Prometheus - Archetypal Image of Human Existence

List of Plates ix(2) Introduction xi I Who Is Goethe's Prometheus? 3(16) Prometheus and Christ 3(1) The `Prometheus' of Goethe 4(2) The Dramatic Fragment 6(6) Goethe Interprets His Mythologem 12(3) The Modern Element in Goethe's Mythologem 15(4) II The Titanic, and the Eternity of the Human Race 19(14) The Human Race and the Races of Men 19(1) A Pythagorean Doctrine 20(2) The World View of Greek Mythology 22(1) Who Were the Titans? 23(4) What Did Titanic' Mean to the Greeks? 27(3) The Sufferings of Hera 30(3) III The Prometheus Mythologem in the `Theogony' 33(17) What Are Theogonies? 33(1) The Marriage of Iapetos 33(2) The Brothers of Prometheus 35(4) Prometheus' Wound 39(1) The Deeds of Prometheus 40(2) The Original Sacrifice 42(2) Pre-Hesiodic Elements in Hesiod 44(3) The Mind of Zeus 47(1) Parallel in `Works and Days' 48(2) IV Archaic Prometheus Mythology 50(13) `The Herald of the Titans' 50(3) Prometheus and Hermes 53(2) Women of Prometheus 55(2) Prometheus among the Kabeiroi 57(3) Titans and Kabeiroi 60(3) V Methodological Intermezzo 63(6) The Limits of Reconstruction 63(1) How Much Can Be Known 64(3) What Is Communicable 67(2) VI The World in Possession of Fire 69(8) From `The Fire Kindler' 69(2) The Oxyrhynchus Fragment 71(1) The Heidelberg Fragment 72(3) The Position of the `Pyrphoros' 75(2) VII The Fire Stealer 77(6) The Deficient Nature of the Thief 77(2) The Inevitable Theft 79(4) VIII The `Prometheus Bound' 83(10) Cosmogonic Tragedy 83(1) The Rule of Zeus 84(1) Prometheus and the Elements 85(2) `In Excess of Justice' 87(1) The Zeus World and Human Existence 88(1) The Suffering of Prometheus 89(4) IX Prometheus the Knowing One 93(14) The Two Threads of the Tragedy 93(1) Zeus, the Father 93(1) Okeanos and His Daughters 94(2) The Knowledge of Prometheus 96(3) Mother Themis 99(3) Prometheus and Io 102(3) The Oracular Words of Prometheus 105(2) X The Promethean Prophecy 107(5) The Foundation of the Prophecy 107(2) The Son of Thetis 109(3) XI `Prometheus Delivered' 112(17) The Last Prophecy in the `Prometheus Bound' 112(1) Bodily Pain 113(4) Immortals Who Long to Die 117(4) The Redemption 121(8) XII Conclusion after Goethe 129(5) Abbreviations 134(1) List of Works Cited 135(10) Index 145