Heracles / Hércules, entre Oriente y Occidente

Ana Isabel  Jiménez San Cristóbal

doi:10.5209/cfcl.83147

Heracles / Hercules, between East and West

Ana Isabel Jiménez San Cristóbal Universidad Complutense de Madrid

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5209/cfcl.83147

Keywords: Herakles, Ninurta, Gilgamesh, parallels and influences

Abstract

Herakles/Hercules, the Greco-Roman hero par excellence, has traits that bring him close to the Sumerian Ninurta and the Mesopotamian Gilgamesh in terms of typology, modus operandi and exploits. All three are of divine descent and mediate between nature and civilisation, confronting monstrous beings and opening up new spaces. Gilgamesh and Herakles, moreover, rebel against their human limitations and aspire to immortality. This paper compares different exploits of Ninurta, Gilgamesh and Herakles in order to determine which of them have common characteristics, to what extent we can speak of influence and, if so, the way in which this influence has been produced.

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Jiménez San Cristóbal A. I. . (2022). Heracles / Hercules, between East and West. Cuadernos de Filología Clásica. Estudios Latinos, 42(1), 9-33. https://doi.org/10.5209/cfcl.83147

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