The Craft of Zeus: Myths of Weaving and Fabric

by John Scheid

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674005783
• ISBN13: 9780674005785
• Release Date: May 2001
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.3" x 8.0"