Light and Darkness in Ancient Greek Myth and Religion |
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| Editor:
| Christopoulos, Menelaos
Meyer, Marion
Levaniouk, Olga |
| Contribution by:
| Aguirre, Mercedes
Buxton, Richard
Constantinidou, Soteroula
Dowden, Ken
Edmonds, Radcliffe G.
Gartziou-Tatti, Ariadni
Iakov, Daniel
Karakantza, Efimia D.
Létoublon, Françoise
Maggel, Avgi
Marinatos, Nanno
Paleothodoros, Dimitris
Patera, Ioanna
Ratinaud, Isabelle
Seaford, Richard
Syropoulos, Spyros
Tsitsibakou-Vasalos, Evanthia
Zografou, Athanassia |
| Series title: | Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-7391-3898-4 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2010 |
| Publisher: | Lexington Books/Fortress Academic
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $142.00 |
Book Description:
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Light and Darkness in Ancient Greek Myth and Religion is a ground-breaking volume dedicated to a thorough examination of the well known empirical categories of light and darkness as it relates to modes of thought, beliefs and social behavior in Greek culture. With a systematic and multidisciplinary approach, the book elucidates the light/darkness dichotomy in color semantics, appearance and concealment of divinities and creatures of darkness, the eye sight and the insight vision, and...
More DescriptionLight and Darkness in Ancient Greek Myth and Religion is a ground-breaking volume dedicated to a thorough examination of the well known empirical categories of light and darkness as it relates to modes of thought, beliefs and social behavior in Greek culture. With a systematic and multidisciplinary approach, the book elucidates the light/darkness dichotomy in color semantics, appearance and concealment of divinities and creatures of darkness, the eye sight and the insight vision, and the role of the mystic or cultic.