Eleusis by Carl Kernyi, Ralph Manheim - 9780691281841

EleusisArchetypal Image of Mother and Daughter (Archetypal Images in Greek Religion, Volume 4)\nAuthor(s): Carl Kernyi, Ralph Manheim\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Princeton University Press, United States\nImprint: Princeton University Press\nISBN-13: 9780691281841, 978-0691281841\nSynopsis\nA landmark account of the Eleusinian Mysteries by one of the leading mythologists of the twentieth century\n\nThe Sanctuary of Eleusis near Athens was the center of a religious cult that endured for nearly two thousand years and whose initiates came from all parts of the civilized world. In this classic work, Carl Kernyi examines the Mysteries of Eleusis from the standpoint not only of Greek myth but also of human nature. He reveals how the yearly autumnal mysteries were based on the ancient myth of Demeters search for her ravished daughter Persephone, a search that he equates not only with womans quest for completion but with every persons pursuit of identity. Drawing on archaeology, objects of.