The Hercules Project
The Hercules Project is a University of Leeds-based project, tracing post-classical, mostly Western, receptions of Herakles-Hercules. One stimulus for the Project was the discovery by its Principal Investigator, Professor Emma Stafford, of the richness and range of uses of Hercules since Antiquity while writing an overview of the subject’s postclassical ‘afterlives’ for her book Herakles in the Gods and Heroes of the Ancient World series (Abingdon: Routledge, 2012). The project has brought together academics from various disciplines for a series of conferences and books. There has also been a focus on public engagement events including a musical drama on the Choice of Hercules and an exhibition on the Labours of Hercules.
Sources:
Official website (accessed: August 12, 2020).
Prepared by Susan Deacy, University of Roehampton, s.deacy@roehampton,ac,uk
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