Light and Darkness in Ancient Greek Myth and Religion

By E.D. Karakantza and Olga Levaniouk

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 the role of the mystic or cultic.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0739138987
• ISBN13: 9780739138984
• Release Date: September 2010
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Length: 324 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.1"