Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: This article explores the presence of the Hercules myth in Iberian literature, focusing specifically on Catalan chronicles from the early modern period (Peter IV the Ceremonious, Tomic, Beuter and Carbonell). By tracing the chronological development of the legend, the study reveals the lines of borrowing and influence between initially separate Castilian and Catalan historiographical traditions, discusses the models and narratives that shaped the representation of Hercules in Catalan chronicles, and underscores the political motives behind the evolution of the myth. The article also provides translations with a commentary of the Catalan sources.
Author: Rozalia Sasor
Language: English
Topic: Medieval Iberian Studies
Subfield: Classics
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4414204971