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Frontmatter; List of Charts and Tables; 0 Introduction; 0.1. Precedents and Goals; 0.2. Homer; 0.3. Methods of Comparison; 0.4. Sources of Modern-Day Material; 0.4.1. Central Asia (Modern-Day Kyrgyzstan); 0.4.2. Rajasthan, India; 0.4.3. South Sumatra, Indonesia; 0.4.4. Former Yugoslavia; 0.4.5. Najd Desert, Saudi Arabia; 0.5. A Definition of a Simile; 0.6. Summary of Chapters; Part I: The Modern-Day Material; 1 Formal Points of Contact with Homeric Similes; 1.1. Length; 1.2. Duration; 1.3. Arrangement; 1.3.1. Bosniac Epic; 1.3.2. Kyrgyz Epic; 1.3.3. South Sumatran Epic: Cik Ait’s The Guritan of Radin Suane; 1.3.4. Najdi Poetry; 1.3.5. The Homeric Epics; 1.4. Position; Conclusion; 2 The Spectrum of Distribution; 2.1. Competence in Performance; 2.2. Problems with the Terms Tradition and Innovation; 2.3. The Spectrum of Distribution Defined; 2.4. Ranging Across the Spectrum of Distribution; 2.5. The Importance of Shared Elements; 2.6. Similes and Competence; Conclusion; 3 Similes in Five Modern-Day Oral Poetries; 3.1. The Epic of Pab?j? and The Guritan of Radin Suane; 3.2. The Figurative Spectrum of Distribution; 3.2.1. Kyrgyz Epic; 3.2.2. Bosniac Epic; 3.2.3. Najdi Poetry; 3.3. Shared Vehicles and Their Tenors; 3.3.1. Shared Vehicle, Customary Tenor (Shared Similes); 3.3.1.1. Bosniac Epic; 3.3.1.2. Najdi Poetry; 3.3.2. Shared Vehicle, Uncustomary Tenor; 3.4. Idiolectal Similes and Their Tenors; Conclusion; Part II: Application to the Homeric Epics; 4 Two Preliminary Points; 4.1. The Vision of Poetic Competence in Archaic Greek Hexameter Poems; 4.2. The Spectrum of Distribution and Previous Scholarship in Homeric Studies; Conclusion; 5 Shared Similes in the Homeric Epics; 5.1. Verbatim Repetitions and Similar Long Vehicle Portions; 5.2. The Scenario; 5.2.1. Birds; 5.2.2. Wild Fire; 5.2.3. Celestial Phenomena (Stars, Lightning, and Rainbows); 5.2.4. Insects; 5.2.5. Rivers; 5.2.6. Trees; 5.2.7. Wind; 5.2.8. Waves; 5.2.9. Lions; 5.3. The Scenario and Frame Semantics; 5.4. Shared Vehicle Portions and Their Tenors; 5.4.1. Shared Vehicle Portion, Customary Tenor (Shared Similes); 5.4.2. Shared Vehicle Portion, Uncustomary Tenor; Conclusion; 6 Idiolectal Similes in the Homeric Epics; 6.1. Unparalleled Vehicle, Unparalleled Tenor; 6.2. Unparalleled Vehicle, Paralleled Tenor; 6.2.1. The Iliad and the Odyssey Offer Parallels; 6.2.2. The Iliad Only or the Odyssey Only Offer Parallels; Conclusion; 7 Conclusion; Endmatter; Works Cited; Index

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