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The divine , whose glory the hero bears among the dead , produces from the realm of the dead , far more than from the figure of an ordinary mortal who has joined the dead , that deep awe which — as W. F. Otto , with truth on his side ...
The divine , whose glory the hero bears among the dead , produces from the realm of the dead , far more than from the figure of an ordinary mortal who has joined the dead , that deep awe which — as W. F. Otto , with truth on his side ...
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We do not know how far the kings of Mycenae attempted to resemble the gods , and how far their cult of the dead gave expression to this attempt . The archaeological discoveries8 so far tell us unambiguously that Greek hero - cult is the ...
We do not know how far the kings of Mycenae attempted to resemble the gods , and how far their cult of the dead gave expression to this attempt . The archaeological discoveries8 so far tell us unambiguously that Greek hero - cult is the ...
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And more than this : one of the grave - stelae bears the name of the Spartan sage Chilon and shows us that the repre . sentation is not of a hero in general , but the recently buried dead heroised , and ( this is the most important ...
And more than this : one of the grave - stelae bears the name of the Spartan sage Chilon and shows us that the repre . sentation is not of a hero in general , but the recently buried dead heroised , and ( this is the most important ...
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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 honour 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 river Salmoneus sent showed sons 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 | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 19 Jun 2009 |
| Length | 439 pages |
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