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CONTENTS
CHAPTER I. HOW OLD IS GREEK MYTHOLOGY? 1
The myths in literature, 1. Comparative mythology, 2.
Euhemerism, 3. Historical school of mythology, 5. My-
thology and epics, 8. The Homeric question, 10. Archaeo-
logical and historic evidence, 12. Comparative study of
epics, 15. Development of epics, 16. The epical technique,
18. Mycenaean origin of Greek epics, 21. Its develop-
ment, 23. Mycenaean origin of myths, 26. Myths in
Mycenaean art, 31.
CHAPTER II. MYCENAEAN CENTERS AND
MYTHOLOGICAL CENTERS 		35
SECTION I. ARGOLIS 36
Mycenaean sites 36. Perseus 40. Danae 42. Atreus 43.
Pelops 44. Agamemnon 45. Agamemnon as a god 46, in
Asia Minor 48. Tiryns 50. Bellerophon 51. Ionia in
mythology 54. Allies of the Trojans 55. Lycians and
Cilicians 57. Greeks in S. Asia Minor 59. The Proetides
62. Io 63. Argos 63. The Danaides 64.
SECTION II. LACONIA 68
Laconia in the Mycenaean age 68. Agamemnon at
Sparta 69. Helen 73. Hyacinthus 76. The Dioscuri 76.
The Apharetidae 78.
SECTION III. THE DOMINION OF PYLOS 79
Messenia etc. in the Mycenaean age 79 Nestor's Pylos
82. The Seven Cities 84. The Minyans 86. The Pylian
epos 87.
SECTION IV. THE REST OF THE PELOPONNESE 90
Mycenaean remains; myths 90. Myths of Olympia 91.
SECTION V. THE IONIAN ISLANDS 95
Ithaca 95. Odysseus and the Cephallenians 96. Cycle of
Odysseus 99.
SECTION VI. SOUTHERN BOEOTIA 100
Mycenaean remains 100. Thebes 101. Oedipus 102. The
War of the Seven 106. Adrastus 113. Amphiaraus 115.
Tydeus 116. Capaneus 117. The cycle of the Seven 118.
The Epigonoi 120. Cadmus 120. Foundation myths 122.
Amphion and Zethus 124. Cadmus the Phoenician 126.

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Publication Information: Book Title: The Mycenaean Origin of Greek Mythology. Contributors: Martin P. Nilsson - author. Publisher: University of California Press. Place of Publication: Berkeley, CA. Publication Year: 1932. Page Number: v.
    
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