The Craft of Zeus: Myths of Weaving and Fabric
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1996.
First Edition. Hardcover. 8 1/2" X 5 3/4". viii, 226pp. Mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of unclipped dust jacket. Bound in tan cloth over boards with spine and front cover stamped in gilt. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is firm and sound.
ABOUT THIS BOOK:
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.(Publisher). Very good / very good. Item #16262
ISBN: 0674175492
Price: $40.00