The Heracles of Sophocles: a monster or the civilizing hero?
<p>This paper aims to analyze the role of the character Heracles in the play <em>The Trachiniae</em>, by Sophocles. Through killing countless monsters, the greatest hero from Greece makes the birth and permanence of the polis (city) possible. But this achievement only happens after...
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Universidade Federal Fluminense
2018-07-01
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| Series: | Cadernos de Letras da UFF |
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| Online Access: | http://www.cadernosdeletras.uff.br/index.php/cadernosdeletras/article/view/525 |