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The Heroes of the Greeks (English and German Edition) Paperback – October 1, 1997

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In this companion to C. Kerenyi's classic The Gods of the Greeks, he presents the heroes of Greek mythology who preoccupied the minds of the ancient Greeks no less than the gods themselves. The compelling narrative is based throughout on original sources and complemented by illustrations from vase paintings and genealogical tables of celebrated and less celebrated mythical figures.

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October 1, 1997
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050027049X
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Publisher : Thames & Hudson; New Ed edition (October 1, 1997)
Language : English, German
Paperback : 440 pages
ISBN-10 : 050027049X
ISBN-13 : 978-0500270493
Item Weight : 1.19 pounds
Dimensions : 5.31 x 8.5 inches

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Muttley

Great Resource for Greek Myth

Reviewed in the United States on September 11, 2010

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This book is packed with material to delight the serious student or enthusiast of Greek myth. Kerenyi had vast academic knowledge of the field and was also a key figure in the "psychological" approach to the Greek Gods in terms of archetypes (He worked and corresponded with Jung). In this and GODS OF THE GREEKS he seeks to lay out the basic raw material of the mythology as it's come down to us. The text may come across as dry or even obscure to some modern readers, but this is also its strength. In many other presentations of Greek myth it's often hard to tell where the original material ends and the scholarly interpolation begins (I'm looking at YOU, Robert Graves)... In sum, if you want an entertaining storyteller, Kerenyi might not be your guy (try Gustav Schwab maybe); but if you want to get close to the original mythology this and GODS OF THE GREEKS should be among your primary resources.

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s. berger

Prequel to The Iliad and more.

Reviewed in the United States on February 23, 2016

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A classic by Kerenyi and a must if you are planning to read The Iliad as it gives you background that you won't really find elsewhere. Well written and engrossing.

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Fiat Vestal

Three Stars

Reviewed in the United States on May 27, 2017

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The cover was orange not blue and the book has a musty smell.

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Jordan Bell

Reliable reference for Greek myths, but not fun to read

Reviewed in the United States on January 15, 2015

This book has too much scholarly equipment to be pleasant to read in the way that Edith Hamilton's "Mythology" is pleasant to read. Kerenyi tells us the variants of each story, and does not add to stories to make them more enjoyable to us. Thus, for example, in Kerenyi's account of the hind of Keryneia (hind=old female deer), much of the text tells us about the origin of the hind and the places through which the chase went, and the action amounts to Herakles chasing the hind for a year and then grabbing it when it was swimming across a river.

Do not buy this book to read stories from, but rather buy it as a reference both to find variants of stories and as a reliable text to cite in your own writing. Everything Kerenyi tells us is cited explicitly from ancient authors. Hamilton's book of mythology is enjoyable to read, but does not cite where each detail is from and therefore is inadequate for use as a scholarly reference.

Mythology is a good region to prospect for ideas about how the world works. Some of these ideas are rich veins, like Herakles' fighting death, and some are lone nuggets, such as statements about Zeus making the sun rise in the west and set in the east when Thyestes becomes king of Mycenae rather than Atreus (III.VI). All, or at least almost all, of the myths refer to places with names, and are a useful source to sort out ancient Greek ideas of geography and cosmology. In particular, we are told in the story of Perseus that the home of the Gorgons, near the Garden of the Hesperides, can be reached both from the west and from the east. There are also curiosities that may have significance, like assigning to Palamedes the creation of letters, numbered dice, and counting (like Dionysus being the first to make wine).

This book is also useful as a catalogue of references to use in writing. If you wish to refer to Oedipus or Ariadne's thread or the Augean stables or the types of punishments executed in Tartarus, this is a reliable work to read the ancient accounts of these myths. Also, this may be useful for classical metaphors to use in writing. If two groups accidentally fight each other, then invoke the Argonauts killing the Doliones. If there is disagreement about whether men or women get more pleasure from sex, then invoke Teiresias's decision given to Zeus and Hera. For a cute contrast to the walls of Jericho falling down, invoke Amphion playing his lyre and moving stones to form the walls of Thebes. For a weapon that will not injure its owner, invoke the knife of Peleus made by Daedalus.

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Mrs G.

Excellent book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 24, 2016

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A companion book to Kerenyi's Gods of the Greeks and equally wonderful.

Haralambos

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 5, 2015

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Mr. L. J. Knight

Difficult

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 22, 2012

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I found this book very difficult to get into...tried quite a few times on holiday but ended up falling asleep. I'm sure the stories are interesting and i love greek mythology but i just couldn't stay awake long enough.