The Craft of Zeus

Name: The Craft of Zeus
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Myths of Weaving and Fabric

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Paperback / softback

Series:

Revealing Antiquity

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The fundamental gesture of weaving in The Craft of Zeus is the interlacing of warp and woof described by Plato in The Statesman--an interweaving signifying the union of opposites. From rituals symbolizing--even fabricating--the cohesion of society to those proposed by oracles as a means of propitiating fortune; from the erotic and marital significance of weaving and the woven robe to the use of weaving as a figure for language and the fabric of the text, this lively and lucid book defines the logic of one of the central concepts in Greek and Roman thought--a concept that has persisted, woof and warp crossing again and again, as the fabric of human history has unfolded.

Author Biography:

John Scheid is Director of Study at the École Pratique des Hautes Études at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris. Jesper Svenbro is a Fellow at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Paris.

Release date Australia

May 16th, 2001

Author

Audiences

Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Professional & Vocational
Undergraduate

Contributor

Translated by Carol Volk

Illustrations

None

Pages

240

Series

Revealing Antiquity

Dimensions

133x203x15

ISBN-13

9780674005785

Product ID

12277341

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