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Prometheus : Archetypal Image of Human Existence (Archetypal Images in Greek Religion, Volume 1).
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kerényi, Carl.
- Series:
- Bollingen Series
- Language:
- English
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (202 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2026.
- Summary:
- A landmark account of the Prometheus story as myth and archetype The god Prometheus 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.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Contents
- List of Plates
- Introduction
- I. Who Is Goethe's Prometheus?
- Prometheus and Christ
- The 'Prometheus' of Goethe
- The Dramatic Fragment
- Goethe Interprets His Mythologem
- The Modern Element in Goethe's Mythologem
- II. The Titanic, and the Eternity of the Human Race
- The Human Race and the Races of Men
- A Pythagorean Doctrine
- The World View of Greek Mythology
- Who Were the Titans?
- What Did 'Titanic' Mean to the Greeks?
- The Sufferings of Hera
- III. The Prometheus Mythologem in the 'Theogony '
- What Are Theogonies?
- The Marriage of lapetos
- The Brothers of Prometheus
- Prometheus' Wound
- The Deeds of Prometheus
- The Original Sacrifice
- Pre-Hesiodic Elements in Hesiod
- The Mind of Zeus
- Parallel in 'Works and Days'
- IV. Archaic Prometheus Mythology
- 'The Herald of the Titans'
- Prometheus and Hermes
- Women of Prometheus
- Prometheus among the Kabeiroi
- Titans and Kabeiroi
- V. Methodological Intermezzo
- The Limits of Reconstruction
- How Much Can Be Known
- What Is Communicable
- VI. The World in Possession of Fire
- From 'The Fire Kindler'
- The Oxyrhynchus Fragment
- The Heidelberg Fragment
- The Position of the 'Pyrphoros'
- VII. The Fire Stealer
- The Deficient Nature of the Thief
- The Inevitable Theft
- VIII. The 'Prometheus Bound'
- Cosmogonic Tragedy
- The Rule of Zeus
- Prometheus and the Elements
- 'In Excess of Justice'
- The Zeus World and Human Existence
- The Suffering of Prometheus
- IX. Prometheus the Knowing One
- The Two Threads of the Tragedy
- Zeus, the Father
- Okeanos and His Daughters
- The Knowledge of Prometheus
- Mother Themis
- Prometheus and lo
- The Oracular Words of Prometheus
- X. The Promethean Prophecy
- The Foundation of the Prophecy
- The Son of Thetis
- XI. 'Prometheus Delivered'.
- The Last Prophecy in the 'Prometheus Bound'
- Bodily Pain
- Immortals Who Long to Die
- The Redemption
- XII. Conclusion after Goethe
- Plates
- Abbreviations
- List of Works Cited
- Index.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-691-29068-7
- 0-691-28177-7
- OCLC:
- 1581931629
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