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His purely human characterisation is fully possible , but there falls a glory upon him , which from the point of view of the history of religions , for which the divine is the datum serving as its starting point , we may term the glory ...
His purely human characterisation is fully possible , but there falls a glory upon him , which from the point of view of the history of religions , for which the divine is the datum serving as its starting point , we may term the glory ...
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Many figures of heroes and heroines bear a brighter , a divine radiance , which might even belong to former deities . We do not know how far the kings of Mycenae attempted to resemble the gods , and how far their cult of the dead gave ...
Many figures of heroes and heroines bear a brighter , a divine radiance , which might even belong to former deities . We do not know how far the kings of Mycenae attempted to resemble the gods , and how far their cult of the dead gave ...
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Perhaps she had originally been a wandering divine woman , like lo or Europa . It was thought therefore that Dionysos had driven her mad and punished her with wanderings , because Dirke was trying to do him honour when she met her death ...
Perhaps she had originally been a wandering divine woman , like lo or Europa . It was thought therefore that Dionysos had driven her mad and punished her with wanderings , because Dirke was trying to do him honour when she met her death ...
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Contents
Kadmos and Harmonia | 25 |
The Theban Dioskuroi | 34 |
Danaos and his Daughters | 39 |
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According Achilles Aeschylus already ancient Apollo appeared Argonauts Argos arrived Artemis Athene beast beautiful became belonged bore born bring brother brought called carried child connected daughter dead death Dionysos divine earth famous father fell followed gave goddess gods golden Greek hand happened head Helen Hera Herakles hero human island Jason journey Kadmos killed king known land later lived marriage means Messenia mother Mycenae narrators night Odysseus offering Oidipus Oinomaos once originally passed Pelops perhaps Perseus poet Poseidon possession present queen received remained Salmoneus sent shape showed sons stone story tale temple Theban Thebes Theseus told took tradition Troy turned underworld vase wife wished women young Zeus
Bibliographic information
| Title | The Heroes of the Greeks Myth and man |
| Author | Karl Kerényi |
| Publisher | Thames and Hudson, 1959 |
| Original from | Indiana University |
| Digitized | 10 Jun 2009 |
| Length | 439 pages |
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