Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Abbreviations xii
5. Part I. Medea's Craft and Apollo's Wisdom
6. Introduction 3
7. 1. Heroic Guile: The Craft of the Hero and the Art of the Poet 15
8. 2. The Language of Gods and Men 30
9. 3. Trials of the Hero: Sexuality, Generational Passage, and the Seeds of Creation 52
10. 4. Mythic Patterns I: Wandering and Foundation 72
11. 5. Mythic Patterns II: The Voyage Beyond and Primordial Beginnings 89
12. 6. The Wisdom of Oedipus 106
13. Part II. Cultural Models: Language, Writing, and Sexual Conflict
14. 7. Poetry and/or Ideology 123
15. 8. Pindar's Post-Oral Poetics: Between Inspiration and Textuality 153
16. 9. Sexual Conflict and Ideology 165
17. 10. Conclusion. Chionos: Time and Structure 180
18. Select Bibliography 195
19. Index of Works and Passages 201
20. Index of Names and Subjects 205