| List of Illustrations | |
| Foreword | |
| Preface | |
| Note on Translations | |
| List of Abbreviations | |
| Tragic Prelude: The Yoke of Eros | 3 |
| Pt. 1 | The Topics of Eros | 11 |
| Ch. I | The Eros of the Melic Poets | 13 |
| Ch. II | The Eros of Epic Poetry | 39 |
| Pt. 2 | The Symbolic Practices of Eros | 49 |
| Ch. III | The Pragmatic Effects of Love Poetry | 51 |
| Ch. IV | The Pragmatics of Erotic Iconography | 65 |
| Pt. 3 | Eros in Social Institutions | 89 |
| Ch. V | Eros in the Masculine: The polis | 91 |
| Ch. VI | Eros in the Feminine: The Oikos | 110 |
| Ch. VII | Dionysiac Challenges to Love | 130 |
| Pt. 4 | The Spaces of Eros | 151 |
| Ch. VIII | The Meadows and Gardens of Legend | 153 |
| Ch. IX | The Meadows and Gardens of the Poets | 165 |
| Pt. 5 | The Metaphysics of Eros | 175 |
| Ch. X | Eros as Demiurge and Philosopher | 177 |
| Ch. XI | Mystic Eros | 192 |
| Elegiac Coda: Eros the Educator | 198 |
| Bibliography | 201 |
| Name Index | 207 |
| Subject Index | 211 |
