Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Foreword ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Introduction 1
6. 1. Toward a Definition of the Polis in Homer 6
7. 2. The Sacred Polis 16
8. 3. The Walled Polis 41
9. 4. The People of the Polis 54
10. 5. City Epithets and Homeric Poetics 69
11. 6. History and Composition 81
12. 7. Oikos and Polis in the Homeric Poems 100
13. 8. Achilles, Troy, and Hektor: A Configuration 114
14. Appendix 1. Nature and Technology in Place Epithets 129
15. Appendix 2. Sacred Places 137
16. Appendix 3. Sacred Cities of the East 141
17. Abbreviations 159
18. Notes 161
19. Selected Bibliography 211
20. General Index 215
21. Index of Ancient Passages Cited 227