shielded chessmen from Catalogue of Scottish Society of
Antiquaries. Thanks for the two ships with men under shield are
offered to the Rev. Mr. Browne, S.J., author of _Handbook of
Homeric Studies_ (Longmans). For the Mycenaean gold corslet I
thank Mr. John Murray (Schliemann's Mycenae and Tiryns), and for
all the other Mycenaean illustrations Messrs. Macmillan and Mr.
Leaf, publishers and author of Mr. Leaf's edition of the
_Iliad_.




CONTENTS:


CHAPTER I: THE HOMERIC AGE

CHAPTER II: HYPOTHESES AS TO THE GROWTH OF THE EPICS

CHAPTER III: HYPOTHESES OF EPIC COMPOSITION

CHAPTER IV: LOOSE FEUDALISM: THE OVER-LORD IN "ILIAD," BOOKS I.
AND II.

CHAPTER V: AGAMEMNON IN THE LATER "ILIAD"

CHAPTER VI: ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE "ILIAD"--BURIAL AND CREMATION

CHAPTER VII: HOMERIC ARMOUR