Homer and the origin of the Greek alphabet: List of tables

Foreword: why was the Greek alphabet invented? 1. Review of criticism: what we know about the origin of the Greek alphabet 2. Argument from the history of writing: how writing worked before the Greek alphabet 3. Argument from the material remains: Greek inscriptions from the beginning to c. 650 BC 4. Argument from coincidence: Dating Greece's earliest poet 5. Conclusions from probability: how the Iliad and Odyssey were written down Appendix I. Gelb's theory of the syllabic nature of West Semitic writing Appendix II. Homeric references in poets of the seventh century Bibliography Index.