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Title: Prometheus

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Series:             Bollingen Series
Language:        English

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Length:        152 Pages
Weight:        0.6 Pounds
Height:         8 Inches
Width:          6.3 Inches
Thickness:    0.5 Inches



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Prometheus the god 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 Kerenyi examines the story of Prometheus and the very process of mythmaking as a reflection of the archetypal function and 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. Kerenyi traces the evolving myth from Hesiod and Aeschylus, and in its epic treatment by Goethe and Shelley; he moves 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. "A sterling example of classical scholarship, literary exegesis, and cultural inference.... Not only does this book tell us much about man, through his prototypical image, but also much about the Greek civilization which created Prometheus in its image."--Contemporary Psychology



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Book Details Summary: The title of this book is Prometheus and it was written by Ralph Manheim (Translator), Karl Kerenyi. This edition of Prometheus is in a Paperback format. This books publish date is November 1997 and it has a suggested retail price of $26.95. There are 152 pages in the book and it was published by Bollingen Foundation. The 10 digit ISBN is 069101907X and the 13 digit ISBN is 9780691019079. For the most current lowest price, Click Here.