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Zeus and Hera : archetypal image of father, husband, and wife / C. Kerenyi ; translated from the German by Christopher Holme.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: German Series: Publication details: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, (c)1975.Description: 1 online resource (231 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781400869763
Other title:
  • Archetypal images in Greek religion [Cover title]
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • BL820 .Z487 1975
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:Subject: What did Zeus mean to the Greeks? And who was Hera, united with Zeus historically and archetypally as if they were a human pair? C. Kerenyi fills a gap in our knowledge of the religious history of Europe by responding to these questions. Examining the word Zeus and its Greek synonyms theos and daimon, the author traces the origins of Greek religion in the Minoan-Mycenacan civilization. He shows how Homer's view of the gods decisively shaped the literary and artistic tradition of Greek divine mythology. The emergence of the Olympian family is seen as the expression of a humane Zeus cult determ.
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"Translated from the original manuscript of the author. Subsequently published in German: Zeus und Hera: Urbild des Vaters, des Gatten und der Frau."

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What did Zeus mean to the Greeks? And who was Hera, united with Zeus historically and archetypally as if they were a human pair? C. Kerenyi fills a gap in our knowledge of the religious history of Europe by responding to these questions. Examining the word Zeus and its Greek synonyms theos and daimon, the author traces the origins of Greek religion in the Minoan-Mycenacan civilization. He shows how Homer's view of the gods decisively shaped the literary and artistic tradition of Greek divine mythology. The emergence of the Olympian family is seen as the expression of a humane Zeus cult determ.

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