Weaving Elemental Garments: Proclus on Circe ( Commentary on the Cratylus§53, 22.8–9)

Classical Quarterly 72 (1):416-423 (2022)
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In theCommentary on the Cratylus, Proclus puts forward an original but largely ignored interpretation of Circe as weaving life inτῷ τετραστοίχῳ. This paper argues thatτὸ τετράστοιχονrefers not to the four genera but to the four elements. Thus what the enchantress weaves are the elemental garments that weigh the soul down to the earthly realm of mortals.

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Mikołaj Domaradzki
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