The Greek Concept of Justice

From Its Shadow in Homer to Its Substance in Plato

Eric Havelock

    Prologue

    1. From Homer to Plato: The Contours of the Problem

    2. The Function of Epic in Preliterate Societies

    3. The Psychology of Rhythmic Memorization

    4. The Society Reported by Homer

    5. Some Elements of the Homeric Fantasy

    6. The Method and Manner of Homeric Storage

    7. The Justice of the Iliad

    8. The Legalities of the Odyssey

    9. The Moralities of the Odyssey

    10. The Justice of the Odyssey

    11. The Justice of Hesiod: An Essay in Detection

    12. The Spoken and the Written Word

    13. The Early History of the Verb "to Be"

    14. The Justice of Solon

    15. The Justice of the Pre-Socratics

    16. The Justice of Aeschylus

    17. The Justice of Herodotus

    18. The Justice of Plato

    19. A Philosophy of the Written Word

    Epilogue

    Notes

    Works Cited

    Index

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Eric A. Havelock was Sterling Professor of Classics, Emeritus, Yale University.