Beschreibung
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Acknowledgements
I. INTRODUCTION
The Prehistory of Greek Mythology and Poetics
The Indo-European Heritage
The “Cyclic” Tradition
II. FATHER HEAVEN, HEAVEN’S DAUGHTER, AND THE DIVINE TWINS
The Rape of Nemesis
Shape-shifting, Rape, and Koros
The Spartan Dawn
Heaven’s Incest
The Story of Saranyu
Helen and Saranyu, eidolon and sávarna
III. RETURNING HEROES
Nestor, *nes, and the Nasatyas
The Dioscuri as Rescuers at Sea
The Story of Bhujyu and Indo-Iranian Rescue epyllia
IV. EPILOGUE: THE ROOTS OF THE TROJAN CYCLE
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