Light and Darkness in Ancient Greek Myth and Religion

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  • Light and Darkness in Ancient Greek Myth and Religion Book Detail

  • Author : Menelaos Christopoulos
  • Release Date : 2010-09-25
  • Publisher : Lexington Books
  • Genre : Literary Criticism
  • Pages : 326
  • ISBN 13 : 0739139010
  • File Size : 25,25 MB
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Light and Darkness in Ancient Greek Myth and Religion by Menelaos Christopoulos PDF Summary

Book Description: 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 the role of the mystic or cultic.

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