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Prometheus
Archetypal Image of Human Existence (Archetypal Images in Greek Religion, Volume 1)
Series: Bollingen Recollections
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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. For the Greeks,...
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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. For the Greeks, the myth of Prometheus's release reflected a primordial law of existence and the fate of humankind.
Carl 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.
Kerényi 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.
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Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780691281766
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 14 April 2026
Country: United States
Imprint: Princeton University Press
Illustration: 18 b/w illus.
Contributors:
- Translated by Ralph Manheim
- Translated by Ralph Manheim
Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly
DIMENSIONS
Width: 156.0mm
Height: 235.0mm
Weight: 458g
Pages: 184
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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