The Songs of Homer

Title......Page 1
Contents......Page 3
Maps......Page 6
Preface......Page 8
1. THE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF THE HOMERIC POEMS......Page 10
THE RISE OF MYCENAE......Page 11
THE LINEAR B TABLETS AND LIFE IN A LATE MYCENAEAN PALACE-STATE......Page 31
FROM THE MYCENAEAN DECLINE TO THE TIME OF HOMER......Page 48
2. THE ORAL POET AND HIS METHODS......Page 60
3. THE GROWTH OF THE ORAL EPIC IN GREECE......Page 107
THE EVIDENCE FOR MYCENAEAN EPIC......Page 108
THE POETICAL POSSIBILITIES OF THE DARK AGE......Page 129
DARK AGE ELEMENTS AND AEOLIC ELEMENTS......Page 142
4. PLURALITY AND UNITY IN HOMER......Page 160
SUBJECTS AND STYLES......Page 161
THE CULTURAL AND LINGUISTIC AMALGAM......Page 181
STRUCTURAL ANOMALIES IN THE ILIAD......Page 213
STRUCTURAL ANOMALIES IN THE ODYSSEY......Page 230
THE OVERRIDING UNITY......Page 255
5. THE DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSMISSION OF THE GREAT POEMS......Page 270
THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF HOMERIC COMPOSITION......Page 271
THE CRUCIAL PHASES OF TRANSMISSION......Page 301
STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT......Page 316
6. THE SONGS AND THEIR QUALITIES......Page 335
THE ILIAD......Page 336
THE ODYSSEY......Page 354
MAN, FATE AND ACTION: SOME SPECIAL QUALITIES OF THE HOMERIC POEMS......Page 371
NOTES......Page 385
INDEX OF PASSAGES......Page 404
GENERAL INDEX......Page 407
Plates......Page 420