Contributors List of Figures Introduction Daniel Ogden Part I: Before the Labors 1. Birth and Childhood - Corinne Pache 2. The Madness and the Labors - Katherine Lu Hsu Part II: The Labors (Athloi) 3. Labor I: The Nemean Lion - Jenny March 4. Labor II: The Lernaean Hydra - Christina Salowey 5. Labor III: The Cerynean Hind - Emma Aston 6. Labor IV: The Erymanthian Boar (and Pholus) - Daniel Ogden 7. Labor V: The Augean Stables - Fiona Mitchell 8.
Labor VI: The Stymphalian Birds - Emma Aston 9. Labor VII: The Cretan Bull - Daniel Ogden 10. Labor VIII: The Mares of Diomede (and Alcestis) - Daniel Ogden 11. Labor IX: The Girdle of the Amazon Hippolyte - Adrienne Mayor 12. Labor X: The Cattle of Geryon and the Return from Tartessus - P. J. Finglass 13. Labor XI: The Apples of the Hesperides - Gina Salapata 14.
Labor XII: Cerberus - Pauline Hanesworth Part III: The Side-Deeds (Parerga) 15. Brigands and Cruel Kings - D. Felton 16. The Argonauts - Richard Hunter 17. Laomedon, Hesione and the Sea-Monster - Bronwen Wickkiser 18. Auge and Telephus - Emma Griffiths 19. The Gigantomachy - Christina Salowey 20. Oechalia, Delphi and Omphale - Kristin Heineman 21.
Deianeira, Death and Apotheosis - Dámaris Romero-González Part IV: Genres and Media 22. Epic - Elton Barker and Joel Christensen 23. Tragedy - Michael Lloyd 24. Comedy - John Wilkins 25. The Philosophical Tradition - Philip Bosman 26. Classical Art - Amy Smith Part V: Themes 27. Heracles as a Quest Hero - Graham Anderson 28. Heracles between Hera and Athena - Susan Deacy 29.
Heracles Rationalized and Allegorized - Greta Hawes 30. Heracles and the Mastery of Geographical Space - Antonio Ignacio Molina Marín 31. Heracles as Ancestor - Lee E. Patterson 32. Heracles, Macedon and Alexander the Great - Christian Thrue Djurslev 33. The Greek Cult of Heracles - Jennifer Larson 34. Heracles and Melqart - Megan Daniels 35. The Roman Cult of Hercules - Christopher Siwicki 36.
Hercules, Caesar and the Roman Emperors - Matthew Loar 37. The Early Christian Heracles - Alexandra Eppinger 38. The Reception of Heracles - Emma Stafford Index.