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

By:

Kerényi, Karl, 1897-1973 [Author]

Contributor(s):

Holme, Christopher [Translator]

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Original language: German Series: Bollingen series ; 65. | Princeton legacy libraryPublication 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
1400869765

Other title:

Archetypal images in Greek religion [Cover title]

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Electronic Books.

LOC classification:

BL820.8

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Summary: 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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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	URL	Status	Date due	Barcode
Online Book	G. Allen Fleece Library Online	Non-fiction	BL820.8 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Link to resource	Available		ocn905863700

"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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