Table of Contents
Foreword. “The Vocabulary and the Voice” by Giorgio Agamben
Preface
List of Abbreviations
Book I: Economy
Section I: Livestock and Wealth
Chapter One: Male and Sire
Chapter Two: A Lexical Opposition in Need of Revision: sūs and porcus
Chapter Three: Próbaton and the Homeric Economy
Chapter Four: Livestock and Money: pecu and pecunia
Section II: Giving and Taking
Chapter Five: Gift and Exchange
Chapter Six: Giving, Taking, and Receiving
Chapter Seven: Hospitality
Chapter Eight: Personal Loyalty
Section III: Purchase
Chapter Nine: Two Ways of Buying
Chapter Ten: Purchase and Redemption
Chapter Eleven: An Occupation without a Name: Commerce
Section IV: Economic Obligations
Chapter Twelve: Accountancy and Valuation
Chapter Thirteen: Hiring and Leasing
Chapter Fourteen: Price and Wages
Chapter Fifteen: Credence and Belief
Chapter Sixteen: Lending, Borrowing, and Debt
Chapter Seventeen: Gratuitousness and Gratefulness
Book II: The Vocabulary of Kinship
Introduction
Chapter One: The Importance of the Concept of Paternity
Chapter Two: Status of the Mother and Matrilineal Descent
Chapter Three: The Principle of Exogamy and its Applications
Chapter Four: The Indo-European Expression for “Marriage”
Chapter Five: Kinship Resulting from Marriage
Chapter Six: Formation and Suffixation of the Terms for Kinship
Chapter Seven: Words Derived from the Terms for Kinship
Book III: Social Status
Chapter One: Tripartition of Functions
Chapter Two: The Four Divisions of Society
Chapter Three: The Free Man
Chapter Four: Phílos
Chapter Five: The Slave and the Stranger
Chapter Six: Cities and Communities
Book IV: Royalty and its Privileges
Chapter One: Rex
Chapter Two: xšay- and Iranian Kingship
Chapter Three: Hellenic Kingship
Chapter Four: The Authority of the King
Chapter Five: Honor and Honors
Chapter Six: Magic Power
Chapter Seven: Krátos
Chapter Eight: Royalty and Nobility
Chapter Nine: The King and His People
Book V: Law
Chapter One: Thémis
Chapter Two: Díkē
Chapter Three: Ius and the Oath in Rome
Chapter Four: *med- and the Concept of Measure
Chapter Five: Fas
Chapter Six: The Censor and Auctoritas
Chapter Seven: The Quaestor and the *Prex
Chapter Eight: The Oath in Greece
Book VI: Religion
Chapter One: The “Sacred”
Chapter Two: The Libation
Chapter Three: The Sacrifice
Chapter Four: The Vow
Chapter Five: Prayer and Supplication
Chapter Six: The Latin Vocabulary of Signs and Omens
Chapter Seven: Religion and Superstition
Table
Bibliographical Note
Index