Vagantibus Graeciae fabulis
The North African wanderings of Antaios and Herakles
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11795485 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ory Amitay (0000-0002-6200-2963, University of Haifa, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-28 |
| Publication date | 2014-01-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Mediterranean Historical Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0951-8967 • E-ISSN: 1743-940X |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09518967.2014.897051 |
| OpenAlex | W2087461171 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 35 |
The myth of Antaios and Herakles emerged from the encounter between the northern and southern shores of the Mediterranean. This article explores two parallel courses of the myth's progressive development. One is geographical, with the myth travelling from east to west (from Kyrenaika, through Tunisia, to Tangier). The other unfolds within the plot itself: at first Herakles stands for the Greeks (and later the Romans), while Antaios embodies the indigenous Libyans. However, shifting political circumstances also allow for the (conjectural) identification of Greeks with the figure of Antaios, and a (certain) equation of Libyans with Herakles. On the whole, the history of the myth from the seventh to the first centuries BCE reflects the development of a politically and culturally coherent Mediterranean over the same period, from the first Greek settlers in Libya to the Mediterranean empire of Augustus
Ancient history · Archaeology · Empire · Ethnology · Geography · Greeks · Indigenous · Mediterranean climate · Mythology · Political science · Politics · Archaeology and Historical Studies · Byzantine Studies and History · Classical Antiquity Studies · Classics · History · Law
Jews and Greeks in ancient Cyrene
The Phoenicians and the West
Myth and Territory in the Spartan Mediterranean
Archaic Greek colonies in Libya
Procopius' Phoenician Inscriptions
The Greek Historians of the West
Faces of Power
From Alexander to Jesus
Regulus and the Serpent in the Punica
Scipionic Themes in Plautus' Amphitruo
Greek Epic Poetry
Hannibal's Dynasty
Early Greek Myth
The Authors Named Pherecydes
Structure and History in Greek Mythology and Ritual
Rome and Carthage at Peace
The Lindian Chronicle and the Greek Creation of their Past
A Small Greek WorldNetworks in the Ancient Mediterranean
Présence punique et libyque dans les environs d'Apsis au cap Bon
Scipio Africanus
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |