Michael B. Cosmopoulos is Professor of Archaeology at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. A fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the Royal Society of Canada, he is the author of numerous books on the archaeology and history of ancient Greece, most recently the award-winning  The World of Homer: Archaeology, Social Memory, and the Emergence of Greek Epic Poetry.

• List of illustrations; Chronological timeline of early Greece; Note on Greek names and translations and a note on Homer; Acknowledgments; Prologue; 1. Two poems, one hero; 2. History, heroes, and monuments; 3. The vanishing poet; 4. War and violence; 5. The ties that bind us; 6. Might makes right?; 7. Making a living; 8. Gods, fate, and free will; 9. The afterlife of the Odyssey; 10. The past is not the past; Further reading; Index; Photos.

Michael B. Cosmopoulos is Professor of Archaeology at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. A fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the Royal Society of Canada, he is the author of numerous books on the archaeology and history of ancient Greece, most recently the award-winning  The World of Homer: Archaeology, Social Memory, and the Emergence of Greek Epic Poetry.

• List of illustrations; Chronological timeline of early Greece; Note on Greek names and translations and a note on Homer; Acknowledgments; Prologue; 1. Two poems, one hero; 2. History, heroes, and monuments; 3. The vanishing poet; 4. War and violence; 5. The ties that bind us; 6. Might makes right?; 7. Making a living; 8. Gods, fate, and free will; 9. The afterlife of the Odyssey; 10. The past is not the past; Further reading; Index; Photos.

Michael B. Cosmopoulos is Professor of Archaeology at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. A fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the Royal Society of Canada, he is the author of numerous books on the archaeology and history of ancient Greece, most recently the award-winning  The World of Homer: Archaeology, Social Memory, and the Emergence of Greek Epic Poetry.

• List of illustrations; Chronological timeline of early Greece; Note on Greek names and translations and a note on Homer; Acknowledgments; Prologue; 1. Two poems, one hero; 2. History, heroes, and monuments; 3. The vanishing poet; 4. War and violence; 5. The ties that bind us; 6. Might makes right?; 7. Making a living; 8. Gods, fate, and free will; 9. The afterlife of the Odyssey; 10. The past is not the past; Further reading; Index; Photos.