Dova, S: Greek Heroes in and out of Hades

Stamatia Dova is Associate Professor of Classics and Modern Greek Studies at Hellenic College in Brookline, MA, and Associate in Hellenic Literature and Language at the Center for Hellenic Studies in Washington, D.C. Her research interests include Homeric epic, the concept of the hero in ancient Greek civilization, ancient and modern Greek language pedagogy, and reception studies.

Greek Heroes in and out of Hades is a study on heroism and mortality from Homer to Plato. Through systematic readings of a wide range of ancient Greek texts, Stamatia Dova offers innovative hermeneutic approaches to heroic character and a comprehensive overview of the theme of descent to the underworld in the Iliad and the Odyssey, Bacchylides 5, Plato's Symposium, and Euripides' Alcestis.

ForewordPrefacePart I: Odysseus and the Poetics of katábasisOdysseus among the ShadesWhat a Pity he is not a Hero!Agamemnon's katapontismósAn Epic Encore on the Problematik of kléosWho is µa???tat?? in the OdysseyOn Ruling over the Dead and Other ImpossibilitiesRethinking makarismós in and out of HadesAias and the End of kléosLiving Once and Dying Twice: Circe as an Agent of nóstosOn Death, Rebirth, and a Mother in HadesPart II: Hades (and Heroism) RevisitedA Terror to Behold: Heracles in the NékyiaHeracles Between Life and DeathVariations on a Duel Theme: Bacchylides 5 and Iliad 6On Wrath and the MotherOn Wrath and the GoddessHow to Praise a TyrantAn Example Gone AwryLooking for Death in the Right PlacesOn Foreknowledge of Death and its BlessingsOn cháris, apáte, and Other NecessitiesKeeping Achilles Alive: Tenes and the Liminality of TenedosPart III: Achilles, Alcestis, and the Poetics of non-katábasisOn Ruling over the Dead in Plato's RepublicAchilles in Plato's SymposiumPhaedrus and the Heroization of AlcestisOn Love, Glory, and Love of GloryLooking for Love in the Wrong PlacesAdmetus and the Poetics of philopsychíaTo Love is to Die forAlcestis' Virtual katábasisHeracles and the Deconstruction of Alcestis' DeathSelected Bibliography