8. An Inquiry into the Origins of Indie Trimeter

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1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Foreword by Cedric H. Whitman vii
4. Acknowledgments xv
5. Checklist of Greek (G) and Indie (I) Metrical Terminology xvii
6. Symbols xxi
7. Abbreviations of Editions xxii
8. Introduction 1
9. Part I. κλέος ἄϕϑιτον and Greek Meter
10. 1. The Common Heritage of Greek and Indie Meter; A Survey 27
11. 2. Internal Expansion 37
12. 3. On the Origins of Dactylic Hexameter 49
13. 4. The Metrical Context of κλέος ἄϕϑιτον in Epic and Lyric 103
14. 5. The Wedding of Hektor and Andromache: Epic Contacts in Sappho 44LP 118
15. 6 . Formula and Meter ; A Summary 140
16. Part II. śráνα(ѕ) áκṣtαm and Indie Meter
17. 7. The Metrical Context of Rig-Vedic śráνα(ѕ) áκṣitαm and áκṣt śráναѕ 153
18. 8. An Inquiry into the Origins of Indie Trimeter 166
19. 9. The Distribution of Rig-Vedic śráναѕ: An Intensive Correlation of Phraseology with Meter 191
20. Epilogue: The Hidden Meaning of κλέος ἄϕϑιτον and śráνα(ѕ) áκṣitαm 229
21. Appendix A. μήδεα and ἄϕδιτα μήδεα εἰώϚ 265
22. Appendix B. Dovetailing: Speculations on Mechanics and Origins 279
23. Selected Bibliography 303
24. Index 325