{"product_id":"prometheus-by-carl-kerenyi-9780691281766","title":"Prometheus","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA landmark account of the Prometheus story as myth and archetype.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe 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. For the Greeks, the myth of Prometheus's release reflected a primordial law of existence and the fate of humankind.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCarl Kerényi examines the story of Prometheus and the very process of mythmaking as a reflection of the archetypal function. He seeks to discover how this primitive tale was invested with a universal fatality, first in the Greek imagination and then in the Western tradition of Romantic poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eKerényi traces the evolving myth from Hesiod and Aeschylus, and in its epic treatment by Goethe and Shelley. He goes on to consider the myth from the perspective of Jungian psychology as the archetype of human daring signifying the transformation of suffering into the mystery of the sacrifice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47934190518508,"sku":"9780691281766","price":205.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780691281766-prometheus.jpg?v=1783903294","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/products\/prometheus-by-carl-kerenyi-9780691281766","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}