Promise-giving and treaty-making : Homer and the Near East - Karavites, Peter (Panayiotis) (Leiden ; New York : E. J. Brill, 1992)
The Focus. The Logic. The Design -- Pt. 1. The Homeric Agreements: Their Corpus, Terminology, and Structure. I. The Corpus of Homeric Agreements. The Homeric Texts. The Agreements Compared and Contrasted. The Oral Character of the Homeric Agreements. II. The Linguistic Evidence. The Significance of Philotes. The Interrelation of Horkia, Horkos, and Omnyein. III. The Structure of Homeric Agreements. The Preamble. The Recounting of Antecedent History. Stipulations. The Invocation of Gods as Witnesses. Curses and Blessings. IV. Other Features of Homeric Agreements. Other Maledictions. Ritual. Suzerainty Treaties -- Pt. 2. Some Common Contents and Other Features Shared by Near Eastern and Homeric Treaties. V. The People. The Role of the People. Stipulations Concerning the Fate of Fugitives. VI. War Conventions. The Taking and Sharing of Booty. The Use of Surrogates. Firing the First Shot. VII. Conventions Associated with Treaty-Making. Meals. Deposition and Recitation.
Keywords: Homer History.Homer.Homer Criticism and interpretation