Héracles de Luciano de Samósata: o herói multifacetado: o herói multifacetado

Abstract

This study analyses one of the lesser-known work of Lucian of Samósata, a syrian writer of the second century AD: the prelude Heracles.In the early chapters were given more attention to the writer and his mode of writing, the literary and philosophical currents that he is linked and the historical moment experienced by Luciano. This study is centered on the metamorphosis that the greek hero, namely Heracles, suffer to be changed into another divinity from the confluence of two gods: Hermes and Ogmios. Finally were shown the characteristics of each of the gods who participated in the formation of Heracles-Ogmios (described in the prelude) and the narratives techniques used by Lucian to amalgamate the gods. After this, the genre of the text is studied and is presented the translation of the prolaliá, according the Jacques Bompaires critical edition, published by Les Belle Lettres in 1993.