TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction: The Prehistory of Greek Mythology and Poetics The Indo-European Heritage The Cyclic Tradition I. Father Heaven, Heavens Daughter, and the Divine Twins The rape of Nemesis Shape-shifting, rape, and corov" Heavens Incest Helen and Sarany ̈ ei[dolon and sávarna The birth of the Dvine Twins II. Returning heroes The Dioscuri as rescuers Odysseus and the Phaeacian...