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Titles you can find in the Cretan "Art/Science/Religion" section include:
Minoan and Mycenaean Art
Ancient Greek Religion
Art and Myth in Ancient Greece
Archimedes and the Door to Science
and many more...

A History of Greek Religion - by Martin Person Nilsson (hardcover, October 1980)

Book Description
This book provides an account of Greek national religion and its decay. The following subjects are covered: Minoan-Mycenaean religion and its survival in Greek religion; Origins of Greek mythology; Primitive belief and ritual; Gods of nature and of human life; The Homeric anthropomorphism and rationalism; Legalism and mysticism; The civic religion; The religion of the cultured classes and the religion of the peasants.

The Byzantine Wall Paintings of Crete (Art) - by Konstantin Kalokyris (hardcover, 186 pages, November 1973)

Book Description
There are more than 600 small churches on the island of Crete with wall-paintings dated between 1225-1523, many are falling to ruins. 34 churches were photographed for this book which has 30 color plates and 120 black and white. The photos are by Farrell Grehan a Time-Life photographer. Most of the painters are anonymous but the name of one truly great painter is know-- John Pagomenos who painted in the region of Selinos 1313-1347.
Virginia Quarterly Review
The body of work is of extraordinary quality. One sees the immediate need for a more complete survey since the murals forma national treasure which had been sorely neglected. But what an appetizer the book is.