Eleusis

Subtitle:
Archetypal image of mother and daughter

Series Titles:
Bollingen Series: 65 - 4
Mythos (Princeton, N.J.)

Edition:
First paperback printing, in the Mythos series 1991

Volume / Part:
4

Author:
Kerényi, Carl (born Kerényi, Károly / Kerenyi, Karl) 1897 - 1973

Translator:
Manheim, Ralph 1907 - 1992

Place of Publication:
Princeton, New Jersey

Publisher:
Princeton University Press

Copyright Date:
1967

Publication Date:
1991

ISBN / SBN / ISSN:
0691219150

Media Type:
Print (Non-Serial)

Media Sub-type:
Book

Copy:
2

LoC Call Number:
BL 795 .E5 K413 1991 c. 2

Accession Number:
105689

Keyword Subject Headings:
Eleusinian mysteries
Eleusis (Greece)–religion
Greek mythology
Demeter
Persephone / Kore / Thea
Entheogens / Psychedelics

User Notes:
Paperbound; xxxvii - 257 pp., including 88 illustrations, abbreviations, notes, list of works cited, and index. Contents: List of illustrations Acknowledgments Preface Introduction Part one: Reconstruction I. The geographical and chronological setting II. The mythological setting III. The lesser mysteries and the preparations for the great mysteries IV. The secret of Eleusis Part two: V. A hermeneutical essay on the mysteries Appendix I: The preparation and effect of the kykeon Appendix II: Concerning the vessels that were carried on the head in the procession Abbreviations Notes List of works cited Index