- Abstract:
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The fifth book of the
Expand abstractIliad contains a curious story about the fight between Heracles and Hades at Pylos, told by Dione (395–7): τλῆ δ' Ἀΐδης ἐν τοῖσι πελώριος ὠκὺν ὀϊστόν, | εὖτέ μιν ωὐτὸς ἀνὴρ υἱὸς Διὸς αἰγιόχοιο | ἐν Πύλῳ ἐν νεκύεσσι βαλὼν ὀδύνῃσιν ἔδωκεν; the tale seems to have no clear mythological reference or at least not any known to us. Neither can one be found for the most puzzling element of this passage: the bizarre phrase in line 397 that Hades ... - Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
- Version:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Classical Quarterly Journal website
- Volume:
- 68
- Issue:
- 1
- Pages:
- 1-9
- Publication date:
- 2018-06-13
- Acceptance date:
- 2018-01-01
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1471-6844
- ISSN:
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0009-8388
- Pubs id:
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pubs:900421
- URN:
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uri:6bc60b05-2f7a-489d-8dcb-98542a8f60d7
- UUID:
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uuid:6bc60b05-2f7a-489d-8dcb-98542a8f60d7
- Local pid:
- pubs:900421
- Language:
- English
- Keywords:
- Copyright date:
- 2018
- Notes:
- This is an author version of the article. The final version is available online from the publisher's website
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HADES AND HERACLES AT PYLOS: DIONE'S TALE DISMANTLED
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