Craft of Zeus by Scheid/Svenbro

Craft of Zeus: myths of weaving and fabric by Scheid/Svenbro, Harvard University Press, '96, 240 pages, cloth, this dazzling commentary on Greek and Roman myth and society, weaving emerges as a metaphor as rich with a promise and possibility as when Zeus stood before a loom to weave a rich mantle for this bride, as interweaving signifies the union of opposites.