Alcman and the Cosmos of Sparta

Acknowledgments        
Introduction
 
1.   THE MYTHS    
Hippocoon and his Sons    
Path and Sign    
Measure                                 
Phaethon                                
 
2.   THE CHORUS    
The Travails of the Chorus    
Pleiades, Hyades, and Sirius    
The Moon and the Stars    
 
3.   RITUAL IN PERFORMANCE    
Heaven and Earth    
The Mourning Voice     
 
POSTSCRIPT    
The Season of the Karneia     
“Kalathiskos” Dancers     
 
Appendix: “Partheneion” Text and Translation    
Abbreviations    
References
Index of Sources    
General Index