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Heroic Representation

Heroic Representation is a scholarly construct within the study of Greek drama that identifies and analyzes the dramaturgical and ethical portrayal of protagonists endowed with exceptional courage, moral resolve, and tragic flaw, thereby distinguishing such figures through their elevated status and existential struggle within the cultural and theological frameworks of classical Athenian tragedy.

143

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7.4K

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174

Authors

44

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2017–2026

9

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Publications

143

The Best of the Achaeans: Concepts of the Hero in Archaic Greek Poetry

Wayne B. Ingalls, Gregory Nagy · Phoenix · 1981 · 543 citations

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The language of heroes: speech and performance in the Iliad

Choice Reviews Online · 1990 · 465 citations

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The Best of the Achaeans. Concepts of the Hero in Archaic Greek Poetry

Friedrich Solmsen, Gregory Nagy · The American Journal of Philology · 1981 · 412 citations

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Nature and Culture in the Iliad: The Tragedy of Hector

William Whallon, James Redfield · Phoenix · 1976 · 256 citations

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The Best of the Achaeans - Gregory Nagy: The Best of the Achaeans. Concepts of the Hero in Archaic Greek Poetry. Pp. xvi + 392. Baltimore and London: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1980. £9 ($18.75).

J. B. Hainsworth · The Classical Review · 1982 · 226 citations

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Authors

174

  1. CS
    Charles Segal

    John Brown University, United States

    3 publications · 315 citations

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  2. GN
    Gregory Nagy

    Harvard University Press, United States

    2 publications · 955 citations

    2

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  3. WC
    William C. Greene

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States

    2 publications · 57 citations

    2

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  4. CC
    C. C. Stewart

    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, United States

    2 publications · 101 citations

    2

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  5. JR
    James Redfield

    2 publications · 377 citations

    2

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Institutions

44

  1. Western University

    London, Canada

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    83 citations

  2. International Commission on Radiological Protection

    Solna, Sweden

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    82 citations

  3. University College Dublin

    Dublin, Ireland

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    24 citations

  4. College of New Jersey

    Ewing, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    18 citations

  5. Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo

    São Paulo, Brazil

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    53 citations

  6. Swansea University

    Swansea, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    16 citations

  7. University of Nottingham

    Nottingham, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    17 citations

  8. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    25 citations

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Venues

  1. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 16 publications · 1.4K citations

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  2. Phoenix

    6 publications · 1.2K citations

    6

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  3. The Classical World

    6 publications · 210 citations

    6

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  4. The American Journal of Philology

    AJP · 5 publications · 717 citations

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  5. Mnemosyne

    4 publications · 145 citations

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