The Race of Heroes in the Hesiodic cosmology
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https://doi.org/10.34019/2318-3446.2020.v8.32398Keywords:
hero, Race of Heroes, Hesiodic poetry, Hesiodic cosmologyAbstract
This paper discusses the figure of the ἥρως in Hesiodic poetry in order to understand what heroes and the so-called Race of Heroes in the Hesiodic cosmology are. Starting from the definition of hero proposed by Gregory Nagy as someone, man or woman, who descends from gods and mortals, we proceed with a philological analysis of passages in which the term ἥρως occurs in the Theogony, the Catalogue of Women and Works and Days. What will be seen here is that the hero is a character who can perform the functions, not mutually exclusive, of founder, king and warrior, lives in cities and practices war and navigation as well as agriculture. As a member of the so-called Race of Heroes, he is destined to die, especially in the wars of Thebes and Troy.
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