The Craft of Zeus

Myths of Weaving and Fabric
Erscheinungsjahr 2001
ISBN: 978-0-674-00578-5
Verlag: Harvard University Press

Buch, Englisch, Band 9, 240 Seiten, Format (B × H): 135 mm x 204 mm, Gewicht: 254 g

Reihe: Revealing Antiquity

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Svenbro, Jesper

Scheid, John

Weitere Mitwirkende

Volk, Carol

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Gottesdienst, Riten und Zeremonien
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Klassische Literaturwissenschaft
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Praktische Theologie Liturgik, Christliche Anbetung, Sakramente, Rituale, Feiertage

Über Autor(innen)

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

Svenbro, Jesper
Jesper Svenbro is a Fellow at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Paris.