Description: ABSTRACTS OF INDO-EUROPEAN POLITICSI. The Field of Comparative Poetics: Introduction and Background1: The comparative method in linguistic and poetics2: Sketch for a history of Indo-European politics3: Poetics as grammar: Typology of poetic devices, and some rules of poetic grammar4: Poetics as repertory: The poetic traditions of the Indo-European world -- sources and texts5: The Indo-European poet: His social function and his art6: The poet's truth: The power, particularly, and preservation of the wordII. Case Studies7: Greece and the art of the world8: Vedic India and the art of the world9: Ireland and the art of the syllable10: Saxa loquuntur: The first age of poetry in Italy -- Faliscan and South Picene11: Most ancient Indo-Europeans12: The comparison of formulaic sequences13: An Indo-European stylistic figure14: A late Indo-European traditional epithet15: An Indo-European theme and formula: Imperishable fame16: The hidden track of the cow: Obscure styles in Indo-EuropeanIII. The Strophic Style: An Indo-European Poetic Form17: Some Indo-European prayers: Cato's lustration of the fields18: Umbria: The Tales of Iguvium19: Italy and India: The elliptic offering20: Strophic structures as "rhythmic prose"? Italic21: Strophic structures in Iranian22: 'Truth of Truth', 'most kavi of kavis', 'throng-lord of throngs': An Indo-Iranian stylistic figure23: More strophic structures24: Early Irish rosc25: The Asvamedha or Horse Sacrifice: An Indo-European Liturgical form26: Orphic gold leaves and the great way of the soul: Strophic style, funerary ritual formula, and eschatologyHOW TO KILL A DRAGON IN INDO-EUROPEAN: A CONTRIBUTION TO THE THEORY OF THE FORUMLAIV. The Basic Forumla and Its Variants in the Narration of the Myth27: Preliminaries28: The root *guhen-: Vedic han-29: The root *guhen-: Avestan jan-30: The root *guhen-: Hittite kuen- and the Indo-European theme and formula31: The slayer slain: A reciprocal forumla32: First variant: The root *uedh-33: 'Like a reed': The Indo-European background of a Luvian ritual34: Second variant: the root *terh2-35: Latin tarentum, the ludi saeculares, and Indo-European eschatology36: The myth of Greece: Variations on the formula and theme37: Expansion of the forumla: A recursive formulaic figure38: Herakles, the formulaic hero39: Hermes, Enualios, and Lukoworgos: The Serpent-slayer and the Man-slayer40: Nektar and the adversary Death41: The saga of Iphitos and the hero as monster42: The name of Meleager43: The Germanic world44: Thor's hammer and the mace of ContractV. Some Indo-European Dragons and Dragon-Slayers45: Fergus mae Leti and the muirdris46: Typhoeus and the Illuyankas47: Python and Ahi Budhnya, the Serpent of the Deep48: Azi dahaka, Visvarupa, and GreyonVI. From Myth to Epic49: From God to hero: The formulaic network in Greek50: The best of the Achaeans51: To be the death of: Transformation of the formula52: The forumla without the word: A note on Euripides and Lysias53: The basic forumla and the announcement of death54: Further Indo-European comparisons and themes55: The song of victory in GreekVII. From Myth to Charm56: From dragon to worm57: The charms of Indo-European58: Indo-European medical doctrine59: The poet as healer

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