Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Preface -- Par t I The Classical Plot -- 1 Approaches -- 2 A cognitive model -- 3 The narrative universe -- 1 The clock -- 2 The board -- 3 Players and moves -- 4 Rules and endgames -- 4 The classical plot -- 1 Economy -- 2 Amplitude -- 3 Transparency -- 5 Unclassical plots -- 1 Cyclic epic -- 2 The narrative hymn -- 3 Early didactic and catalogue poetry -- 4 Lyric, elegy, iambus -- 5 Fable -- 6 Old Comedy -- 7 Mime -- 8 History -- 9 Oratory -- 10 The dialogue -- 11 Hellenistic developments -- Part II The Classical Plots -- 6 Epic myth I: Iliad -- 7 Epic myth II: Odyssey -- 8 Dramatic myth: tragedy and satyr-play -- 9 Dramatic fiction: New Comedy -- 10 Epic fiction: the Greek novel -- Conclusion -- Glossary -- Bibliography of secondary works cited -- Index.