Frontmatter
Contents
Foreword by Cedric H. Whitman
Acknowledgments
Checklist of Greek (G) and Indie (I) Metrical Terminology
Symbols
Abbreviations of Editions
Introduction
Part I. κλέος ἄϕϑιτον and Greek Meter
1. The Common Heritage of Greek and Indie Meter; A Survey
2. Internal Expansion
3. On the Origins of Dactylic Hexameter
4. The Metrical Context of κλέος ἄϕϑιτον in Epic and Lyric
5. The Wedding of Hektor and Andromache: Epic Contacts in Sappho 44LP
6 . Formula and Meter ; A Summary
Part II. śráνα(ѕ) áκṣtαm and Indie Meter
7. The Metrical Context of Rig-Vedic śráνα(ѕ) áκṣitαm and áκṣt śráναѕ
8. An Inquiry into the Origins of Indie Trimeter
9. The Distribution of Rig-Vedic śráναѕ: An Intensive Correlation of Phraseology with Meter
Epilogue: The Hidden Meaning of κλέος ἄϕϑιτον and śráνα(ѕ) áκṣitαm
Appendix A. μήδεα and ἄϕδιτα μήδεα εἰώϚ
Appendix B. Dovetailing: Speculations on Mechanics and Origins
Selected Bibliography
Index