Zeus and Hera by Carl Kernyi, Christopher Holme - 9780691281896

Zeus and HeraArchetypal Image of Father, Husband, and Wife (Archetypal Images in Greek Religion, Volume 5)\nAuthor(s): Carl Kernyi, Christopher Holme\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Princeton University Press, United States\nImprint: Princeton University Press\nISBN-13: 9780691281896, 978-0691281896\nSynopsis\nA landmark study of the archetypal father, husband, and wife in Greek religion and myth\n\nWhat did Zeus mean to the Greeks of antiquity? Who was Hera, archetypally united with Zeus as if they were a human couple? Examining the word Zeus and its Greek synonyms theos and daimon, acclaimed mythologist and historian of religion Carl Kernyi traces the origins of Greek religion to the Minoan-Mycenean civilization. He shows how Homers view of the gods decisively shaped the literary and artistic tradition of Greek divine mythology and how the emergence of the Olympian family became the expression of a humane Zeus cult determined by the father image but formed within the domain of Hera.