04490nam 2200721Ia 450 991045947040332120200520144314.01-282-92180-097866129218030-7391-3901-0(CKB)2670000000059662(EBL)634246(OCoLC)699511233(SSID)ssj0000439017(PQKBManifestationID)12175298(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000439017(PQKBWorkID)10460966(PQKB)11224167(MiAaPQ)EBC634246(Au-PeEL)EBL634246(CaPaEBR)ebr10435040(CaONFJC)MIL292180(EXLCZ)99267000000005966220100416d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrLight and darkness in ancient Greek myth and religion[electronic resource] /edited by Menelaos Christopoulos, Efimia D. Karakantza, Olga LevanioukLanham, MD Lexington Booksc20101 online resource (576 p.)Greek studies: interdisciplinary approachesDescription based upon print version of record.0-7391-3898-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.Preface; Introduction; Part I; COLOR SEMANTICS; Chapter One; The Significance (or Insignificance) of Blackness in Mythological Names; Chapter Two; Dark Skin and Dark Deeds; Danaids and Aigyptioi in a Culture of Light; Chapter Three; Brightness and Darkness inPindar's Pythian 3; Aigla-Koronis-Arsinoë and Her Coming of Age; Chapter Four; S-light Anomaly; Dark Brightness in Euripides' Medea; Part II; APPEARANCE AND CONCEALMENT; Chapter Five; The Light Imagery of Divine Manifestation in Homer1; Chapter Six; Trojan Night; Chapter Seven; Tithonus and PhaonMythical Allegories of Light and Darkness in Sappho's PoetryChapter Eight; Erinyes as Creatures of Darkness; Chapter Nine; Journey into Light and Honors in Darkness in Hesiod and Aeschylus1; Chapter Ten; Hephaestus in Homer's Epics1; God of Fire, God of Life; Part III; EYE-SIGHT/INSIGHT; Chapter Eleven; To See or Not to See; Blind People and Blindnessin Ancient Greek Myths; Chapter Twelve; Blindness as Punishment*; Part IV; BEING AND BEYOND; Chapter Thirteen; Light and Darknessand Archaic Greek Cosmography; Chapter Fourteen; Mystic Light and Near-Death Experience; Chapter FifteenDark-Winged Nyx and the Bright-Winged Eros in Aristophanes' "Orphic" CosmogonyThe Birds; Chapter Sixteen; The Bright Cypress of the "Orphic"Gold Tablets; Direction and Illuminationin Myths of the Underworld; Part V; CULT; Chapter Seventeen; Light and Darkness in DionysiacRituals as Illustrated on Attic Vase Paintings of the 5th Century BCE; Chapter Eighteen; Light and Lighting Equipment in the Eleusinian Mysteries; Symbolism and Ritual Use; Chapter Nineteen; Magic Lamps, Luminous Dreams; Lamps in PGM Recipes; Index; About the editorsLight 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.Greek studies.Greek literatureHistory and criticismLight and darkness in literatureMythology, Greek, in literatureMythology, GreekLightReligious aspectsElectronic books.Greek literatureHistory and criticism.Light and darkness in literature.Mythology, Greek, in literature.Mythology, Greek.LightReligious aspects.292.08Christopoulos Menelaos934515Karakantza E. D(Euphēmia D.)934516Levaniouk Olga1971-934517MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910459470403321Light and darkness in ancient Greek myth and religion2104412UNINA