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Spinning Fates and the Song of the Loom

The Use of Textiles, Clothing and Cloth Production as Metaphor, Symbol and Narrative Device in Greek and Latin Literature

Fanfani, Giovanni (ed.)
Harlow, Mary (ed.)
Nosch, Marie-Louise (ed.)

Textile imagery is pervasive in classical literature. An awareness of the craft and technology of weaving and spinning, of the production and consumption of clothing items, and of the social and religious significance of garments is key to the appreciation of how textile and cloth metaphors work as literary devices, their suitability to conceptualize human activities and represent cosmic realities, and their potential to evoke symbolic associations and generic expectations.

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La imaginería textil es omnipresente en la literatura clásica. El conocimiento de la artesanía y la tecnología del tejido y el hilado, de la producción y el consumo de prendas de vestir y de su significado social y religioso es clave para apreciar el funcionamiento de las metáforas textiles y de la tela como recursos literarios, su idoneidad para conceptualizar actividades humanas y representar realidades cósmicas, y su potencial para evocar asociaciones simbólicas y expectativas genéricas.