Heroes Masked and Mythic
Heroes Masked and Mythic Epic battles, hideous monsters and a host of petty gods--the world of Classical mythology continues to fascinate and inspire. What does Iron Man have to do with the Homeric…
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Heroes Masked and Mythic
Epic battles, hideous monsters and a host of petty gods--the world of Classical mythology continues to fascinate and inspire. What does Iron Man have to do with the Homeric hero Odysseus? Heroes like Herakles, Achilles and Perseus have influenced Western art and literature for centuries, and today are reinvented in the modern superhero.
Do DC's Wonder Woman and Xena the Warrior Princess reflect the tradition of Amazon women such as Penthesileia? How does the African warrior Memnon compare with Marvel's Black Panther? How does the modern superhero's journey echo that of the epic warrior?
With fresh insight into ancient Greek texts and historical art, this book examines modern superhero archetypes and iconography in comics and film as the crystallization of the hero's journey in the modern
Heroes Masked and Mythic
Masked Prey
Mythic Ocean
Mythic Imagination
The Masked Empire
Mythic Life
Mythic Journey
Mythic World
Mythic World
The Masked City
The Masked Mage