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Librarian for Classics

W. Gerald Heverly
New York University
Bobst Library, Mezzanine
70 Washington Square South
New York, NY 10012
Office: (212) 998-2515
E-mail: wgh1@nyu.edu

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BobCat can be searched for materials in Classical Studies using a Subject Heading (LCSH) search. Generally the subject headings follow these patterns:

Latin Literature Art, Ancient
Greek poetry Art, Roman
Satire, Greek Classical antiquities
Theater--Greece Sculpture, Roman
names of individual Architecture, Greek
authors with variant spellings, e.g. Aristotle or Aristoteles Greece--Antiquities
Athens--History Roman Law
Greece--Social conditions Greece--Religion
Women--Rome Mythology, Roman
Slavery--Greece Cults--Rome
names of individual rulers, e.g. Marcus Aurelius Greece--Intellectual Life

Internet Links


Research Libraries with Strong Classics Collections

Museums and Institutions

Scholarly Resources on the Internet

  • Diotima: Materials for the Study of Women and Gender in the Ancient World
  • Duke Papyrus Archive
  • Electronic Resources for Classicists
  • Épigraphie latine
  • Etruscan Internet Resources
  • Greek Font to Unicode Converter
  • Maecenas: Images of Ancient Greece and Rome
  • Papyrology Home Page from the University of Michigan
  • Perseus Project Home Page
  • Roman Law
  • The Latin Library at Ad Fontes Academy
  • Recent Ovidian Bibliography
  • Ovid im WWW

Bibliographies


Bibliographies and Research Guides

  • Durusau, Patrick. High Places in Cyberspace. Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1996.
    Bobst REF1 Z6207.G7 D87 1996
    Computer network resources on ancient civilizations.
  • Engelmann, Wilhelm, ed. Bibliotheca Scriptorum Classicorum. 8th ed. Comprising works from 1700 to 1878. New ed. by E. Preuss. Leipzig, Germany: Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann, 1880-1882; reprint, Hildesheim, Germany: Georg Olms, 1992. 2 vols.
    Bobst REF1 Z7016 .E58 1992
    A predecessor to L'Année philologique covering works from 1700-1878. This continues the works of Fabricius and Schweiger.
  • Fabricius, Johann Albert. Ioannis Alberti Fabricii...Bibliotheca Graeca, sive, Notitia Scriptorum Veterum Graecorum Quorumque Monumenta Integra aut Fragmenta Edita Exstant tum Plerorumque e Mss. ac Deperditis ab Auctore Tertium Recognita et plurimis Locis Aucta. Editio Quarta variorum curis emendatior atque auctior curante Gottlieb Christophoro Harles; accedunt b. I. A. Fabricii et Christoph. Augusti Heumanni supplementa inedita. Hamburgi: Apud Carolum Ernestum Bohn, 1790-1809; reprint, Hildesheim, Germany: Georg Olms, 1966-1970. 12 vols.
    Bobst REF1 Z7021 .F12 1966
    A predecessor to L'Année philologique including some of the material covered by Englemann, but also works from the beginning of printing through the 1700s.
  • Fabricius, Johann Albert. Jo. Alberti Fabricii Bibliotheca Latina, sive, Notitia Auctorum Veterum Latinorum, Quorumque Scripta ad Nos Pervenerunt, Distributa in Libros IV. Supplementis, Quae Antea Sejunctim Excusa Maximo Lectorum Incommodo Legebantur, Suis Quibusque Locis nunc Primum Insertis. Venetiis: Apud Sebastianum Coleti, 1728. 2 vols.
    Bobst SpecColRef Z7026 .F33 t. 1-2
  • Gullath, Brigitte, and Heidtmann, Frank. Wie finde ich altertumswissenschaftliche Literatur: Klassische Philologie, Mittel- und Neulatein, Byzantistik, Alte Geschichte und Klassische Archäologie. Berlin: Arno Spitz, 1992.
    Bobst REF1 Z7016 .G844 1992
    This guide covers not only classical studies but also medieval Latin, Neo-Latin, and Byzantine studies.
  • Jenkins, Fred W. Classical Studies: A Guide to the Reference Literature. Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlimited, 1996.
    Bobst REF1 Z7016 .J4 1996
    A bibliographic guide to all aspects of Classical Studies with critical annotations.
  • Klussmann, Rudolf, ed. Bibliotheca Scriptorum Classicorum et Graecorum et Latinorum: Die Literatur von 1878 bis 1896 einschliesslich umfassend. Leipzig: O.R. Reisland, 1909-1913; 2 vols. in 4.
    Bobst REF1 Z7016 .E59
    A predecessor to L'Année philologique covering works from 1878-1896.
  • Lambrino, Scarlat, ed. Bibliographie de l'antiquité classique, 1896-1914. Paris: Société d'Édition "Les Belles Letters," 1951.
    Bobst REF1 Z7016 .L3
    A predecessor to L'Année philologique covering works from 1896-1914.
  • Mantello, F. A. C., and A. G. Rigg, eds. Medieval Latin: An Introduction and Bibliographic Guide. Washington, D.C.: Catholic University of America Press, 1996.
    Bobst REF1 PA2802 .M43 1996
  • Marouzeau, J. Dix années de bibliographie classique: bibliographie critique et analytique de l'antiquité greco-latine pour la period 1914-1924. Paris: Société d'Édition "Les Belles Lettres," 1927-1928. 2 vols. Washington, D.C.: Catholic University of America Press, 1996.
    Bobst REF1 Z7016 .M35
    A predecessor to L'Année philologique covering works from 1914-1924 (the year L'Année was first published).
  • Schweiger, F. L. A. Handbuch der classischen Bibliographie. Leipzig: Friedrich Fleischer, 1830-1834. 2 vols. in 3.
    Bobst REF1 Z7016 .S41
    A predecessor to L'Année philologique covering works from the beginning of printing to about 1820. Overlaps with both Fabricius and Englemann and fills in gaps between the two.

Annual Bibliographies & current periodical indexes

Dictionaries and Encylopedias


Dictionaries and Encyclopedias

  • Cotterell, Arthur, ed. The Penguin Encyclopedia of Classical Civilizations. New York: Viking, 1993.
    Bobst REF1 CB9 .P46 1993
  • Daremberg, C., and E. Saglio, eds. Dictionnaire des antiquités grecques et romaines d'après les textes et les monuments: contenant l'explication des termes qui se rapportent aux moeurs, aux institutions, à la religion, aux arts, aux sciences, au costume, au mobilier, à la guerre, à la marine, aux metiers, aux monnaies, poids et mesures, etc. et en general à la vie publique et privée des anciens. Paris: Hachette 1878-1919; repr., Graz, Austria: Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt, 1969. 5 v. in 9.
    Bobst REF1 DE5 .D3
    Unsurpassed coverage of the material culture of antiquity.
  • Hornblower, Simon, and Antony Spawforth, eds. Oxford Classical Dictionary. 3rd. ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 1996.
    Bobst REF1 DE5 .O9 1996
    The OCD is the standard general English-language reference work on the classical world.
  • Lexikon der Alten Welt. Zürich: Artemis, 1965.
    Bobst REF1 DE5 .L58
    The Artemis Lexikon covers the Ancient Near East as well as the classical world.
  • Pauly, August Friedrich von. Paulys Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft. Neue Bearbeitung unter Mitwirkung zahlreicher Fachgenossen herausgegeben von Georg Wissowa. Stuttgart, Germany: J. B. Metzler, 1894-1972. Reihe I, 47 vols. in 48; Reihe II, 19 vols.
    Bobst REF1 DE5 .P33
    This is a fundamental work for every area of classical studies.
  • Paulys Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft. Gesamtregister. Edited by Tobias Erler, et al. Stuttgart: J. B. Metzler, 1997-. Print + computer laser optical disc.
    Bobst REF1 DE5 .P335 1997 Bd. 1 Bd. 1
    This is a general index to all 83 volumes of the Pauly-Wissowa including the supplements, addenda and corrigenda. It is in two parts; the first part is an alphabetical index to all subject entries, the second a systematic subject index.
  • Paulys Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft. Supplement. Stuttgart, Germany: J. B. Metzler, 1903-1978. 16 vols.
    Bobst REF1 DE5 .P33
  • Cancik, Hubert, and Helmuth Schneider, eds. Der neue Pauly: Enzyklopädie der Antike: Altertum. Stuttgart, Germany: J. B. Metzler, 1996-.
    Bobst REF1 DE5 .P33 1996
    A multivolume work in two sections; one dealing with antiquity (A-Z), the other with reception and classical scholarship (A-Z). This work is an updated version of Paulys Realenzyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft, but also contains much newly written material, and promises to be easier to use.
  • Gärtner, Hans, and Albert Wunsch. Paulys Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft: Neue Bearbeitung begonnen von Georg Wissowa fortgeführt von Wilhelm Kroll and Karl Mittelhaus... Register der Nachträge und Supplemente. München: Alfred Druckenmüller, 1980.
    Bobst REF1 DE5 .P33 Register
  • Murphy, John P. Index to the supplements and supplementary volumes of Pauly Wissowa's RE: Index to the Nachträge and Berichtigungen in vols. I-XXIV of the first series, vol. I-X of the second series, and the supplementary vols. I-XIV of Pauly-Wissowa-Kroll's Realenzylopädie, with an appendix containing an index to suppl. vol. XV (Final). 2d ed. Chicago: Ares, 1976.
    Bobst REF1 DE5.P33 Suppl. Index
  • Ziegler, Konrat, and Walther Sontheimer. Der Kleine Pauly: Lexikon der Antike auf der Grundlage von Pauly's Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft. Stuttgart, Germany: Alfred Druckenmüller, 1964-1975. 5 vols.
    Bobst REF1 DE5 .K5
  • Speake, Graham. A Dictionary of Ancient History. Oxford, England: Blackwell, 1994.
    Bobst REF1 DE5 .D53 1994

Language Dictionaries

  • Blaise, Albert. Lexicon Latinitatis Medii Aevi: Praesertim Ad Res Ecclesiasticas Investigandas Pertines = Dictionanaire latin-français des auteurs du Moyen-Âge. Turnholti: Typographi brepols, 1975.
    Bobst REF1 PA2893 .F7 B52x
  • Du Cange, Charles Du Fresne. Glossarium Mediae et Infimae Latinatis. Graz, Austria: Akademische Druck, U. Verlagsanstalt, 1954.
    Bobst Ref1 PA2927 .D8 1954a
  • Glare, P. G. W., ed. Oxford Latin Dictionary. Oxford, England: Clarendon Press, 1996.
    Bobst REF1 PA2365.E5 .O9 1996
    Currently the standard Latin dictionary.
  • Lampe, G. W. H., ed. A Patristic Greek Lexicon. Oxford, England: Clarendon Press, 1995
    Bobst REF1 PA681 .P3 1995
  • Liddell, Henry George, and Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. 10th ed. Revised by Henry Stuart Jones with Roderick McKenzie and others. Oxford, England: Clarendon Press, 1996.
    Bobst REF1 PA445.E5 L6 1996
  • Louw, Johannes P., & Eugene A. Nida, eds. Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament Based on Semantic Domains. United Bible Societies, 1994.
    Bobst REF1 Standalone PA881 .G68 1994 CD-ROM
  • Niermeyer, Jan Frederick. Media Latinitatis Lexicon Minus: A Medieval Latin-French/English Dictionary. Leiden: Brill, 1976.
    Bobst REF1 PA2893.N4 1976
  • Sophocles, E.A. Greek Lexicon of the Roman and Byzantine Periods (from B.C. 146 to A.D. 1100). Memorial edition. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1914; repr., Hildesheim, Germany: Georg Olms, 1992.
    Bobst REF1 PA1125 .S7 1992
  • Thesaurus Linguae Graecae. Irvine, CA: Thesaurus Linguae Graecae Project, University of California, Irvine.
    Bobst Studio PA3405.T48
    The TLG is a computerized concordance to ancient Greek literature. It contains virtually all extant Greek literary texts from Homer (eight century B.C.E.) to 600 C.E. as well as the texts of many historiographical, lexicographical, and scholastic writers. No documentary texts are included.
    For purchase information, please contact the distributor of the PHI and the TLG databases, Silver Mountain, at URL: http://www.silvermnt.com.
  • Thesaurus Linguae Latinae. Editus auctoritate et consilio Academiarum Quinque Germanicarum Berolinensis, Gottingensis, Lipsiensis, Monacensis, Vindobonensis. Leipzig, Germany: B.G. Teubner, 1900-. 10 vols. Indexes in 23 vols.
    Bobst REF1 PA2361 .T38
    The TLL is the fullest source available for the study of Latin lexicography. Only volumes for A through O have appeared to date as well as supplementary volumes covering proper names. The tenth volume (letter P) is currently being worked on. The Thesaurus is intended to cover Latin in full from the beginnings to the Antonine age, with selective coverage to the seventh century C.E. An electronic version of the TLL is currently in the planning stages by "The Consortium for Latin Lexicography" at the University of California at Irvine, the same institution as the one responsible for the computerized version of the TLG.
  • Souter, Alexander. A Glossary of Later Latin to 600 A.D. Oxford, England: Clarendon Press, 1949.
    Bobst REF1 PA2356 .S8
  • Woodhouse, S.C. English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language. 2d ed. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1987.
    Bobst REF1 PA445 .E5 W6 1987

Biographical Sources


  • Bowder, Diana, ed. Who Was Who in the Greek World, 776 B.C.-30 B.C. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1982.
    Bobst REF1 DF208 .W48 1982b
  • Bowder, Diana, ed. Who Was Who in the Roman World: 753 B.C.-A.D. 476. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1984.
    Bobst REF1 DG203 .W46 1984
  • Briggs, Ward W., Jr., ed. Biographical Dictionary of North American Classicists. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1994.
    Bobst REF1 PA83 .B53 1994
  • Briggs, Ward W., Jr., and William M. Calder III, eds. Classical Scholarship: A Biographical Encyclopedia. New York: Garland, 1990.
    Bobst REF1 PA83 .C58 1990
  • Grant, Michael. Greek and Latin Authors: 800 B.C.-A.D 1000. Bronx, NY: H.W. Wilson, 1980.
    Bobst REF1 PA31 .G7
  • Grant, Michael. The Roman Emperors: A Biographical Guide to the Rulers of Imperial Rome, 31 B.C.-A.D. 476. New York: Scribner's, 1985.
    Bobst REF1 DG274 .G73 1985b
  • Luce, T. James, ed. Ancient Writers: Greece and Rome. New York: Scribner's, 1982. 2 vols.
    Bobst REF1 PA3002 .A5 1982
  • Radice, Betty. Who's Who in the Ancient World : A Handbook to the Survivors of Greek and Roman Classics. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1973.
    Bobst REF1 DE7 .R33 1973

Geographical Sources and Atlases


Geographical Sources

  • Cary, M. The Geographic Background of Greek & Roman History. Oxford, England: Clarendon Press, 1949; (repr., Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1981).
    Bobst DE29 .C35
  • Grant, Michael. A Guide to the Ancient World: A Dictionary of Classical Place Names. Bronx, NY: H.W. Wilson, 1986.
    Bobst REF1 DE25 .G72 1986
  • Richardson, L., Jr. A New Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome. Baltimore, MD: John Hopkins University Press, 1992.
    Bobst REF1 DG68 .R5 1992
  • Talbert, Richard J.A., ed. Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2000.
    Bobst REF1 Atlas G1033 .B3 2000

Atlases

  • Bengtson, Hermann, and Vladimir Milojcic, eds. Grosser historischer Weltatlas. Teil 1. Vorgeschichte und Altertum. 5. überarbeitete und erweiterte Auflage. München: Bayerischer Schulbuch Verlag, 1976. 1st vol.
    Bobst REF1 G1030 .B38 1976
  • Grant, Michael. Atlas of Classical History. 5th ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 1994
    Bobst REF1 G1033 .G65 1994
  • Hammond, Nicholas G.L., ed. Atlas of the Greek and Roman World in Antiquity. Park Ridge, NJ: Noyes Press, 1981.
    Bobst REF1 Atlas G1033 .A84 1981
  • Morkot, Robert. The Penguin Historical Atlas of Ancient Greece. London; New York: Penguin, 1995.
    Bobst REF1 G1033 .M67 1995
  • Talbert, Richard J. A., ed. Atlas of Classical History. New York: Macmillan, 1985; repr., London: Routledge, 1988.
    Bobst REF1 G1033 .A833 1985
  • Talbert, Richard J.A., ed. Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2000.
    Bobst REF1 Atlas G1033 .B3 2000

Journals


Review Journals

  • Bryn Mawr Classical Review. 1990-. Bryn Mawr, PA: Bryn Mawr College and University of Pennsylvania, 1990-present.
    URL: http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/bmcr/
  • The Classical World. Pittsburgh, PA: Classical Association of the Atlantic States, 1957-present.
    Bobst PA1 .C8
    Appears seven times a year; one issue is a literature review of a topic, such as Roman drama. Many of these reviews have been reprinted in book form as Classical World Bibliography.
  • Gnomon: Kritische Zeitschrift für die gesamte klassische Altertumswissenschaft. München : C. H. Bech'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1925-present.
    Bobst PA3 .G6
    Appears eight times a year; alternative issues contain a Bibliographische Beilage which lists recent books and articles in various fields of Classical Studies. Each issue features several reviews.
  • Lustrum: Internationale Forschungsberichte aus dem Bereich des Klassischen Altertums. 1956-present. Göttingen, Germany: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1957-.
    Bobst PA3 .L8

The most recent editions of The Classical World, Gnomon: Kritische Zeitschrift für die gesamte klassische Altertumswissenschaft and Lustrum: Internationale Forschungsberichte aus dem Bereich des Klassischen Altertums will be found in the Current Periodicals Room on the third floor of Bobst Library.

Core Journals

For electronic access to journals and updated coverage information, see the full listing of E-Journals at: http://library.nyu.edu/collections/find_ejournals.html.

  • American Journal of Ancient History. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University, 1976-. Semiannual.
    Bobst DE1 .A365
  • American Journal of Archaeology. Boston: Archaeological Institute of America, 1885-. Quarterly.
    Bobst CC1 .A5 and Microform
    Internet: http://www.ajaonline.org/, Current Issues
    Internet: JSTOR, Backfiles
  • American Journal of Philology. Baltimore, MD: John Hopkins University Press, 1880-. Quarterly.
    Bobst P1 .A5 and Microform
    Internet: Project Muse, Current Issues
    Internet: JSTOR, Backfiles
  • Archaeology. New York: Archaeological Institute of America, 1948-. Bimonthly.
    Bobst CC1 .A8
  • Arethusa. Baltimore, MD: John Hopkins University Press, 1968-. Semiannual.
    Bobst PA1 .A7, 1968-
    Internet: Project Muse, Current Issues
  • Arion: A Journal of Humanities and the Classics. Boston: Boston University, 1962-.
    Bobst AS36 .B6 A2
  • Classical Antiquity. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1982-. Semiannual.
    Bobst PA1 .C3, 1982-
    Internet: University of California Press, Current Issues
    Internet: ProQuest, Current Issues
  • Classical Bulletin. Wauconda, IL: Bolchazy-Carducci, 1925-. Semiannual.
    Bobst PA1 .C33
    Internet: ProQuest, Current Issues
  • Classical Journal. Charlottesville, VA: Classical Association of the Middle West and South, 1905-. Bimonthly.
    Bobst PA1 .C6 and Microform
  • Classical Outlook. Oxford, OH: American Classical League, 1923-. Quarterly.
    Bobst PA2001 .C5
  • Classical Philology. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1906-. Quarterly.
    Bobst / PA1 .C67, Current Issues
    Internet: University of Chicago Press, Current Issues
    Internet: ProQuest, Current Issues
    Internet: JSTOR, Backfiles
  • Classical World. Pittsburgh: Department of Classics, Duquesne University for the Classical Association of the Atlantic States, 1907-. Bimonthly.
    Bobst PA1 .C8
  • Greece & Rome. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press for the Classical Association, 1931-. Semiannual.
    Bobst DE1 .G7 and Microform
    Internet: Ingenga, Current Issues
    Internet: Oxford University Press, Current Issues
    Internet: JSTOR, Backfiles
  • Greek, Roman and Byzantine Studies. Durham, NC: Department of Classical Studies, Duke University, 1958-. Quarterly.
    Bobst DF10 .G7
  • Harvard Studies in Classical Philology. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1890-. Annual.
    Bobst PA25 .H3, Current Issues
    Internet: JSTOR, Backfiles
  • Hermes: Zeitschrift für klassische Philologie. Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag, 1866-. Quarterly.
    Bobst PA3 .H5
  • Hesperia. Princeton, NJ: Institute for Advanced Study for the American School of Classical Studies at Athens, 1932-.
    Bobst DF10 .H4, Current Issues
    URL: Project Muse, Current Issues
    Internet: ProQuest, Current Issues
    Internet: JSTOR, Backfiles
  • Illinois Classical Studies. Atlanta, GA: Scholars Press, 1976-. Semiannual.
    Bobst PA1 .I43
  • The Journal of Hellenic Studies. London: Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies, 1880-. Annual.
    Bobst DF10 .J8, Current Issues
    Internet: JSTOR, Backfiles
  • The Journal of Roman Studies. London: Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies, 1911-. Annual.
    Bobst DG11 .J7, Current Issues
    Internet: JSTOR, Backfiles
  • Latomus: revue d'études latines. Tournai, Belgium: Societé d'études Latines de Bruxelles, 1937-. Quarterly.
    Bobst PA2002 .L3, 1938-
  • Phoenix. Toronto: Classical Association of Canada, 1946-. Quarterly.
    Bobst PA1 .P48, 1984-1987, 1989-
    Internet: ProQuest, Current Issues (Delayed)
    Internet: JSTOR, Backfiles
  • Phronesis: A Journal for Ancient Philosophy. Assen, the Netherlands: Van Gorcum, 1955-. Triannual.
    Bobst B1 .P59
    Internet: Ingenta, Current Issues
    Internet: Springer, Current Issues
  • Yale Classical Studies. New York: Cambridge University Press for the Department of Classical Studies, Yale University, 1928-. Irregular.
    Bobst PA25 .Y18

Subject-Specific Resources


Art and Archaeology

  • Boardman, John, ed. The Oxford History of Classical Art. New York: Oxford University Press, 1993.
    Bobst REF1 N5610 .O84 1993
  • Cristofani, Mauro, ed. Dizionario della civiltà etrusca. Firenze: Giunti Martello, 1985.
    Bobst REF1 DG223.3 .D59 1985
  • Pedley, John Griffiths. Greek Art and Archaeology. New York : Harry N. Abrams, 1993.
    Bobst DF130 .P44 1992
    Covers art and architecture from the Bronze Age through the Hellenistic period.
  • Richter, Gisela M.A. A Handbook of Greek Art. 9th ed. New York : Da Capo, 1987.
    Bobst N5630 .R49 1987
    Richter covers all aspects of Greek art from 1100 B.C.E. to 100 C.E.
  • Sherrat, Andrew, ed. The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Archaeology. New York: Crown Publishers/Cambridge University Press, 1980.
    Bobst REF1 CC165.C3 1980
  • Thomson, Nancy de Grummond. An Encyclopedia of the History of Classical Archaeology. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1996. 2 vols.
    Bobst REF1 DE5 .E5 1996

Epigraphy

  • Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum. Editio altera. Berolini: G. Reimerum, 1893-1955.
    Bobst Microform MF588 Non-Circulating
    Finding Aid
  • Gordon, Arthur E. Illustrated Introduction to Latin Epigraphy. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1983.
    Bobst CN510 .G63 1983
  • Keppie, Lawrence. Understanding Roman Inscriptions. Baltimore, MD: John Hopkins University Press, 1991.
    Bobst CN510 .K46 1991
  • Woodhead, A. Geoffrey. The Study of Greek Inscriptions. 2d ed. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1981; (repr., Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992).
    Bobst CN350 .W65 1981
    This is the standard introduction to the field for readers in English. Provides a guide to the major corpora of published Greek inscriptions.

History

  • Boardman, John, Jasper Griffin, and Oswyn Murray, eds. The Oxford History of the Classical World. New York: Oxford University Press, 1986.
    Bobst REF1 DE59 .O94 1986
  • Boardman, John, Jasper Griffin, and Oswyn Murray, eds. The Oxford History of Greece and the Hellenistic World. New York : Oxford University Press, 1991.
    Bobst DF214 .O94 1991
  • Boardman, John, Jasper Griffin, and Oswyn Murray, eds. The Oxford History of the Roman World. New York: Oxford University Press, 1991.
    Bobst DG231 .O94 1991
  • Bunson, Matthew. Encyclopedia of the Roman Empire. New York: Facts on File, 2002.
    Bobst REF1 DG270 .B86 2002
  • Cambridge Ancient History. 1st-3rd eds. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1923-. 12 vols. Vol. 1, pt. 1-2, vol. 2, pt. 1-2, vol. 3, pt. 1-3, vol. 7, pt. 1-2. Plates to vols. 1-4, 7, pt.1.
    Bobst REF1 D57 .C17 and REF1 D57 .C252
    CAH is the most comprehensive survey of ancient history available. It covers the prehistoric Mediterranean era (Mesopotamia, Egypt, the Minoan and Mycenaean periods to 324 C.E. when Constantine the Great became sole ruler of the Roman empire).

History of

  • Calder, William M., III, and Daniel J. Kramer. An Introductory Bibliography to the History of Classical Scholarship Chiefly in the XIXth and XXth Centuries. Hildesheim, Germany: Georg Olms, 1992.
    Bobst REF1 Z7016 .C35 1992
  • Pfeiffer, Rudolf. History of Classical Scholarship from the Beginnings to the End of the Hellenistic Age. Oxford, England: Clarendon Press, 1968.
    Bobst AZ301 .P4
  • Pfeiffer, Rudolf. History of Classical Scholarship from 1300 to 1850. Oxford, England: Clarendon Press, 1976.
    Bobst AZ301 .P41x
  • Sandys, John Edwin. A History of Classical Scholarship. Cambridge, England: University Press, 1908-1921; repr., New York: Hafner, 1964. 3 vols.
    Bobst REF1 PA51 .S2
    The standard work on the history of classical scholarship covering the field from the sixth century B.C.E. to the end of the nineteenth century.

Literature

  • Berkowitz, Luci, and Karl A. Squitier. Thesaurus Linguae Graecae Canon of Greek Authors and Works. 3d ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 1990.
    Bobst REF1 Z7021 .B47 1990
    This work lists the source editions for each Greek author and work included in the TLG database. The Canon covers more than 3,000 Greek authors and more than 9,000 individual works. In most cases, what is considered the best available critical edition is cited.
  • Briggs, Ward W. Ancient Greek Authors. Detroit, MI: Gale Research, 1997 (Series: Dictionary of Literary Biography).
    Bobst REF1 PA3064 .A63 1997
  • Cambridge History of Classical Literature. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1982, 1985.
    Greek Literature Bobst REF1 PA3052 .G73 1985
    Latin Literature Bobst REF1 PA6003 .L3 1982
  • Conte, Gian Biagio. Latin Literature: A History. Translated by Joseph B. Solodow. Revised by Don Fowler and Glenn W. Most. Baltimore, MD: John Hopkins University Press, 1994.
    Bobst REF1 PA6008 .C6613 1994
  • Dihle, Albrecht. Greek and Latin Literature of the Roman Empire: From Augustus to Justinian. Translated by Manfred Malzahn. London; New York: Routledge, 1994.
    Bobst PA3057 .D513 1994
  • Dihle, Albrecht. A History of Greek Literature: From Homer to the Hellenistic Period. Translated by Clare Krojzl. London; New York: Routledge, 1994.
    Bobst REF1 PA3057 .D513 1994
  • Forman, Robert. Classical Greek and Roman Drama: An Annotated Bibliography. Pasadena, CA; Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Salem Press, 1989 (Magill Bibliographies).
    Bobst REF1 Z7018 .D7 F67 1989
  • Howatson, M.C. The Oxford Companion to Classical Literature. 2nd ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 1990.
    Bobst REF1 PA31 .H69 1990
    Entries cover persons (authors and historical figures), literary and mythological characters and individual literary works.
  • Packard Humanities Institute. PHI CD-ROM #5.3 and #7.
    Bobst Studio PA6105 .P55 1991 and CN360 .P552 1996
    The PHI CD-ROM #5.3 includes the full text of more than 350 Roman authors; virtually all Latin literature through the end of the second century C.E. is covered. The PHI CD-ROM #7 is a database of Greek and Latin inscriptions and papyri. A selection of Coptic texts is also provided. For purchase information, please contact the distributor of the PHI and the TLG databases, Silver Mountain, at URL: http://www.silvermnt.com.
  • Thesaurus Linguae Graecae (TLG). Irvine, CA: Thesaurus Linguae Graecae Project, University of California, Irvine.
    Bobst Studio PA3405 .T48 1992
    The TLG is a computerized concordance to ancient Greek literature. It virtually all extant Greek literary texts from Homer (eight century B.C.E.) to 600 C.E. as well as the texts of many historiographical, lexicographical, and scholastic writers. No documentary texts are included. For purchase information, please contact the distributor of the PHI and the TLG databases, Silver Mountain, at URL: http://www.silvermnt.com.
  • Vergil Reference CD-ROM: Electronic Reference for Vergil Studies and Humanities Research.
    Bobst Studio PA6825 .V465 1997
    A concordance including primary and secondary sources for the study of Vergil.

Mythology

  • The Chiron Dictionary of Greek and Roman Mythology. Translated by Elizabeth Burr. Wilmette, IL: Chiron, 1994.
    Bobst REF1 BL715 .H4713 1994
  • Grant, Michael, and John Hazel. Who's Who in Classical Mythology. London: Weidenfeld and Nicholson, 1973.
    Bobst REF1 BL715 .G68 1993
  • Grimal, Pierre. Dictionnaire de la mythologie grecque et romaine. The Dictionary of Classical Mythology. Translated by A. R. Maxwell-Hyslop. Oxford; New York: Blackwell, 1996.
    Bobst REF1 BL715 .G713 1996
  • Lexicon Iconographicum Mythologiae Classicae (LIMC). Zürich: Artemis, 1981-. 7 vols.; 14 parts.
    Bobst REF1 N7760 .L49 1981
    This multivolume set "is designed to give account of the present state of knowledge about the iconography of Greek, Etruscan, and Roman mythology from after the Mycenaean period to the beginning of the early Christian." Each volume is issued in two parts, one of text, the other of plates. It is the most comprehensive source of information about the depiction of classical myths in ancient art.
  • Mayerson, Philip. Classical Mythology in Literature, Art, and Music. Glenview, IL; Dallas, TX, et al.: Scott, Foresman and Company, 1971; reprint 1984.
    Bobst REF1 NX650.M9 M38 1984
  • Reid, Jane Davidson. The Oxford Guide to Classical Mythology in the Arts, 1300-1990's. New York: Oxford University Press, 1993. 2 vols.
    Bobst REF1 NX650.M9 R45 1993
  • Rochelle, Mercedes. Mythological and Classical World Art Index: A Locator of Paintings, Sculptures, Frescoes, Manuscript Illuminations, Sketches, Woodcuts, and Engravings Executed 1200 B.C. to A.D. 1900 with a Directory of the Institutions Holding Them. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 1991.
    Bobst N7760 .R63 1991

Palaeography

  • Bischoff, Bernhard. Latin Palaeography: Antiquity and the Middle Ages. Translated by Dáibhí O Cróinin and David Ganz. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1990.
    Bobst Z114 .B5713 1990
    The most current work on Latin palaeography.
  • Thompson, Edward Maunde. A Handbook of Greek and Latin Palaeography. 3rd. Ed. London: K. Paul, Trench, Trubner, 1906; repr., Chicago: Ares, 1980.
    Bobst REF1 Z114 .T473 1980
  • Thompson, Edward Maunde. An Introduction to Greek and Latin Palaeography. Oxford, England: Clarendon Press, 1912 (repr., New York: Burt Franklin, 1973).
    Bobst Z114 .T472
    Still the standard manual in English on Greek palaeography.

Philosophy

  • Bell, Albert A., Jr., and James B. Allis. Resources in Ancient Philosophy: An Annotated Bibliography of Scholarship in English, 1965-1989. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1991.
    Bobst REF1 Z7125 .B39 1991
  • Goulet, Richard, ed. Dictionnaire des philosophes antiques. Paris: CNRS, 1989-.
    Bobst REF1 B112 .D52 1989
  • Guthrie, W.K.C. A History of Greek Philosophy. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1962-1981. 6 vols.
    Bobst B171 .G92
    Still the standard work in English on Greek philosophy from the Pre-Socratics to Aristotle.
  • Zeyl, Donald J. ed. Daniel T. Devereux and Phillip T. Mitsis, assoc. eds. Encyclopedia of Classical Philosophy. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1997.
    Bobst REF1 B163 .E53 1997

Women in Antiquity

  • Clark, Gillian. Women in the Ancient World. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 1989.
    Bobst HQ1127 .C53 1989
  • Kraemer, Ross S. Maenads, Martyrs, Matrons, Monastics: A Sourcebook on Women's Religions in the Graeco-Roman World. Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1988.
    Bobst REF1 BL625.7 .M34 1988
  • Lefkowitz, Mary R., and Maureen B. Fant. Women's Life in Greece & Rome: A Source Book in Translation. 3d ed. Baltimore, MD: John Hopkins University Press, 2005.
    Bobst HQ1127 .W653 2005
  • Salisbury, Joyce E. Encyclopedia of Women in the Ancient World. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2001. Bobst REF1 HQ1127 .S25 2001
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