analysis of Athena’s peplosWhen the goddess slips out of her peplos ‘robe’ and into the khitōn ‘tunic’ that belongs to her father Zeus, there is an intervening moment of nudity. (See MoM 3§1-3§7.) This passage shows ( ...
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analysis of the ritual reweaving of Athena’s Peplos and the achievement of a notional permanenceThe peplos ‘robe’ made by the goddess Athena is seen as a prototype of a perfect masterpiece of pattern-weaving. It is also a perfect masterpiece of metonymy co ...
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Iliad 5.733-747
Gregory Nagyanalysis of Athena’s peplosWhen the goddess slips out of her peplos ‘robe’ and into the khitōn ‘tunic’ that belongs to her father Zeus, there is an intervening moment of nudity. (See MoM 3§1-3§7.) This passage shows ( ... Continue reading
Iliad 5.734-735
Gregory Nagyanalysis of the ritual reweaving of Athena’s Peplos and the achievement of a notional permanenceThe peplos ‘robe’ made by the goddess Athena is seen as a prototype of a perfect masterpiece of pattern-weaving. It is also a perfect masterpiece of metonymy co ... Continue reading