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2012
by Acheron Press
(first published -800)
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Lovely battle scene with Herakles and Iolaus versus Ares and Cycnus. Brothers against father and son with the requisite god meddling ahead of time. Nicely done if brief. I wandered over to read it after The Seven Against Thebes because I was so enamored with the shields' descriptions in it and so totally worth it. The shield itself is a set of stories. But it ends with a nice bang:
Even so, the son of Amphitryon, unsated of battle, stood eagerly face to face with Ares, nursing courage in his...more
Actually rather engaging, especially the phrase "neat ankled".
Heracles is born of Zeus, gets a shield, fights Cycnus.
This is a very nice piece of action by Hesiod (or, more likely, someone else writing in the style of Hesiod), detailing a fight between Herakles and his nephew Iolaus against the despot Cycnus and his father Ares.
The description of Herackles shield, no doubt influenced by Book 18 of the Iliad (to the point of using the description of Achilles' shield almost verbatim), is long, telling not necessarily of the shield's military usefulness in a fight, but rather, is a collection of stories meant to ...more
The description of Herackles shield, no doubt influenced by Book 18 of the Iliad (to the point of using the description of Achilles' shield almost verbatim), is long, telling not necessarily of the shield's military usefulness in a fight, but rather, is a collection of stories meant to ...more
This work is thought to have been written after Hesiods death , perhaps by a a 3rd Century (BC) poet writing on Hesiods style. Nonetheless, it is been attributed to Hesiod and thats the basis of this review. This is only important because the story at times bears strong resemblance to the Iliad by Homer.
The story is the tale of Heracles son of Zeus but raised by his mother: neat-ankled daughter of Electyron.
He has the Gods protection and is a strong warrior! With unequalled armour given to him ...more
The story is the tale of Heracles son of Zeus but raised by his mother: neat-ankled daughter of Electyron.
He has the Gods protection and is a strong warrior! With unequalled armour given to him ...more
Generic protagonist Heracles, god-like son of Zeus, and his best bud, the goddess/his half-sister* Athena roam around Greece, fucking up everybody's day and high-fiving.
Nice.
*It may be that they are full-blooded siblings. Although Heracles is the offspring of Zeus and some mortal bimbo, Athena was born full-grown, fully armored, and whooping war cries out of Zeus' forehead, technically by C-section via Hephaestus' battle ax. Half-siblinghood by definition requires one shared parent and one ...more
Nice.
*It may be that they are full-blooded siblings. Although Heracles is the offspring of Zeus and some mortal bimbo, Athena was born full-grown, fully armored, and whooping war cries out of Zeus' forehead, technically by C-section via Hephaestus' battle ax. Half-siblinghood by definition requires one shared parent and one ...more
I am not sure what to think about it. While in the begging conciseness of this amazed me, and Hesiod is really a good poet, it soon felt like too dry story. Long description of shield, dense description of action.
Not bad, but yet, not epic enough to be great epic, and not something else enough to be something else.
Not bad, but yet, not epic enough to be great epic, and not something else enough to be something else.
stumbled upon this chasing phantoms and citations for another project. despite the fact that it didn't really have what i was looking for (translation issue of amber vs electrum), this was pretty cool. the shield must have had a radius of like 10 feet to fit all the elaborate metalwork, but i dont know what would be more appropriate for heracles
Vou anotar isso não.
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Só para que eu possa lembrar sobre o que é esse livro:
Conta o nascimento de Heracles e seu irmão de outro pai; descreve sua vestimenta e as batalhas que venceu contra Cisne e Ares. Por algum motivo fala da história de Perseu também.
Se precisar, consulta as marcações.
Só para que eu possa lembrar sobre o que é esse livro:
Conta o nascimento de Heracles e seu irmão de outro pai; descreve sua vestimenta e as batalhas que venceu contra Cisne e Ares. Por algum motivo fala da história de Perseu também.
The most dramatic of Hesiod's works, reminded me of epic tragedy. Less impressive than Theogony and Works and Days, though.
Lattimore translation
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