The Eternal Drama: The Inner Meaning of Greek Mythology

by: Edinger, E.F.

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Zeus, Aphrodite, Apollo, Artemis, Athena--do the gods and goddesses of Greece have anything to say to us that we haven't already heard? In this book, based on a series of his lectures, the eminent Jungian analyst and writer Edward F. Edinger revisits all the major figures, myths, oracles, and legends of the ancient Greek religion to discover what they can still reveal--representing, as they do, one of the religious and mythic foundations of Western culture. Building on C. G. Jung's assertion that mythology is an expression of the deepest layers of mind and soul, Dr. Edinger follows the mythic images into their persistent manifestations in literature and on into our modern lives. He finds that the gods indeed continue to speak as we grow in our capacity to listen and that the myths express the inner energies within all of us as much as ever. Heracles is eternally performing his labors, Perseus is still confronting the Medusa, Theseus is forever stalking the Minotaur, and Persephone is still being carried off to life in a new realm.

List of Illustrations
vii
Author's Note ix
Editor's Preface xi
What Is Mythology?
1 (8)
The Beginnings: Cosmogony
9 (9)
The Olympian Gods
18 (20)
Zeus, Poseidon, Hades
21 (6)
Apollo
27 (2)
Hermes
29 (2)
Ares
31 (4)
Hephaestus
35 (3)
The Olympian Goddesses
38 (14)
Hera
38 (2)
Hestia
40 (1)
Demeter
41 (1)
Artemis
42 (2)
Aphrodite
44 (4)
Athena
48 (4)
The Heroes
52 (37)
Heracles
52 (12)
Jason and Medea
64 (7)
Theseus and Ariadne
71 (9)
Perseus
80 (9)
The Trojan War
89 (13)
Odysseus
102 (21)
The Tragic Drama: Oedipus
123 (11)
Shrines and Oracles
134 (8)
Dionysus
142 (14)
Orphism
156 (18)
The Eleusinian Mysteries
174 (11)
Notes 185 (8)
Glossary 193 (6)
Bibliography 199 (4)
Credits 203 (2)
Index 205

The Eternal Drama: The Inner Meaning of Greek Mythology

by: Edinger, E.F.

• ISBN-13: 9780877739890 / 978-0-87773-989-0
• ISBN-03: 0877739897 / 0-87773-989-7
• Shambhala, Boston, 1994

Price: 28,00 EURO

1 copy in stock