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 |
ISBN: | 978-0-7391-3901-1 |
Publication Date: | Jul 2010 |
Publisher: | Lexington Books/Fortress Academic
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Book Format: | Digital (delivered electronically) |
List Price: | Contact Supplier contact
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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 multi-disciplinary 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 multi-disciplinary 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.