuliani ; translated by Alan Griffiths.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Schefold, Karl
Other Authors: Giuliani, Luca
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1992.
Subjects:
Art, Greek.
Gods in art.
Mythology, Greek, in art.
Table of Contents:
  • The birth of Athena
  • Children of the gods
  • The erotic impulse
  • The return of Hephaistos
  • The reception of Herakles among the gods
  • Other gods arrive on Olympos
  • The battle of the gods against the Titans and Typhon
  • The battle between the gods and the Giants
  • Other opponents of the gods
  • Kadmos and his family; Pentheus
  • Perseus, Bellerophon and Oedipus
  • Herakles
  • Theseus
  • The epic of the Argonauts
  • The Seven Against Thebes
  • The Trojan War
  • Scenes from the Iliad
  • The Aithiopis
  • The Little Iliad
  • The Ilioupersis ("Troy Destroyed")
  • The Orestes Saga
  • The Odyssey.