Selene: The Moon Goddess and the Cave Oracle

by Steve Moore

Book Overview

An examination of the myths of the Moon goddess and how she appeared to the original creators of those myths in ancient Greece.

Waxing and waning and reborn with each new month, the Moon has always been the supreme symbol of cyclical change in the western world.

Metaphorical representations of the Moon's goddess also seem to undergo similar changes, each new century reinventing her in its own image. For Hesiod, she was a distant...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1913689069
• ISBN13: 9781913689063
• Release Date: December 2023
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.5"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher