CONTENTS -- ABBREVIATIONS AND TEXTS -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. LITERARY ETYMOLOGY -- Appendix: Other Expressions of a Belief in Substantial Ties between Onomata and Elements of Reality -- 2. ETYMOLOGY AND THE CRATYLUS' SOURCES: AN INVESTIGATION OF THE LITERARY TRADITION'S IMPORTANCE -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Orthotes Onomaton: The Cratylus' Engagement with Literary Practice -- 3. Other Proposed Sources of the Cratylus' Discussion of Etymology -- 3. THE STRUCTURE AND OUTCOME OF THE CRATYLUS' INQUIRY -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Techne Issue in the Cratylus -- 3. Nature and Convention: The Cratylus' Resolution -- 4. The Dialogue's Conclusion -- 4. CONCEPTIONS OF APPROPRIATENESS: PLATO'S REVISION OF LITERARY USAGE IN THE PHAEDO AND REPUBLIC 5 -- 1. Pouring New Wine into Old Skins: Reflections on Literary and Platonic Eponymy -- 2. Functional Terms: Literary Usage and Plato's Revision Thereof -- 3. Conclusion -- 5. THE QUARREL BETWEEN PHILOSOPHY AND POETRY: A REEXAMINATION OF POETRY'S ROLE IN PLATO'S REPUBLIC -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Poetry and the Concept of Techne: The Cratylus Briefly Revisited -- 3. The Republic's Challenge to Poetry's Techne Status -- 4. Plato's Defense of Philosophy as the Techne Par Excellence -- 5. A Techne of Poetry? The Status of Revised Literary Practice -- 6. Poetry's Function in the Ideal Polis -- CONCLUSION -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- GENERAL INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Z -- INDEX LOCORUM.