encourages a deeper awareness of the normative depth of every use
of the vocabulary, imagery or tales of weaving and fabrics.
illuminating book, written in a mercifully clear and accessible
style, very well translated into English by Carol Volk.
[An] elegant exploration...This is a constantly challenging and
entertaining little book...[It] sheds new light on old texts and
explores important areas of ancient mentalities in ways which
enliven and stimulate.
ÝAn¨ elegant exploration...This is a constantly challenging and
entertaining little book...ÝIt¨ sheds new light on old texts and
explores important areas of ancient mentalities in ways which
enliven and stimulate. -- Nick Fisher "Times Literary
Supplement"
Revealing Antiquity, a series edited by Glen Bowersock for Harvard
University Press, is winning a distinctive niche for itself in the
world of classical studies...The series as a whole has set...high
standards for provocative and beautifully produced books, which
deploy stimulating and complex material, the product of both
innovative methodological insight, and a flair for refocusing on
the previously marginalized. What is more, each is intelligently
framed to make its arguments accessible to a wide audience and to
interests outside classics..."The Craft of Zeus" is similarly an
attractively and thoughtfully produced volume, with a distinctive
methodological concern and an eye for the misplaced margin and the
surprising connection...ÝThe authors¨ aim not at an exhaustive
coverage of the language, images and tales of weaving, but at a
more essayistic approach that sets out to exemplify not merely the
pervasiveness of the idea of weaving in classical culture but also
a particular sense of what might be meant by a "myth" of
weaving...In sum, the somewhat surprising coupling of the vast
solidity of Scheid's work on the Arval Brethren with the more
mercurial "leptotes" of Svenbro produces a stimulating brief set of
interconnected essays, whose general frame encourages a deeper
awareness of the normative depth of every use of the vocabulary,
imagery or tales of weaving and fabrics. -- Simon Goldhill "Bryn
Mawr Classical Review"
This lively and well-written work, ...because of its wide range of
illustrative evidence, should find a large audience among
classicists and anyone interested in social custom and etymology
and is recommended to teachers and graduate students. -- Leona
Ascher "Classical World"
This subtle and thought-provoking book examines the network of
associations which, Scheid and Svenbro believe, surrounded the
process of weaving and the idea of fabric in antiquity...I found
this a stimulating and illuminating book, written in a mercifully
clear and accessible style, very well translated into English by
Carol Volk. -- Richard Whitaker "Scholia Reviews: Natal Studies in
Classical Antiquity"
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