The Resource Light and darkness in ancient Greek myth and religion, edited by Menelaos Christopoulos, Efimia D. Karakantza, Olga Levaniouk
Light and darkness in ancient Greek myth and religion, edited by Menelaos Christopoulos, Efimia D. Karakantza, Olga Levaniouk
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- Summary
- 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
- Language
-
- eng
- grc
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xx, 304 pages)
- Contents
-
- Preface
- Introduction
- The significance (or insignificance) of blackness in mythological names / Richard Buxton
- Dark skin and dark deeds: Danaides and Aigyptioi in a culture of light / Efimia D. Karakantza
- Brightness and darkness in Pindar's Pythian 3: Aigla-Koronis-Arsinoë and her coming of age / Evanthia Tsitsibakou-Vasalos
- S-light anomaly: dark brightness in Euripides' Medea / Spyros Syropoulos
- The light imagery of divine manifestation in Homer / Soteroula Constantinidou
- Trojan night / Ken Dowden
- Tithonus and Phaon: mythical allegories of light and darkness in Sappho's poetry / Avgi-Anna Maggel
- Erinyes as creatures of darkness / Mercedes Aguirre
- Journey into light and honors in darkness in Hesiod and Aeschylus / Sebastian Anderson
- Hephaestus in Homer's epics: god of fire, god of life / Isabelle Ratinaud-Lachkar
- To see or not to see: blind people and blindness in ancient Greek myths / Françoise Létoublon
- Blindness as punishment / Ariadni Tatti-Gartziou
- Light and darkness and archaic Greek cosmography / Nanno Marinatos
- Mystic light and near-death experience / Richard Seaford
- Dark-winged Nyx and bright-winged Eros in Aristophanes' Orphic cosmogony: The birds / Menelaos Christopoulos
- The bright cypress of the orphic golden tablets: direction and illumination in myths of the underworld / Radcliffe G. Edmonds
- Light and darkness in Dionysiac rituals as illustrated on attic vase paintings of the 5th century BCE / Dimitris Paleothodoros
- Light and lighting equipment in the Eleusinian mysteries: symbolism and ritual use / Ioanna Patera
- Magic lamps, luminous dreams: lamps in PGM recipes / Athanassia Zografou
- Isbn
- 9781282921801
- Label
- Light and darkness in ancient Greek myth and religion
- Title
- Light and darkness in ancient Greek myth and religion
- Statement of responsibility
- edited by Menelaos Christopoulos, Efimia D. Karakantza, Olga Levaniouk
- Subject
-
- RELIGION -- Antiquities & Archaeology
- BODY, MIND & SPIRIT -- Spirituality | Paganism
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Electronic book
- Electronic books
- Greek literature
- Greek literature -- History and criticism
- Light -- Religious aspects
- Light -- Religious aspects
- Light and darkness in literature
- Light and darkness in literature
- Mythology, Greek
- Mythology, Greek
- Mythology, Greek, in literature
- Mythology, Greek, in literature
- Language
-
- eng
- grc
- eng
- Summary
- 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
- Cataloging source
- N$T
- Dewey number
- 292.08
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- Language note
- English
- LC call number
- PA3014.L47
- LC item number
- L54 2010eb
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
-
- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
- 1971-
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
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- Christopoulos, Menelaos
- Karakantza, E. D.
- Levaniouk, Olga
- Series statement
- Greek studies: interdisciplinary approaches
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Greek literature
- Light and darkness in literature
- Mythology, Greek, in literature
- Mythology, Greek
- Light
- RELIGION
- BODY, MIND & SPIRIT
- Greek literature
- Light and darkness in literature
- Light
- Mythology, Greek
- Mythology, Greek, in literature
- Label
- Light and darkness in ancient Greek myth and religion, edited by Menelaos Christopoulos, Efimia D. Karakantza, Olga Levaniouk
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- mixed
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Preface -- Introduction -- The significance (or insignificance) of blackness in mythological names / Richard Buxton -- Dark skin and dark deeds: Danaides and Aigyptioi in a culture of light / Efimia D. Karakantza -- Brightness and darkness in Pindar's Pythian 3: Aigla-Koronis-Arsinoë and her coming of age / Evanthia Tsitsibakou-Vasalos -- S-light anomaly: dark brightness in Euripides' Medea / Spyros Syropoulos -- The light imagery of divine manifestation in Homer / Soteroula Constantinidou -- Trojan night / Ken Dowden -- Tithonus and Phaon: mythical allegories of light and darkness in Sappho's poetry / Avgi-Anna Maggel -- Erinyes as creatures of darkness / Mercedes Aguirre -- Journey into light and honors in darkness in Hesiod and Aeschylus / Sebastian Anderson -- Hephaestus in Homer's epics: god of fire, god of life / Isabelle Ratinaud-Lachkar -- To see or not to see: blind people and blindness in ancient Greek myths / Françoise Létoublon -- Blindness as punishment / Ariadni Tatti-Gartziou -- Light and darkness and archaic Greek cosmography / Nanno Marinatos -- Mystic light and near-death experience / Richard Seaford -- Dark-winged Nyx and bright-winged Eros in Aristophanes' Orphic cosmogony: The birds / Menelaos Christopoulos -- The bright cypress of the orphic golden tablets: direction and illumination in myths of the underworld / Radcliffe G. Edmonds -- Light and darkness in Dionysiac rituals as illustrated on attic vase paintings of the 5th century BCE / Dimitris Paleothodoros -- Light and lighting equipment in the Eleusinian mysteries: symbolism and ritual use / Ioanna Patera -- Magic lamps, luminous dreams: lamps in PGM recipes / Athanassia Zografou
- Control code
- 699511233
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xx, 304 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781282921801
- Lccn
- 2010015473
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other control number
- 9786612921803
- Other physical details
- illustrations.
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 292180
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)699511233
- Label
- Light and darkness in ancient Greek myth and religion, edited by Menelaos Christopoulos, Efimia D. Karakantza, Olga Levaniouk
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- mixed
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Preface -- Introduction -- The significance (or insignificance) of blackness in mythological names / Richard Buxton -- Dark skin and dark deeds: Danaides and Aigyptioi in a culture of light / Efimia D. Karakantza -- Brightness and darkness in Pindar's Pythian 3: Aigla-Koronis-Arsinoë and her coming of age / Evanthia Tsitsibakou-Vasalos -- S-light anomaly: dark brightness in Euripides' Medea / Spyros Syropoulos -- The light imagery of divine manifestation in Homer / Soteroula Constantinidou -- Trojan night / Ken Dowden -- Tithonus and Phaon: mythical allegories of light and darkness in Sappho's poetry / Avgi-Anna Maggel -- Erinyes as creatures of darkness / Mercedes Aguirre -- Journey into light and honors in darkness in Hesiod and Aeschylus / Sebastian Anderson -- Hephaestus in Homer's epics: god of fire, god of life / Isabelle Ratinaud-Lachkar -- To see or not to see: blind people and blindness in ancient Greek myths / Françoise Létoublon -- Blindness as punishment / Ariadni Tatti-Gartziou -- Light and darkness and archaic Greek cosmography / Nanno Marinatos -- Mystic light and near-death experience / Richard Seaford -- Dark-winged Nyx and bright-winged Eros in Aristophanes' Orphic cosmogony: The birds / Menelaos Christopoulos -- The bright cypress of the orphic golden tablets: direction and illumination in myths of the underworld / Radcliffe G. Edmonds -- Light and darkness in Dionysiac rituals as illustrated on attic vase paintings of the 5th century BCE / Dimitris Paleothodoros -- Light and lighting equipment in the Eleusinian mysteries: symbolism and ritual use / Ioanna Patera -- Magic lamps, luminous dreams: lamps in PGM recipes / Athanassia Zografou
- Control code
- 699511233
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xx, 304 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781282921801
- Lccn
- 2010015473
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other control number
- 9786612921803
- Other physical details
- illustrations.
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 292180
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)699511233
Subject
- RELIGION -- Antiquities & Archaeology
- BODY, MIND & SPIRIT -- Spirituality | Paganism
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Electronic book
- Electronic books
- Greek literature
- Greek literature -- History and criticism
- Light -- Religious aspects
- Light -- Religious aspects
- Light and darkness in literature
- Light and darkness in literature
- Mythology, Greek
- Mythology, Greek
- Mythology, Greek, in literature
- Mythology, Greek, in literature
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