The Gods of The Greeks

Nonfiction, History, Ancient History, Egypt, Greece
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Author: Károly Kerényi ISBN: 9781787201088
Publisher: Hauraki Publishing Publication: October 21, 2016
Imprint: Hauraki Publishing Language: English
Author: Károly Kerényi
ISBN: 9781787201088
Publisher: Hauraki Publishing
Publication: October 21, 2016
Imprint: Hauraki Publishing
Language: English

Drawing on a wealth of sources, from Hesiod to Pausanias and from the Orphic Hymns to Proclus, Professor Kerényi provides a clear and scholarly exposition of all the most important Greek myths. After a brief introduction, the complex genealogies of the gods lead him from the begettings of the Titans, from Aphrodite under all her titles and aspects, to the reign of Zeus, to Apollo and Hermes, touching the affairs of Pan, nymphs, satyrs, cosmogonies and the birth of mankind, until he reaches the ineffable mysteries of Dionysos. The lively and highly readable narrative is complemented by an appendix of detailed references to all the original texts and a fine selection of illustrations taken from vase paintings.

‘...learned, admirably documented, exhaustive...’—TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT

‘...it most emphatically must be the book that many have long been waiting for...’—STEPHEN SPENDER

‘Kerényi’s effort to reinterpret mythology...arises out of the conviction that an appreciation of the mythical world will help Western man to regain his lost sense of religious values....(His) theory of myth and his actual interpretations of mythical themes...help to point the way to...a new kind of humanism.’—A. Altman, Philosophy

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Drawing on a wealth of sources, from Hesiod to Pausanias and from the Orphic Hymns to Proclus, Professor Kerényi provides a clear and scholarly exposition of all the most important Greek myths. After a brief introduction, the complex genealogies of the gods lead him from the begettings of the Titans, from Aphrodite under all her titles and aspects, to the reign of Zeus, to Apollo and Hermes, touching the affairs of Pan, nymphs, satyrs, cosmogonies and the birth of mankind, until he reaches the ineffable mysteries of Dionysos. The lively and highly readable narrative is complemented by an appendix of detailed references to all the original texts and a fine selection of illustrations taken from vase paintings.

‘...learned, admirably documented, exhaustive...’—TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT

‘...it most emphatically must be the book that many have long been waiting for...’—STEPHEN SPENDER

‘Kerényi’s effort to reinterpret mythology...arises out of the conviction that an appreciation of the mythical world will help Western man to regain his lost sense of religious values....(His) theory of myth and his actual interpretations of mythical themes...help to point the way to...a new kind of humanism.’—A. Altman, Philosophy

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