Name: Asklepios. Archetypal Image of the Physician's Existence (Archetypal Images in Greek Religion, Volume 3)
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Author: Karl Kerenyi;Ralph Manheim
ISBN: 9780691281834

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Asklepios. Archetypal Image of the Physician's Existence (Archetypal Images in Greek Religion, Volume 3)

Type

Physical Book

Publisher

Princeton University Press

Author

Karl Kerenyi;Ralph Manheim

Collection

Bollingen Series

Year

2026

Pages

180

Format

Hardcover

Dimensions

23.5x15.6 cm

ISBN13

9780691281834

Asklepios. Archetypal Image of the Physician's Existence (Archetypal Images in Greek Religion, Volume 3)

Karl Kerenyi;Ralph Manheim (Author) · Princeton University Press · Hardcover

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Synopsis "Asklepios. Archetypal Image of the Physician's Existence (Archetypal Images in Greek Religion, Volume 3)"

A landmark account of the divine physician of the Greeks in myth and archetypeTo the physicians of classical antiquity, Asklepios was the ideal of their existence as healers. In this book, acclaimed mythologist and historian of religion Carl Kerényi takes readers on a tour of the sacred sites of the Greek god of medicine to investigate the origins and archetypal significance of Asklepios as the divine physician. Drawing on mythology to trace the obscure beginnings of the cult, Kerényi argues that Asklepios was an aspect of his father, the god Appollo, closely associated with the light of rising sun and embodying the qualities of a healing deity. He shows how the Greeks revered Asklepios as the divine ancestor and prototype of mortal physicians and explores the role of the Asklepios archetype in modern psychology.