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CONTENTS
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS ix
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS xiii
CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE xv
INTRODUCTION 1
1 RECORDS OF SOCIETY IN THE SECOND MILLENNIUM
Scope of survey: Grades of Society: Labour force: Agri-
culture: War: Gods: Scribes: Literary texts. 		7
2 MYCENAEAN ART IN ITS SETTING International art:
Borrowing of ideas: Minoan and Mycenaean: Style of
Mycenaean art: Subjects: Gods: Kings: Worship: Sports:
War: Heroes: Singers. 		27
3 EASTERN POETRY AND MYCENAEAN POETRY Early
and late borrowing: Mycenaean contacts with the East:
Definition of Eastern poetry: Gods and men: Court style
in poetry: Recording and performance: Changes in trans-
mission: Gilgamesh: Creation myth: Keret: Egyptian
stories: Conclusion. 		64
4 MYCENAEAN POETRY General principles: Metre:
Language: Style: Subject-matter: Weapons and fighting:
Services and privileges: Priests and Kings: Palaces: Troy:
Heroes: Demigods and gods: Centres of production:
Summary. 		91
5 THE COLLAPSE OF MYCENAEAN CIVILIZATION
AND THE IONIAN MIGRATION Destruction of Myce-
naean civilization: Survival and Revival: Athens: Main-
land traditions: Ionian migration: Ionian civilization. 		136

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Publication Information: Book Title: From Mycenae to Homer. Contributors: T. B. L. Webster - author. Publisher: Methuen. Place of Publication: London. Publication Year: 1958. Page Number: vii.
    
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