The Origin of the Gods

"Very useful for my course on creation myths."--Jerrold S. Cooper, Johns Hopkins University "Caldwell has done a great service for his fellow classicists--teachers and students alike--with this coherent and clear presentation/demonstration."--Classical Outlook "Well crafted and well documented, this book will be of interest to those students of psychology and mythology interested in a psychoanalytic method for the interpretation of myth."--Classical World "A useful general introduction to psychoanalytic study of Greek myth....Provides a welcome model for those preparing undergraduate mythology courses."--Choice "Fascinating and worthwhile....Should become a standard text in the field. No analytic student of myths ought to venture into this field unless he or she has first read this book....Will afford the student of myths an advanced, sophisticated, and unselfconscious sample of some of the best in applied psychoanalysis."--The International Review of Psycho-Analysis "Very useful for my course on creation myths."--Jerrold S. Cooper, Johns Hopkins University "Caldwell has done a great service for his fellow classicists--teachers and students alike--with this coherent and clear presentation/demonstration."--Classical Outlook "Well crafted and well documented, this book will be of interest to those students of psychology and mythology interested in a psychoanalytic method for the interpretation of myth."--Classical World "A useful general introduction to psychoanalytic study of Greek myth....Provides a welcome model for those preparing undergraduate mythology courses."--Choice "Fascinating and worthwhile....Should become a standard text in the field. No analytic student of myths ought to venture into this field unless he or she has first read this book....Will afford the student of myths an advanced, sophisticated, and unselfconscious sample of some of the best in applied psychoanalysis."--The International Review of Psycho-Analysis "A superb application of classical Freudian theory to the key Greek myth. Incisive, balanced, pellucid. Highly recommended."--Robert Segal, Annals of Scholarship "The Origin of the Gods will reinforce the view that there is no single way of interpreting classical mythology but that there are many ways, and one of the most unavoidable is psychoanalysis--a way that Caldwell forcefully and enthusiastically recommends and to which he would unhesitatingly give priority."--Vergilius "The book is very often illuminating."--The Classical Journal "...the work is brilliant, incisive, provocative and easily comprehensible"--Journal of Indo-European Studies