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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 CHAPTER VIII: THE BREASTPLATE CHAPTER IX: BRONZE AND IRON CHAPTER X: THE HOMERIC HOUSE CHAPTER XI: NOTES OF CHANGE IN THE "ODYSSEY" CHAPTER XII: LINGUISTIC PROOFS OF VARIOUS DATES CHAPTER XIII: THE "DOLONEIA"—"ILIAD," BOOK X. CHAPTER XIV: THE INTERPOLATIONS OF NESTOR CHAPTER XV: THE COMPARATIVE STUDY OF EARLY EPICS CHAPTER XVI: HOMER AND THE FRENCH MEDIAEVAL EPICS CHAPTER XVII: CONCLUSION