Preface to the Expanded Edition  vii

Preface  xi

Acknowledgments  xvii

Introduction: Achilles and Hector  3

1. Imitation  30

2. Tragedy  69

3. Our Hero  99

4. Error  128

5. Purification  160

The Gods of the Iliad: An Amplification  225

Notes  249

References  291

Bibliography to the Expanded Edition  299

Index of Greek Words  301

Index  307

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