Description
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: John Scheid, Jesper Svenbro
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 05/16/2001
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.56lbs
Size: 8.02h x 5.30w x 0.59d
ISBN13: 9780674005785
ISBN10: 0674005783
BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | Ancient and Classical
- History | Ancient | General
- Religion | Christian Rituals & Practice | General
Author: John Scheid, Jesper Svenbro
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 05/16/2001
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.56lbs
Size: 8.02h x 5.30w x 0.59d
ISBN13: 9780674005785
ISBN10: 0674005783
BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | Ancient and Classical
- History | Ancient | General
- Religion | Christian Rituals & Practice | General