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Calame, Claude, Choruses of Young Women in Ancient Greece, Their Morphology, Religious Role, and Social Functions. Calame's historical overview concentrates on choruses comprised of young women, but the implications of his insights extend to choruses of boys and men as well. "Imaginative, groundbreaking and scrupulously documented, Claude Calame's masterful treatment of female choruses in Greek society is widely recognized as one of the most fundamental books ever written on archaic lyric poetry and musical culture. An indispensable research tool for students of Greek poetics, myth, and religion." --Albert Henrichs, Harvard University. This is a marvelous book that brings out the core of ancient Greek religion. See also Lawler, The Dance in Ancient Greece.

Callimachus, CALLIMACHUS, Hymns and Epigrams, LYCOPHRON, ARATUS, tr. by A. W. Mair and G. R. Mair. Callimachus of Cyrene, 3rd century BC, became after 284 BC a teacher of grammar and poetry at Alexandria, where he was a librarian and prepared a catalogue of the books . He died about the year 240. Of his large output, only 6 hymns, 63 epigrams, and fragments survive. The hymns are very learned and artificial in style; the epigrams are good. Lycophron of Chalcis in Euboea was a contemporary of Callimachus in Alexandria and supervisor of the comedies in the new library. Aratus of Soli in Cilicia, c. 315-245 BC, was a didactic poet who write Phaenomena (Appearances).

CALLIMACHUS, Aetia, Iambi, Hecale and Other Fragments, tr. by C. A. Trypanis. MUSAEUS, Hero and Leander, ed. by Thomas Gelzer, tr. by Cedric Whitman. (See above for the life of Callimachus.) This volume includes fragments of Callimachus' Aetia (Causes), aetiological legends concerning Greek history and customs; fragments of a book of Iami and the epic poem Hecale which describes Theseus' victory over the bull of Marathon. We have no explicit information about the poet Musaeus, author of the short epic poem on Hero and Leander, except that he is given the title 'Grammatikos', a teacher, learning in the rhetoric, poetry and philosophy of his time.

Campbell, Joseph, Myths to Live BY. This book by the late Joseph Campbell, educator, author and since the Bill Moyers interviews television celebrity, describes how we re-create ancient legends in our daily lives to release human potential. What is a properly functioning mythology and what are its functions? Can we "live by" myths today? Can they help relieve our modern anxiety, or do they help to foster it? In Myths to Live By, the author explores the vital ink of man to his myths and the way to which they can extend our human potential.

Casson, Lionel, The Ancient Mariners. From the Foreword: "The story of what the ancients accomplished on the sea has never been put between the covers of one book. A few episodes have been dealt with so often, in handbooks and histories, that they are as familiar as Caesar's assassination. But once off these well-trodden paths, the searcher for information is forced to make his way through a miscellany of scholarly publications, more often than not articles in obscure journals, in a variety of languages; and he will find that there are some topics that have never been treated at all. The present book is an attempt to fill this lack."

Casson, Lionel, Ships and Seamanship in the Ancient World. Lionel Casson's encyclopedic study is the first of its kind to use underwater archaeological data to refine an area of scholarship that had, for the most part, relied on ancient texts and graphic representations. Tracing the history of early ships and seamanship from predynastic Egypt to the Roman empire, from skiffs and barges to huge oared warships and royal yachts, Casson describes not only the ships themselves but also the makeup and training of the crews, the placement of weaponry, how cargo was stored, methods of navigation, harbor facilities, and the ways ships were named.

Casson, Lionel, Travel in the Ancient World. The only book of its kind in any language, Travel in the Ancient World offers a lively, comprehensive review of ancient travel, from the first recorded voyages to Old Kingdom Egypt through Greek and Roman times to the Christian pilgrimages of the fourth century and later. Lionel Casson tells who traveled and why (government business, trade, health, vacationing, tourism). He describes the ships, carts, carriages, and other means of conveyance; roads and waterways; bars and their drinks, restaurants and their food, inns and their accommodations.

Cavanaugh, Marueen B., Eleusis and Athens, Documents in Finance, Religion and Politics in the Fifth Century B.C. This book is in two parts. Part I offers a detailed survey of the evidence for the board of overseers of the sanctuary at Eleusis, both their existing records and IG I3 32, the decree creating this new board of officials. Part II presents a new text of IG I3 386-387, the account-inventories issued by the overseers, along with a detailed commentary. A synopsis of what these documents can tells us about sanctuary administration and operation in general and the state of affairs existing at the sanctuary of Demeter and Kore in particular in the last decade of the fifth century follows.

Chadwick, John, The Decipherment of Linear B. The languages of the ancient world and the mysterious scripts, long undeciphered, in which they were encoded have represented one of the most intriguing problems of archaeology in modern times. This celebrated account of the decipherment of Linear B in the 1050s by Michael Ventris was written by his close collaborator in the momentous discovery. In revealing the secrets of Linear B it offers a valuable survey of late pre-Hellenic archaeology, uncovering fascinating details of the religion and economic history of an ancient civilization.

Chadwick, John, Linear B and Related Scripts. Long before Homer a script was used in Greece quite unrelated to the alphabet. The kings of Mycenaean Greece kept their accounts on clay tablets written in a script now known as Minoan Linear B. In 1952 this was deciphered and shown to conceal an early form of the Greek language. This book tells the story of how Linear B was discovered, deciphered and interpreted, so that we can now read the administrative documents of these small prehistoric states. Two related scripts are also discussed: Linear A, the forerunner of Linear B, but used for a language which is still unknown, and a Cypriot script borrowed from Linear A and equally enigmatic. Many interpretations have been put forward but until more tablets are discovered their mystery will remain unsolved.

Cicero XI, (LCL 158) tr. by N. H. Watts. Contains the Pro Archia, Post Reditum in Senatu, Post Reditum Ad Quirites, De Domo Sua, De Haruspicum Responsis and Pro Plancio. Cicero (Marcus Tullius, 106-43 BC), Roman lawyer, orator, politician and philosopher, of whom we know more than of any other Roman, lived through the stirring era which was the rise, dictatorship, and death of Julius Caesar in a tottering republic. In his political speeches especially and in his correspondence we see the excitement, tension and intrigue of politics and the part he played in the turmoil of the time. I've included this because of the De Haruspicum Responsis, which also provides information on the art of divining by the Greeks.

Cicero XX, (LCL 154) tr. by W. A. Falconer. Contains the De Senectute, De Amicitia and De Divinatione. Cicero (Marcus Tullius, 106-43 BC), Roman lawyer, orator, politician and philosopher, of whom we know more than of any other Roman, lived through the stirring era which was the rise, dictatorship, and death of Julius Caesar in a tottering republic. In his political speeches especially and in his correspondence we see the excitement, tension and intrigue of politics and the part he played in the turmoil of the time. I've included this because of the De Divinatione, which also provides considerable information on the art of divining by the Greeks, including entrail reading and by lightning.

Clinton, Kevin, Myth and Cult, The Iconography of the Eleusinian Mysteries. This is a marvelous work by Professor Clinton. In it he considers the Sacred Landscape, addressing the Homeric Hymn to Demeter, the Mirthless Rock, and the geography/archaeology of the cave, The Gates of Hades, itself, the Callichoron Well (Well of Beautiful Dances), and reevaluates the significance of Demeter's hymn. All of this in the Introduction. Then in three separate chapters, he addresses the Eleusinian Gods, the Myth of the Mysteries, and draws some startling conclusions. This is one of the most important books ever written on the Mysteries of Eleusis. I currently have no source for this book.

Clinton, Kevin, The Sacred Officials of the Eleusinian Mysteries. This has to be one of the most important books ever written about the Mysteries of Eleusis. It is a prosopographical account, in chronological order, of all known incumbents of each priesthood, with an emphasis on certain aspects: qualifications for a priesthood (or sacred office), manner of selection, length of incumbency, official functions and duties, rank or importance relative to other priesthoods (or sacred offices) in the cult, social position, participation in civic life and in other festivals or cults, and religious dress. Truly a remarkable work for anyone interested in the Mysteries. Professor Clinton puts names to the people conducting the ceremony.

Connolly, Peter and Hazel Dodge, The Ancient City, Life in Classical Athens & Rome. In this superbly illustrated volume, Athens and Rome, the two greatest cities of antiquity, spring to life through the masterful pen of Peter Connolly. For the first time ever, all the evidence has been painstakingly pieced together to reconstruct the architectural wonders of these mighty civilizations. By re-creating their public buildings, their temples, shops, and houses, Connolly reveals every aspect of a person's life in glorious detail, including religion, food, drama, games, and the baths.