Abstract
Abstract
The Epilogue introduces a final instance of Herculean reception in the early modern period: the series of sixteenth-century frescoes detailing various activities from the mythos of Hercules in the Villa Farnese in Caprarola, Italy. The frescoes are notable both for depicting Hercules’ conflict with the giants Albion and Bergion, a myth discussed at length in Chapters 3 and 4 of this book, and for including a modified ‘local’ myth—of Hercules’ creation of the Lago di Vico in nearby Lazio, Italy. The Epilogue connects the representation of these episodes with the book’s argument that geography and topography are crucial contexts for understanding the use of classical mythology in not only England but early modern Europe more broadly, and also emphasizes the importance of locality and context in mythological allusion in early modern texts.