| Foreword | ix |
| Preface | xi |
| Abbreviations | xiii |
| Introduction | 1 |
| The Comparative Study of the Folktale | 1 |
| The Study of Greek and Roman Folk Narratives | 6 |
| Oral Narratives and Oral Narration in Classical Antiquity | 12 |
| The Present Work | 19 |
| The Tales | |
| Apprentice and Ghost Eukrates and the Automaton | 35 |
| Asking the Large Fish Philoxenos the Poet | 38 |
| Attentive Donkey | 40 |
| Axe Falls into the Stream Hermes and the Woodcutter | 42 |
| Battles of the Pygmies and the Cranes | 45 |
| Best Friend, Worst Enemy Aesop and the Dog | 49 |
| Boastful Deer Slayer Agamemnon | 54 |
| Bride Won in a Tournament Pelops and Hippodameia | 56 |
| Brother Chosen Rather Than Husband Intaphrenes' Wife | 62 |
| Carrying Part of the Load Dionysos and Xanthias | 66 |
| Carrying Water in a Sieve Danaides | 69 |
| Catch-Tale Demades the Orator | 75 |
| Children Play at Hog Killing Makareus the Priest | 79 |
| Cinderella Rhodopis the Courtesan | 85 |
| Cranes of Ibykos | 89 |
| Dead Child's Friendly Return The Dead Ask the Living to Cease Grieving | 92 |
| Death's Messengers | 95 |
| Devil to Count Stars Counting Sand, Stars, Waves | 97 |
| Disenchanted Husband Cupid and Psyche | 100 |
| Dog on the Bridge Alexander and the Donkey Driver | 114 |
| Dragging Old Man Only to Threshold | 117 |
| Dragon Slayer Perseus | 119 |
| Fairies Send a Message Death of Pan | 131 |
| Foolish Fugitives | 136 |
| Foolish Man Builds Aircastles Gripus | 138 |
| Fortune in Salt Fortune in Water | 142 |
| Frog King Roman Proverb | 145 |
| Frozen Words | 146 |
| Gifts of the Little People Pandaros and Echedoros | 147 |
| Girl as Helper Jason and Medeia | 151 |
| God and the Emperor of Rome Zeus and Tantalos | 167 |
| Golden Ram Trojan Horse | 169 |
| Great Animal or Object | 176 |
| Groom Teaches His Horse to Live without Food | 187 |
| Hatch-Penny Pases' Penny | 188 |
| Hearing-Impaired Persons | 190 |
| Holding Up the Rock Holding Up the Sky | 197 |
| Homecoming Husband Odysseus | 201 |
| Hospitality Rewarded Mercury and the Stingy Women | 211 |
| House Burned Down to Rid It of Insects Shirt Burnt to Rid It of Lice | 223 |
| Husband's One Good Eye Covered Husband's Attention Diverted | 225 |
| Judgment of Solomon | 227 |
| Keep Your Seats! Prince the Flutist | 233 |
| Labor Contract Aesop and Xanthos | 234 |
| Learn to Swim | 240 |
| Loading the Wood Sorites | 241 |
| Local Moon | 242 |
| Lord's Prayer Sisyphos and Thanatos | 243 |
| Magic Object and the Trolls Perseus | 246 |
| Maiden's Honor Maiden's Sense | 251 |
| Maids Must Rise Even Earlier | 255 |
| Making a Rope of Sand | 256 |
| Man Does Not Recognize His Own Reflection | 257 |
| Man Swallowed by Fish Lucian | 261 |
| Marrying a Man of Forty Returning a Donkey | 264 |
| Matron of Ephesus | 266 |
| Money in the Stick | 279 |
| Mother Dies of Fright Secundus the Philosopher | 284 |
| Nothing to Cook Nothing to Eat | 287 |
| Ogre Blinded Odysseus and Polyphemos | 289 |
| Ogre Kills His Own Children Aedon | 301 |
| Ogre Steals the Thunder's Instruments Typhon and Zeus | 305 |
| Old Man and Death | 314 |
| Our Lady's Child Gyges and Kroisos | 316 |
| Person Does Not Know Himself | 327 |
| Peter Stung by Bees Man Bitten by Ants | 329 |
| Planting for the Next Generation | 331 |
| Potiphar's Wife Hippolytos and Phaidra | 332 |
| Quest for a Vanished Princess Apollo of the Vultures | 352 |
| Rhampsinitos | 357 |
| Sailor and the Oar Odysseus | 371 |
| Schlaraffenland Glutton's Paradise | 378 |
| Service in Hell Philinnion and Machates | 392 |
| Seven Sleepers Epimenides of Crete | 397 |
| Shepherd Who Cried "Wolf!" | 402 |
| Slaughter of the Ox | 404 |
| Smith and the Devil Sisyphos and Thanatos | 405 |
| Son of the King and of the Smith Kyros | 408 |
| Sowing of Salt Odysseus | 414 |
| Stronger and Strongest | 415 |
| Sunlight Carried in a Bag Perdikkes | 424 |
| Three Brothers Roman Proverb | 426 |
| Three Joint Depositors Demosthenes | 427 |
| Three Lazy Ones Lazy Debtor and Creditor | 429 |
| Threefold Death The Hermaphrodite | 431 |
| To Sacrifice a Giant Candle To Sacrifice a Hecatomb | 435 |
| Topsy-Turvy Land Mundus Inversus | 439 |
| Tree Trunks Laid Crosswise Beam Carried Crosswise | 445 |
| Trespasser's Defense The Lokrians' Oath | 447 |
| Twins or Blood Brothers Menaechmi | 450 |
| Underground Passage to Paramour's House Miles Gloriosus | 453 |
| Unfinished Tale "And Then I Woke Up" | 460 |
| White Serpent's Flesh Melampous the Seer | 462 |
| Wisdom of Hidden Old Man Saves Kingdom | 469 |
| Wishing Contest | 475 |
| Wooden Doll Homo | 478 |
| Youth Who Bathed Himself in Blood Achilleus's Heel | 481 |
| Bibliography | 491 |
| Index of Ancient Sources | 533 |
| Index of Tale Types and Motifs | 539 |
| General Index | 543 |
Format: Hardcover, 576 pages
