Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword by Cedric H. Whitman -- Acknowledgments -- Checklist of Greek (G) and Indie (I) Metrical Terminology -- Symbols -- Abbreviations of Editions -- Introduction -- Part I. κλέος ἄϕϑιτον and Greek Meter -- 1. The Common Heritage of Greek and Indie Meter; A Survey -- 2. Internal Expansion -- 3. On the Origins of Dactylic Hexameter -- 4. The Metrical Context of κλέος ἄϕϑιτον in Epic and Lyric -- 5. The Wedding of Hektor and Andromache: Epic Contacts in Sappho 44LP -- 6 . Formula and Meter ; A Summary -- Part II. śráνα(ѕ) áκṣtαm and Indie Meter -- 7. The Metrical Context of Rig-Vedic śráνα(ѕ) áκṣitαm and áκṣt śráναѕ -- 8. An Inquiry into the Origins of Indie Trimeter -- 9. The Distribution of Rig-Vedic śráναѕ: An Intensive Correlation of Phraseology with Meter -- Epilogue: The Hidden Meaning of κλέος ἄϕϑιτον and śráνα(ѕ) áκṣitαm -- Appendix A. μήδεα and ἄϕδιτα μήδεα εἰώϚ -- Appendix B. Dovetailing: Speculations on Mechanics and Origins -- Selected Bibliography -- Index