What did Zeus mean to the Greeks? And who was Hera, united with
Zeus historically and archetypally as if they were a human pair? C.
Kerenyi fills a gap in our knowledge of the religious history of
Europe by responding to these questions. Examining the word Zeus
and its Greek synonyms theos and daimon, the author traces the
origins of Greek religion in the Minoan-Mycenacan civilization. He
shows how Homer's view of the gods decisively shaped the literary
and artistic tradition of Greek divine mythology. The emergence of
the Olympian family is seen as the expression of a humane Zeus cult
determined by the father image but formed within the domain of
Hera. Originally published in 1976. The Princeton Legacy Library
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