I. THE DIVINE HOMER AND THE BACKGROUND OF NEOPLATONIC ALLEGORY

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. PREFACE vii
4. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xiii
5. ABBREVIATIONS xv
6. I. THE DIVINE HOMER AND THE BACKGROUND OF NEOPLATONIC ALLEGORY 1
7. II. MIDDLE PLATONISM AND THE INTERACTION OF INTERPRETIVE TRADITIONS 44
8. III. PLOTINIAN NEOPLATONISM 83
9. IV. THE INTERACTION OF ALLEGORICAL INTERPRETATION AND DELIBERATE ALLEGORY 144
10. V. PROCLUS 162
11. VI. THE TRANSMISSION OF THE NEOPLATONISTS' HOMER TO THE LATIN MIDDLE AGES 233
12. AFTERWORD. PRECONCEPTION AND UNDERSTANDING: THE ALLEGORISTS IN MODERN PERSPECTIVE 298
13. APPENDIX I 306
14. APPENDIX II 312
15. APPENDIX III 315
16. APPENDIX IV 318
17. WORKS CITED 325
18. ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL PASSAGES CITED 341
19. INDEX OF GREEK TERMS 353
20. GENERAL INDEX 355