pan-poikilo- ‘completely pattern-woven’

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Iliad 5.734-735

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 mas ... Continue reading

Iliad 6.289-292

analysis of Herodotus’ concept of Homer and distinguishing him from the poet of the Cyprialemmatizing: παμποίκιλοι vs. παμποίκιλα There are variant stories about detours experience ... Continue reading

Iliad 6.294

... act sense: so, ‘pattern-woven thing’. The ‘pattern-woven things’ here are the peploi ‘robes’ described by the adjective pan-poikilo- ‘completely pattern-woven’ at I.06.289. These words pan-poikilos and poikilma, ... Continue reading