{"product_id":"selene-steve-moore-9781913689063","title":"Selene: The Moon Goddess and the Cave Oracle","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn examination of the myths of the Moon goddess and how she appeared to the original creators of those myths in ancient Greece.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWaxing and waning and reborn with each new month, the Moon has always been the supreme symbol of cyclical change in the western world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMetaphorical 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 figure in the celestial pantheon, to Keats she was an intimate muse; Selene's recurring role in music, literature, and song is a powerful testament to our continued fascination with her myth. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA deeply erudite and meticulously researched survey, this book explores the perennial curiosity our closest orbital neighbor continues to instill, providing at once an unprecedented body of historical research and a critical armature for the author's lauded prose reverie \u003ci\u003eSomnium\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDespite the importance of the Moon to recent developments in esoteric scholarship and mythography, Selene doesn't attempt to present a \"Moon-Goddess for the twenty-first century,\" but rather looks at the myths of one specific Moon goddess and how she appeared to the original creators of those myths in the literature of ancient Greece. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn doing so, \u003ci\u003eSelene\u003c\/i\u003e marks the point at which classical scholarship comes closest to a physical embrace with its ethereal subject matter.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Steve Moore\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1913689069\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781913689063\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e MIT Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/19\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.17lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 6.00w x 0.86d","brand":"Steve Moore","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44616329003263,"sku":"9781913689063","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_18b1aaed-5a29-49ef-b773-4476187eca36.jpg?v=1703019743","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/selene-steve-moore-9781913689063","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}