Zeus and Hera
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See moreA landmark study of the archetypal father, husband, and wife in Greek religion and myth.
What did Zeus mean to the Greeks of antiquity? Who was Hera, archetypally united with Zeus as if they were a human couple? Examining the word Zeus and its Greek synonyms theos and daimon, acclaimed mythologist and historian of religion Carl Kerényi traces the origins of Greek religion to the Minoan-Mycenean civilisation.
He shows how Homer's view of the gods decisively shaped the literary and artistic tradition of Greek divine mythology and how the emergence of the Olympian family became the expression of a humane Zeus cult determined by the father image but formed within the domain of Hera.
Series: Bollingen Recollections
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INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780691281896
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 14 April 2026
Country: United States
Imprint: Princeton University Press
Contributors:
- Translated by Christopher Holme
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Width: 156.0mm
Height: 235.0mm
Weight: 503g
Pages: 232
About the Author
Carl Kerenyi (18971973) was a Hungarian scholar of classical philology and the history of religion. He made significant contributions to the modern study of Greek mythology and collaborated with figures like C. G. Jung in exploring mythological archetypes.
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