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Zeus and Hera: Archetypal Image of Father, Husband, and Wife (Archetypal Images in Greek Religion, Volume 5)

Zeus and Hera: Archetypal Image of Father, Husband, and Wife (Archetypal Images in Greek Religion, Volume 5)

Holme, Christopher
Kerényi, Carl

Hardcover

Series: Bollingen Recollections

Religion General Ancient GreeceGeneral World History

ISBN10: 0691281890
ISBN13: 9780691281896
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: Apr 14 2026
Pages: 232
Weight: 1.11
Height: 0.69 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

A 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 civilization. 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.

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