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Fantham, Elaine and Helene Peet Foley, Natalie Boymel Kampen, Sarah B. Pomeroy, and H. Alan Shapiro, Women in the Classical World. "Spanning a thousand years of ancient history, this parth-breaking study of women in classical antiquity sets a new and long-awaited standard in the field for its range and breadth of vision, its skillful blend of texts and artistic monuments of every sort, and its remarkably intelligent presentation and commentary. The expert collaborators have shaped a volume that is informed throughout by the latest scholarship on women in Greece and Rome but makes its rich and fascinating array of material accessible to any and all readers. A monumental and enduring achievement." --Froma I. Zeitlin, Princeton University.

Farnell, Lewis Richard, MA, The Cults of the Greek States. In five volumes. Published in 1896-1909, this major work is still used extensively as the major source for information on the record left by Greek literature and monuments of the popular and public religion. Includes cult monuments and ideal types. Volume I: Cronos, Zeus, Hera and Athena. Volume II: Artemis, Hekate, Eileithyia, Aphrodite. Volume III: Demeter, Kore-Persephone, Hades-Plouton. Volume IV: Poseidon, Apollo. Volume V: Hermes, Dionysos, Hestia, Hephaistos, Ares and minor cults.

Feinstein, Ph.D. David, and Stanley Krippner, Ph.D., Personal Mythology, The Psychology of Your Evolving Self, Using Ritual, Dreams, and Imagination to Discover Your Inner Story. Each of us lives a personal mythology, an inner drama whose plot we enact over and over in our daily lives. This guiding mythology determines what we see, how we think and feel, and even what we do. yet its theme usually lies outside of our awareness and our conscious control. This practical guide to discovering one's personal mythology takes the reader on a journey of self-discovery using ritual, dreams, and imagination. Through a series of set-by-step exercises, you are shown how to examine and systematically make changes in the personal myths that underlie your life. The book leads you from uncovering the personal perspective of ancestral roots to cultivating an enlarged relationship with the mysteries of the universe.

Finley, M. I., Early Greece, The Bronze and Archaic Ages. M. I. Finley here reconstructs the 'preliterary' background to Greek civilization by an examination of recent archeological discoveries and a critical reappraisal of older archaeological evidence. He discusses the problems that dependence on such evidence poses for the historian, for, although archaeology reveals changes and even cataclysms, it rarely allows us more than a restricted view of a society under normal conditions. He points out the difficulties in reconciling the mythological 'evidence' and the archaeological, particularly in Crete and Troy, and analyzes and distinguishes the elements of historic fact and legend in the Iliad and Odyssey.

Foley, Helene P., The Hymn to Demeter, composed in the late seventh or early sixth century BC, is a key to understanding the psychological and religious world of ancient Greek women. The poem tells how Hades, lord of the underworld, abducted the goddess Persephone and how her grieving mother, Demeter, the goddess of grain, forced the gods to allow Persephone to return to her for part of each year. Helene Foley presents the Greek text and an annotated translation of the Hymn, together with selected essays by Helene Foley, Mary Louise Lord, Jean Rudhardt, Nancy Felson-Ruben and Harriet M. Deal, Marilyn Arthur Katz, and Nancy Chodorow. These essays give the reader a rich understanding of the Hymn's structure and artistry, its role in the religious life of the ancient world, and its meaning for the modern world.

Fontenrose, Joseph, The Delphic Oracle, Its Responses and Operations. "A very important work by a senior scholar known for his careful and thought-provoking scholarship. Fontenrose has been concerned with problems of the Delphic cult for over 40 years, and he presents the fruits of his labor here. He gives, as fundamental to his work, a catalog of some 535 oracular responses carefully categorized (as historical, quasi-historical, legendary, and fictional) and variously indexed. For this alone the book is destined to remain an indispensable item for all concerned, however tangentially, with the Delphic oracle for a long time to come.... The catalog is preceded by a narrative interpretation of the evidence." --Choice

Forbes, R. J., Studies in Ancient Technology, Volume VIII. This is the first of two volumes on Metallurgy in Antiquity. Its seven chapters are as follows: Ch. I, Synopsis of Early Metallurgy; Ch. II, Old Tools and new Methods; Ch. III, The Evolution of the Smith, His Social and Sacred Status; Ch. IV, Tools and Methods of Early Metallurgy; Ch. V, Gold; Ch. VI, Silver and Lead; Ch. VII, Zinc and Brass. The author states in Chapter I: "In tradition and in reality the Metal Ages play a large part. The idea of dividing the history of the world in different periods named after metals is probably of Iranian origin. ... generally the series consists of a Golden, Silver, Bronze and Iron Age from Plato's Republic onwards up to Claudianos (400 A.D.)."

Forbes, R. J., Studies in Ancient Technology, Volume IX. This is the second of two volumes on Metallurgy in Antiquity. Its three chapters are as follows: Ch. I, Copper; Ch. II, Tin and Bronze, Antimony and Arsenic; Ch. III, The Early Story of Iron. Interspersed with the text are 48 figures and 8 foldout tables.

Furley, William D., Studies in the Use of Fire in Ancient Greek Religion. The role of fire in ancient Greek religion is all-pervasive: whether in the sacrificial flame burning on a god's altar, the funeral pyre in human burial, or the torchlight which characterized nocturnal festivals and, in particular, mystery cults. It was always a medium for intercourse between the human and divine worlds. Hesiod's Prometheus myth expresses the basic dialogue most succinctly: men received fire by robbing Zeus, but Zeus receives his offering through the same fire. For this reason, fire in ancient Greek cults and myths was always auxiliary to the main purpose held by the worshippers.