Labors of Hēraklēs

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Iliad 8.363

Gregory Nagy

... struggle (Labors of Herakles)The noun aethlos (āthlos) ‘ordeal’ in the plural, aethloi, programmatically refers to the Labors of Hēraklēs. These aethloi ‘ordeals’ were life-and-death struggl ... Continue reading

Odyssey 11.620-624

Gregory Nagy

The word that is used here for what we translate as the Labors of Hēraklēs is aethlos (āthlos) ‘ordeal’, O.11.622 and O.11.624. See the comment on I.03.125–128. The word that is used here for what we translate as the ... Continue reading