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And if in that very point we must note a resemblance to the Icelandic sagas, it
seems to us that the dark family history of the Atreidai is not at all characteristic of
Greek hero/mythology as a whole. Many figures of heroes and heroines bear a ...
And if in that very point we must note a resemblance to the Icelandic sagas, it
seems to us that the dark family history of the Atreidai is not at all characteristic of
Greek hero/mythology as a whole. Many figures of heroes and heroines bear a ...
Page 12
The legends of the Greek heroes on the other hand are as little elevated as their
hero/cult. They are, rather, astonishingly realistic and anything but ethically
ideahV ing, when they describe the human characteristics of their heroes. Carlyle
is ...
The legends of the Greek heroes on the other hand are as little elevated as their
hero/cult. They are, rather, astonishingly realistic and anything but ethically
ideahV ing, when they describe the human characteristics of their heroes. Carlyle
is ...
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The mythology of Greek heroes, although it is equally con/ cerned with god/men
and with foundations, is characterised by the fact that its emphasis, its peculiar
stress, is laid on the side of the human and by no means on the importance of a ...
The mythology of Greek heroes, although it is equally con/ cerned with god/men
and with foundations, is characterised by the fact that its emphasis, its peculiar
stress, is laid on the side of the human and by no means on the importance of a ...
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Contents
Kadmos and Harmonia | 25 |
Pelops and Hippodameia | 62 |
vn Salmoneus Melanippe and Tyro | 69 |
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According Achilles Adrastos Agamemnon Aias Aietes Aigeus Akrisios Alkmene allegedly already Amazons Amphitryon Antiope Aphrodite Apollo Argonauts Argos Ariadne Artemis Atalante Athenians Atreus Attica beast Bellerophontes bore brother brought bull called Centaur chariot child cult daughter dead death Deianeira Dionysos Dioskuroi divine Eumolpos Euripides Eurystheus Eurytos famous father goddess gods golden Greek Hades hand Harmonia Helen Hera Herakles Hermes hero Hesperides Hippodameia honour Iolaos Iolkos island Jason journey Kadmos Kekrops killed king Laios land later marriage Medeia Meleagros Menelaos Minos mother murder Mycenae narrators Odysseus Oidipus Oineus Oinomaos oracle Orpheus palace Pallas Athene Peirithoos Peleus Pelias Pelops Persephone Perseus Phrixos poet Polyneikes Poseidon primaeval Proitos queen sacrifice sent serpent Sisyphos sons story tale Tantalos temple Theban Thebes Theseus Thetis Thracian Thyestes Tiryns told took tragedy Trojan Troy underworld vase/painting shows wife young Zeus
Bibliographic information
| Title | The heroes of the Greeks Myth and man |
| Author | Karl Kerényi |
| Publisher | Thames and Hudson, 1959 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 19 Jun 2009 |
| Length | 439 pages |
| Subjects | Heroes Mythology, Greek |
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