Vol. 39 No. 1 (2013): XXXIX - 2013
Articoli

The Hero at the Crossroads: Prodicus and the Choice of Heracles

Published 2013-09-09

Keywords

  • life-choice,
  • personifications,
  • quest,
  • road imagery

Abstract

The folk-tale origins of the story of Heracles at the Crossroads are discussed and its association with the patterns of three questing brothers, of the tempting or testing of a hero, and of the female figures who attend on a hero shortly after his birth offering various destinies.

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