Prometheus: Archetypal Image of Human Existence - Paperback
by Carl Ker?nyi
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Availability:In StockContributor:Carl Ker?nyi, Ralph Manheim (Translator)Series:Mythos: The Princeton/Bollingen World MythologyPublish date:1997-11-30Pages:184
Language:EnglishPublisher:Princeton University PressISBN-13:9780691019079ISBN-10:069101907XUPC:9780691019079Book Category:Social Science, ReligionBook Subcategory:Folklore & Mythology, Antiquities & ArchaeologySize:7.90 x 6.01 x 0.54 inchesWeight:0.5203Product ID:SC9DBHVGHA
Prometheus: Archetypal Image of Human Existence
Prometheus the god stole fire from heaven and bestowed it on humans. In punishment, Zeus chained him to a rock, where an eagle clawed unceasingly at his liver, until Herakles freed him. For the Greeks, the myth of Prometheus's release reflected a primordial law of existence and the fate of humankind. Carl Ker nyi examines the story of Prometheus and the very process of mythmaking as a reflection...
Series: Mythos: The Princeton/Bollingen World Mythology
Language:EnglishPublisher:Princeton University PressISBN-13:9780691019079ISBN-10:069101907XUPC:9780691019079Book Category:Social Science, ReligionBook Subcategory:Folklore & Mythology, Antiquities & ArchaeologySize:7.90 x 6.01 x 0.54 inchesWeight:0.5203Product ID:SC9DBHVGHA
Carl Kerényi was a professor of classics and the history of religion in his native Hungary. His works include Eleusis: Archetypal Image of Mother and Daughter and Dionysos: Archetypal Image of Indestructible Life, and he collaborated with C. G. Jung to write Essays on a Science of Mythology; all three books are available in Mythos paperback editions.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
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