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 Ker???nyi 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 ...
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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 Ker???nyi 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. Ker???nyi 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.
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Add this copy of Prometheus: Archetypal Image of Human Existence to cart. $43.00, very good condition, Sold by Powell's Books Chicago rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Chicago, IL, UNITED STATES.
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Very Good. 1963. Hardcover. Cloth, dj. Mild scuffing and edge wear to dj, with significant sunning to top third of front and rear panels; dj now protected in acetate wrapper. Minor shelf wear with boards. Stamp on ffep that reads Graduate Student Book Club. Else clean and bright. Very Good. (Subject: Ancient, Greece).
Add this copy of Prometheus: Archetypal Image of Human Existence to cart. $64.32, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Santa Clarita, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1997 by Princeton University Press.
Add this copy of Prometheus Archetypal Image of Human Existence to cart. $100.00, very good condition, Sold by Last Exit Books rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Charlottesville, VA, UNITED STATES, published 1963 by Pantheon Books.
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Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo. Pantheon Books, New York. 1963. Xxvi, 152 pages. Bollingen Series LXV. First Edition/First printing. DJ is worn with light shelfwear present to the edges of the DJ. Bound in hessian boards with red cloth spine. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. Light glue residue present to the pastedowns. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. 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 Kerényi 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. Kerényi 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. EB; 9.0 X 6.0 X 0.5 inches; 152 pages.
Add this copy of Prometheus. Archetypal Image of Human Existence to cart. $144.00, very good condition, Sold by Expatriate Bookshop rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Svendborg, DENMARK, published 1963 by Pantheon Books.
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16 photoplates. Minor rubbing, VG, in a slightly rubbed & soiled dustwrapper., d. 26x19cm, 16; 152, (16)pp, Small mark to side-page-edges. Contents: Who is Goethe's Prometheus? ; The Titanic, and the Eternity of the Human Race; The Prometheus Mythologem in the 'Theogeny'; Archaic Prometheus Mythology; Methodological Intermezzo; The World in Possession of Fire; The Fire Stealer; The 'Prometheus Bound'; Prometheus the Knowing One; The Promethean Prophecy; 'Prometheus Delivered'; Conclusion after Goethe. Series: Bollingen Series LXV: 1.
