Publication: Counting the lions of Nemea: Medieval variations on a Herculean task
Counting the lions of Nemea: Medieval variations on a Herculean task
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Endress, L. (2020). Counting the lions of Nemea: Medieval variations on a Herculean task. Reinardus : Yearbook of the International Reynard Society, 32(1), 71–88. https://doi.org/10.1075/rein.00039.end
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The “Twelve Labours” of Hercules are among the topics most often associated with the illustrious half-god of Graeco-Roman mythology. This series of heroic deeds includes the defeat of a monstrous lion that ravaged the countryside of Nemea in southern Greece, an episode from the life of ancient Hercules that was handed down to medieval Europe through the works of classical authors, such as Virgil, Ovid and Statius, and their commentators. As is often the case, this process of textual transmission gave rise to variation and multiple int
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Endress, L. (2020). Counting the lions of Nemea: Medieval variations on a Herculean task. Reinardus : Yearbook of the International Reynard Society, 32(1), 71–88. https://doi.org/10.1075/rein.00039.end
