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Acknowledgements | p. ix |
Introduction | p. 1 |
New, new, new | p. 11 |
Novelty in Greek Culture | p. 12 |
'New': word and concept | p. 19 |
The psychology of novelty | p. 27 |
Dimensions of novelty | p. 32 |
Loosening the grip of the past | p. 36 |
The grip of the past | p. 41 |
Novelty and time | p. 43 |
Novelty and multiplicity | p. 49 |
Nothing new | p. 52 |
Song's new chariot? | p. 57 |
Conclusions | p. 61 |
The transformations of Kaineus | p. 64 |
Two words for new | p. 66 |
The emergence of kainos | p. 71 |
The myth of Kaineus | p. 74 |
The mark of qayin | p. 79 |
Old and new | p. 85 |
The Pythagorean table | p. 90 |
Old and young | p. 98 |
Old versus new | p. 102 |
Kaina kai palaia | p. 104 |
Nothing new under the sun | p. 108 |
What's new under the sun | p. 109 |
Cycles of novelty | p. 112 |
Cycles of nature | p. 116 |
Ex arkhes | p. 119 |
Thinking new thoughts (1) | p. 122 |
Thinking new thoughts (2) | p. 126 |
Ex oriente novitas | p. 129 |
The birth of Athena | p. 134 |
The brainchild of Zeus | p. 138 |
The radiance of the new | p. 141 |
Novelty and wonder | p. 148 |
The shock of the new | p. 150 |
Birth into the new | p. 157 |
Inventions of Eris | p. 162 |
Serious play | p. 166 |
The gleam of glory | p. 170 |
Innovation in battle | p. 173 |
Inventions of war | p. 177 |
Inventions of peace | p. 179 |
Conclusions | p. 181 |
The newest song | p. 184 |
The discourse of novelty | p. 190 |
Prin and nun - then and now | p. 195 |
A tradition of innovation | p. 198 |
New music, new sounds | p. 202 |
Constructions of novelty | p. 207 |
Novelty in the air | p. 211 |
The innovationist turn | p. 216 |
So what's new? | p. 225 |
References | p. 233 |
General index | p. 247 |
Index of Greek terms | p. 253 |
Index locorum | p. 255 |
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