Heracles in the Iberian Peninsula

• Authors: Adriana Grzelak-Krzymianowska

Title variants

ES

Eracle nella penisola iberica

Abstracts

ES

La storia delle dodici fatiche di Eracle, come molte altre della mitologia greca, ha subito vari cambiamenti da quando le prime trasmissioni di Esiodo hanno contribuito a consolidare gli elementi essenziali del mito e le sue caratteristiche. Con la traslazione dei miti dallʼIberia caucasica a quella occidentale, sono stati trasferiti anche alcuni luoghi, personaggi ed eventi associati al posto. Sono state ricollocate le Isole Fortunate, il Giardino delle Esperidi, il luogo della decima e dellʼundicesima fatica di Eracle, e sono stati identificati e interpretati lʼorigine e il significato dei pilastri eretti dallʼeroe. Lʼobiettivo di questo articolo è mostrare come uno di questi miti, quello di Eracle e Gerione, sia stato plasmato in epoca classica e successiva. Verrà analizzata la trasformazione di tre elementi di questo mito: la sua collocazione, la figura di Gerione e la descrizione delle fatiche di Ercole.

EN

The story of Herculesʼ achievements, like many others in Greek mythology, has undergone various changes since Hesiodʼs early transmissions helped to consolidate the essential elements of the myth and its characteristics. With the translocation of myths from Caucasian Iberia to Western Iberia, certain places, characters and events associated with the land were also transferred. The Fortunate Islands, the Garden of Hesperides, the place of the 10th and 11th labours of Hercules have been relocated, and the origin and meaning of the pillars set up by the hero have been identified and interpreted. The aim of this article is to show how one of these myths, namely that of Hercules and Geryon, was shaped in the classical and later periods. The transformation of three elements of this myth will be analysed: its location, the figure of Geryon and the description of Herculesʼ achievements.

Keywords

PL

Herakles; Herkules; Półwysep Iberyjski; mit; Gerion; Hiszpania

EN

Heracles; Hercules; Iberian Peninsula; myth; Geryon; Spain

ES

Eracle; Ercole; penisola iberica; mito; Gerione; Spagna

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Łódzki. Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
• Journal: Collectanea Philologica
• Year: 2022
• Issue: 25
• Pages: 13-33

Dates

published

2022

Contributors

author

Adriana Grzelak-Krzymianowska

• University of Łódź

• https://orcid.org/0000000265843987

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Identifiers

DOI

10.18778/1733-0319.25.02

Biblioteka Nauki

2231002