CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. PREFACE vii
3. CONTENTS xiii
4. Introduction xv
5. I. THE MEANING OF UNITY 1
6. II. THE MEMORY OF THE ACHAEANS 17
7. III. ATHENS, 1200–700 B.C. 46
8. IV. FESTIVALS, PISISTRATUS, AND WRITING 65
9. V. HOMER AND GEOMETRIC ART 87
10. VI IMAGE, SYMBOL, AND FORMULA 102
11. VII. FIRE AND OTHER ELEMENTS 128
12. VIII. HOMERIC CHARACTER AND THE TRADITION 154
13. IX. ACHILLES: EVOLUTION OF A HERO 181
14. X. FATE, TIME, AND THE GODS 221
15. XI. THE GEOMETRIC STRUCTURE OF THE ILIAD 249
16. XII. THE ODYSSEY AND CHANGE 285
17. NOTES 313
18. INDEX 359
19. Backmatter 366