I. Aims and Materials

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Preface VII
3. Contents IX
4. I. Aims and Materials 1
5. II. The Development of Bodmer’s Interest in the Ancients 9
6. III. Dramas of Legend and Prophecy 23
7. IV. Dramas of Ethical Import 51
8. V. Political Dramas 75
9. VI. Poems 138
10. VII. Conclusion: Bodmer’s Interpretation of the Ancient World 147
11. Appendix. Bodmer’s Translations from Ancient Authors 157
12. Bibliography 159
13. Index 165