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Heros et Heroines dans les Mythes et les Cultes Grecs

edited by Vinciane Pirenne-Delforge and Emilio Suarez de la Torre

30 essays look at the cult of the hero in Ancient Greece from a wide variety of approaches. Their place in the drama of Aeschylus and Euripides is examined, as in lyric poetry and philosophy. There are essays on how the cults functioned, and the practicalities of 'hero-worship'. Essays attempt to trace the origins of mythological hero cults, such as that of Actaeon and look at how these cults served political purposes, particularly in the case of founder cults. Finally essays consider how new hero cults were formed, taking the examples of Cleomenes and Brasidas. Essays mainly in French. 447p b/w illus (Kernos Supplement 10, 2000)

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