Books in this section are related to Book I, Chapter 3, "The Mind of the Iliad," Book II, Chapter 5, "The Intellectual Consciousness of Greece" in The Origin of Consciousness and the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind.
The Greeks and the Irrational
E. R. Dodds, University of Chicago Press, 1951/1983.
"An erudite, readable, and uncommonly interesting book." — Scientific American
Cited by Jaynes on pgs. 71, 162, 322, 330, 335, 344, 405.
The Discovery of the Mind In Greek Philosophy and Literature
Bruno Snell, Dover Publications, 1982.
"German classicist's monumental study of the origins of European thought in Greek literature and philosophy. Brilliant, widely influential."
Cited by Jaynes on p. 71.
A Companion to the Iliad
Walter Leaf, London: Macmillan, 1892.
Cited by Jaynes on pgs. 81, 270.
In and Out of the Mind: Greek ../images of the Tragic Self
Ruth Padel, Princeton University Press, 1992.
While Padel disagrees with Jaynes on some minor points, overall her discussion of the mentality of 5th century B.C. Athenians can be seen as supportive of his theory. Dissertation writing style.
The Sound of Greek
W.B. Stanford, Berkeley: University of California Press, 1967.
Cited by Jaynes on p. 364.
Documents in Mycenaean Greek
M.C.F. Ventris and J. Chadwick, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1973.
Cited by Jaynes on p. 80.
