Table of Contents

List of tables and figures; Preface; Abbreviations; 1. Introduction and methodology; 2. The problem of oral compostion; 3. Digamma, alternative morphs and other criteria; 4. Diachronic and regional developments; Excurses: the date of Hesiod and the Lelantine War; 5. The Hymn to Delian Apollo; 6. The Hymn to Pythian Apollo; 7. The Hymn to Hermes; 8. The Hymn to Aphrodite; 9. Other hymns; 10. Conclusions; Appendices; Notes; Bibliography; Indices.

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This book investigates the history of the ancient Greek tradition of oral epic poetry which culminated in the Iliad and Odyssey.