The Heroes of the Greeks |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 90
Page xxi
PREFACE THE BOOK WHICH I NOW OFFER TO THE PUBLIC is again full of matter , even more so than was my Gods of the Greeks . It continues indeed the narrative of that learned Greek islander of our times into whose mouth the story of the ...
PREFACE THE BOOK WHICH I NOW OFFER TO THE PUBLIC is again full of matter , even more so than was my Gods of the Greeks . It continues indeed the narrative of that learned Greek islander of our times into whose mouth the story of the ...
Page 18
Either the poet excluded the god's mother as he did the god himself , or he shows by his silence the validity of that ... According to the holy legend of Thebes , she conceived and bore the god in her father's house as a mortal mother ...
Either the poet excluded the god's mother as he did the god himself , or he shows by his silence the validity of that ... According to the holy legend of Thebes , she conceived and bore the god in her father's house as a mortal mother ...
Page 309
The story of Aineias ' birth we know already from the tales of the gods . How the birth of Achilles came about shall now be told . We know from the stories of the gods102 that besides Tethys , Eurynome and Amphitrite , Thetis also was ...
The story of Aineias ' birth we know already from the tales of the gods . How the birth of Achilles came about shall now be told . We know from the stories of the gods102 that besides Tethys , Eurynome and Amphitrite , Thetis also was ...
What people are saying - Write a review
Reviews aren't verified, but Google checks for and removes fake content when it's identified
LibraryThing Review
User Review - ruric - LibraryThingRetelling of many of the Greekl heroic myths in accessible and easy language. Read full review
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
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 |
| Export Citation | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |