pattern-weaving

... ion of the Homeric Iliad.Helen is seen here at I.03.125–128 for the first time in the Iliad. She is shown in the act of pattern-weaving. Instead of singing while weaving, she weaves her so ... Continue reading

... taphor, see MoM 0§01, 0§1 Extract 0-A.) For the Athenians, Athena is the primary narrator of the Gigantomachy by way of pattern-weaving the narration in her own Peplos as a masterpiece of ... Continue reading

Helenos is telling Hector what to tell Hecuba to do, which is, to offer a peplos ‘robe’ for Athena as the goddess of the citadel of Troy.Helenos is telling Hector what to tell Hecu ... Continue reading

analysis of the peplos presented to Athena and comparison with the quadrennial Panathenaic Peplos, and of split referencingHector is telling Hecuba what to do, which is, to offer a ... Continue reading

analysis of the peplos presented to Athena and comparison with the quadrennial Panathenaic Peplos, and of split referencingHecuba goes ahead and does what she has been told to do, ... Continue reading

analysis of the peplos presented to Athena and comparison with the quadrennial Panathenaic Peplos, and of poetic virtuosity and split referencingWith each repetition of the wording ... Continue reading

... ork, as we will see in another comment, comes to life in the skillfulness displayed by women in practicing their art of pattern-weaving: a prime example is Andromache the Aeolian, describe ... Continue reading

Like Helen at I.03.125–128, Andromache is shown here at I.22.440–441 in the act of pattern-weaving. And, like Helen, she is not pictured as singing while weaving: rather, she weaves her song into the web that she pattern-weaves. The song tha ... Continue reading