Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- I. Beginnings in the East -- II. Some Older Traditions in Minoan Crete -- III. A Mycenaean Goddess of Nature -- IV. The Problem of Continuity in the Dark Age -- Appendix I: Minoan Peak Cults in Cretan Thought -- Appendix II: Apollo at Delphi -- Appendix III: Greek Mythology on the Mycenaean Age -- Bibliography -- Indices -- Backmatter