Kathleen Riley examines how Euripides' tragedy The Madness of Herakles has been 'received' from late antiquity to the present day, that is, how it has been interpreted, adapted, or re-imagined by critics, philosophers, scientists, poets, and playwrights. Riley's primary focus is upon changing ideas of Heraklean madness and, consequently, of the Heraklean hero.
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Kathleen Riley examines how Euripides' tragedy The Madness of Herakles has been 'received' from late antiquity to the present day, that is, how it has been interpreted, adapted, or re-imagined by critics, philosophers, scientists, poets, and playwrights. Riley's primary focus is upon changing ideas of Heraklean madness and, consequently, of the Heraklean hero.
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