Prometheus: Archetypal Image of Human Existence by Carl Kerényi

Prometheus: Archetypal Image of Human Existence

Carl Kerényi with Ralph Manheim (Translator)

184 pages first pub 1959 (editions)

nonfiction history philosophy psychology reflective fast-paced
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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 ...

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