Craft of Zeus

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

• Introduction PART 1: PEPLOS 1. From the Sixteen Women to the Weaver King: Political Weaving in Greece 2."Investiture," Peploplloria, Lusus Trniae: Political Weaving in Rome PART 2: CHLAINA 3. Aphrodite Poikilthronos: Epithets, Cloaks,and Lovers 4. The Marriage of Peleus and Thetis: Nuptial Blankets in Rome PART 3: TEXTUS 5. The Cloak of Phaedrus: The Prehistory of the "Text" in Greek 6. The Birth of an Ideogram: The Metaphor of the Textus in Latin Appendix A. Note on Biological "Tissue" Appendix B. Note on Cosmic "Weaving" Notes Index

[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.