Archetypal Images in Greek Religion: 5. Zeus and Hera: Archetypal Image of Father, Husband, and Wife 9781400869763
What did Zeus mean to the Greeks? And who was Hera, united with Zeus historically and archetypally as if they were a hum
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Cover
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
I The Word Zeus and Its Synonyms, Theos and Daimon
II The Beginnings of the Zeus Religion and Its Early History
III The Emergence of the Olympian Divine Family
IV Poseidon as 'Husband' and 'Father'
V Zeus the Brother-Husband
VI Hera Cults in the Peloponnese, Euboea, and Boeotia
VII The Great Goddess of Samos and Paestum
Abbreviations
List of Works Cited
Index
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BOLLINGEN
SERIES LXV
ARCHETYPAL IMAGES IN GREEK RELIGION
Volume 5
C. Kerenyi
ZEUS AND HERA Archetypal Image of Father, Husband, and Wife
TRANSLATED FROM THE GERMAN
BY Christopher Holme
BOLLINGEN SERIES LXV · 5 PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS
Copyright © 1975 by Pnnceton University Press ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
THIS IS VOLUME FIVE IN A GROUP OF STUDIES OF ARCHETYPAL IMAGES IN GREEK RELIGION WHICH CONSTITUTES THE SIXTY-FIFTH PUBLICATION IN A SERIES SPONSORED BY BOLLINGEN FOUNDATION
Translated from the original manuscript of the author. Subsequently published in German: Zeus und Hera: Urbild des Vaters, des Gatten und der Frau (Studies in the History of Religions, XX; Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1972). LCC 74-23858 ISBN 0-691-09864-6 Library of Congress Cataloguing in Publication data will be found on the last printed page of this book PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA BY PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS PRINCETON, NEW JERSEY
DESIGN BASED ON ORIGINAL BY ANDOR BRAUN
To
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New is Zeus who is king In olden times Kronos was ruler. Be off with you, old-time Muse. -TIMOTHEOS OF MILETOS
in Athenaios III
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Near then to me [Come,] my lady Hera, your l[ovely form -SAPPHO 17
CONTENTS
Acknowledgments
ix
Introduction
xi
I
The Word Zeus and Its Synonyms, Theos and Daimon
3
The Beginnings of the Zeus Religion and Its Early History
21
III
The Emergence of the Olympian Divine Family
38
IV
Poseidon as