About this title: The Sanctuary of Eleusis, near Athens, was the center of a religious cult that endured for nearly two thousand years and whose initiates came from all parts of the civilized world. Looking at the tendency to "see visions," C. Kerenyi examines the Mysteries of Eleusis from the standpoint not only of Greek myth but also of human nature. Kerenyi holds that the yearly autumnal "mysteries" were based on the ancient myth of Demeter's search for her ravished daughter Persephone--a search that he equates not only with woman's quest for completion but also with every person's pursuit of identity. As ...
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13:9780691019154ISBN:0691019150
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Binding: PAPERBACK
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN-13:9780691019154ISBN:0691019150
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Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13:9780691019154ISBN:0691019150
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. In very good, never read condition, no writing or highlighting, clean text; some minor shelf wear on edges. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 516 p. Mythos (Paperback), 65-4. Audience: General/trade. read more
Edition: Reprint. Bollingen Series #4
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13:9780691019154ISBN:0691019150
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Minor extremity wear, rubbing otherwise a near fine copy. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 257 p. Mythos (Paperback), Index. Illustrations, Audience: General/trade. The Sanctuary of Eleusis, near Athens, was the center of a religious cult that endured for nearly two thousand years and whose initiates came from all parts of the civilized world. read more
Description: Kerenyi, C., trans. by Ralph Manheim., Pantheon Books, c1967, cloth (hard cover), PO's name on ffep o/w near fine with vg+ dj (light wear, minor edge tears), 257 pp with appendices, notes, works cited & index, extensive B&W photographic & other illus., small 4to, 'The Sanctuary of Eleusis, near Athens, was the center of a religious cult that endured for nearly two thousand years and whose initiates came from all parts of the civilized world', 'Archetypal Images in Greek Religion, Volume 4 ... read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Bollingen Foundation
Date Published: 1991-08-12
ISBN-13:9780691019154ISBN:0691019150
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Edition: First American Edition
Binding: Oversized Hardcover
Publisher: Bollimgen/ Pantheon, N.Y.
Date Published: 1967
Description: Very Good + in Very Good jacket. First American Edition Mannheim translation The jacket is a bit shelfworn at extremities, with a couple of short closed tears & a blacked out price. The book is very clean, name & note free V/G+ in a V/G Dj 257 pgs Ills. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Pantheon Books
Date Published: 1967
Description: Very Good in Good dust jacket. Bumping to bottom corner of book. Very minor foxing to textblock. DJ has tears and a few tears-1 long tear along bottom foreedge of DJ-DJ is intact.; The Sanctuary of Eleusis, near Athens, was the center of a religious cult that endured for nearly two thousand years and whose initiates came from all parts of the civilized world. Looking at the tendency to 'see visions, ' C. Kerenyi examines the Mysteries of Eleusis from the standpoint not only of Greek myth but ... read more
Binding: orig. cloth
Publisher: Routledge & Kegan Paul, London
Date Published: (1967)
Description: Textual photo illustrations. Minor rubbing, slight corner bump, VG., dustwrapper. 26x20cm, xxxvii, 257 pp, Light wrinkling to half-title, title, dedication-page & first ten pages. Small dustwrapper tears repaired. Contents: Reconstruction: The Geographical & Chronological Setting; The Mythological Setting; The Lesser Mysteries & the Preparations for the Great Mysteries; The Secret of Eleusis; A Hermeneutical Essay on the Mysteries; Appendices: The Preparation & Effect of the Kykeon; Concerning ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Pantheon Books
Date Published: 1967
Description: Fair. No Jacket. Translated from the German by Ralph Manheim. Bollingen Series LXV 4. There is a small name plate on fep. Book has pencilled notes on rear fep and some underlinings. Sellotape marks show from missing dust jacket. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: PANTHEON,
Date Published: 1967
Description: Hardcover. Near Fine, Dust Jacket Very Good. Small quarto. Two color cloth with gilt device. xxxvii, 257 pp, illustrations. This book is in excellent shape, clean & bright, with sharp corners and a tight binding. Dust Jacket a little dulled w/ very minor surface soil, a short closed tear, but still very nice, now protected in mylar cover. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN-13:9780691019154ISBN:0691019150
Description: Good. 0691019150 Good condition. May have some markings & or shelfwear. All pages intact. Used items may not include extras such as infotrac, CD or other web access codes. read more
Description: New. The Sanctuary of Eleusis, near Athens, was the center of a religious cult that endured for nearly two thousand years and whose initiates came from all parts of the civilized world. Looking at the tendency to "see visions, " C. Kerenyi examines the Mys... read more
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