Ancient sources

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Preface 5
3. Contents 9
4. 1 Time and textiles in ancient Greece 1
5. 2 Textiles as a marker of the beginning of time and of an era 8
6. 3 First textiles 19
7. 4 Textiles and time cycles: chronology, seasons, rhythm, and sequences of tasks 28
8. 5 The long hours to make textiles – Penelope’s time 38
9. 6 Textile terms in a time perspective: “Words survive longer than cloth” 50
10. 7 The lifespan and timespan of garments 60
11. 8 Clothing for life chapters, life stages and lifetime 71
12. 9 Dressing for special transition points in time and status 77
13. 10 Annual and cyclic times in festivals for textile work 85
14. 11 Woven lifetime – textiles as time capsules of memories in Greek tragedy 98
15. 12 Dress changes 107
16. 13 Conclusion – following the threads up to today 115
17. Epilogue. The long time of textiles, the short time of a T-shirt 119
18. Ancient sources 122
19. Bibliography
20. Index