# Karl Kerényi

Hungarian classical philologist and mythologist who bridged ancient Greek religion with depth psychology through collaboration with C.G. Jung.

**Lived:** 1897–1973 (b. Temesvár, Kingdom of Hungary, Austro-Hungarian Empire (now Timișoara, Romania))
**Nationality:** Hungarian
**Training:** Classical philology at University of Budapest; postdoctoral study at Universities of Greifswald, Berlin, and Heidelberg under Eduard Norden, Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, and Franz Boll
**Affiliation:** Depth psychology — Jungian tradition; classical philology and history of religions

## Key works

- *The Gods of the Greeks* (1951)
- *Die Mysterien von Eleusis (Eleusis: Archetypal Image of Mother and Daughter)* (1962)
- *Der frühe Dionysos* (1961)
- *Die Religion der Griechen und Römer (The Religion of the Greeks and Romans)* (1963)
- *Zeus und Hera: Archetypal Image of Father, Husband and Wife* (1972)
- *Hermes Guide of Souls* (1976)