Acknowledgements

Foreword

List of Abbreviations

Chapter One. Introduction

1. The Aims, Methodology, and Structure of the Study

2. Survey of Scholarship

Chapter Two. The Egyptian and Greek Corpus

1. The Material Collected for the Analysis

2. Description of the Corpus: The Egyptian Collections

3. The Greek Collections

4. The Collections and their Egyptian and Greek Literary Milieu

Chapter Three. The Language and Classification of the Proverbs

1. The Status of Demotic and Greek in the Hellenistic and Roman Periods

2. Interaction between Demotic and Greek

3. The Form of Demotic and Greek

4. Demotic and Greek Grammar and Syntax

5. Tense in Demotic and Greek Proverbs

6. The Classification of Demotic and Greek Proverbs

Chapter Four. The Monopartite Proverbs

1. Monopartite Proverbs in Demotic and Greek: Introductory Remarks

2. Demotic Monopartite Proverbs

3. Greek Monopartite Proverbs

4. Comparison of Demotic and Greek Monopartite Proverbs with Regard to their Structure, Grammar, and Syntax

Chapter Five. The Bipartite and Multipartite Proverbs

1. Bipartite Proverbs in Demotic and Greek: Introductory Remarks

2. Demotic Bipartite Proverbs with Coordination and Subordination

3. Greek Bipartite Proverbs with Coordination and Subordination

4. Multipartite Proverbs in Demotic and Greek: Introductory Remarks

5. Demotic Multipartite Proverbs

6. Observations on Demotic Bipartite and Multipartite Proverbs

7. Greek Multipartite Proverbs

8. Observations on Greek Bipartite and Multipartite Proverbs

9. Comparison between Demotic and Greek Bipartite and Multipartite Proverbs with Regard to their Structure, Syntax, and Grammar

10. General Observations on Structural Patterns in Demotic and Greek Proverbs

Chapter Six. The Style and Semantics of the Proverbs

1. Introductory Remarks

2. The Question of Versification in Demotic and Greek Proverbs

3. The Imagery of Demotic and Greek Proverbs: Metaphors, Similes, and Personification

4. The Tone of Demotic and Greek Proverbs

5. Figures of Speech in Demotic and Greek Proverbs

6. The Vocabulary of Demotic and Greek Proverbs

7. How do Demotic and Greek Proverbs Work?

8. Semantic Parallels in Demotic and Greek Proverbs

9. Types of Theme in Demotic and Greek Proverbs

10. Thematic Similarities and Differences between Demotic and Greek Proverbs and their Cultural Interpretation

11. Comparison of Demotic and Greek Proverbs with Regard to their Versification, Use of Stylistic Devices, Tone, Vocabulary, Meaning, Semantic Parallels, and Thematic Typology

Chapter Seven. The Proverbs and their Collections

1. Introductory Remarks

2. The Authorship of Demotic and Greek Proverbs

3. The Audience of Demotic and Greek Proverbs

4. The Purpose of Demotic and Greek Proverbs

5. The Organization of Demotic and Greek Proverbs in Collections

6. Comparison of Demotic and Greek Proverbs with Regard to the Authorship, Audience, Purpose, and Organization in their Collections

Chapter Eight. Summary of Similarities and Differences, and Conclusions

Appendix A. List of Proverbs Omitted from the Analysis

Appendix B. List of Structural Models with Further Examples

Appendix C. Examples of Semantic Parallels

Appendix D. Further Examples of Themes

Appendix E. List of Examples Quoted in the Analysis

Bibliography

General Index