Part 1 Lament and Ritual Chapter 2 Tradition and change in antiquity Chapter 3 From paganism to Christianity Chapter 4 Modern survivals Part 5 Gods, cities, and men Chapter 6 The ritual lament for gods and heroes Chapter 7 The historical lament for the fall or destruction of cities Chapter 8 The classification of ancient and modern laments and songs to the dead Part 9 The common tradition Chapter 10 Antiphonal structure and antithetical thought Chapter 11 Conventions, themes, and formulae Chapter 12 The allusive method
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Giannaris et al. (1975) studied this question.