Vol. 33 No. 3 (2007): XXXIII - 2007, fascicolo 3
Articoli

Socrate, Dedalo e la tessitura: figure del circolo e dell’intreccio nei <em>Dialoghi</em> di Platone

Published 2013-07-04

Keywords

  • Plato,
  • prose,
  • metaphorical words,
  • speech as weaving

Abstract

Plato’s concept of speech as a living creature gives birth to two metaphors, occurring in several Platonic passages: that of weaving, based on the manifold meanings of texture, and that of living statues, related to Daedalus’ mythical figure.