Prometheus:
Archetypal Image of Human Existence
Carl Kerényi
Translated from the German by Ralph Manheim

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TABLE OF CONTENTS:

	List of Plates
	Introduction
I	Who Is Goethe's Prometheus?	3
II	The Titanic, and the Eternity of the Human Race	19
III	The Prometheus Mythologem in the 'Theogony'	33
IV	Archaic Prometheus Mythology	50
V	Methodological Intermezzo	63
VI	The World in Possession of Fire	69
VII	The Fire Stealer	77
VIII	The 'Prometheus Bound'	83
IX	Prometheus the Knowing One	93
X	The Promethean Prophecy	107
XI	'Prometheus Delivered'	112
XII	Conclusion after Goethe	129
	Abbreviations	134
	List of Works Cited	135
	Index	145

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