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

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.