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Classics 451: Cicero & His World
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Fall 2007 — Prof. Neumann
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Questions? Contact Susanna Boylston (704-894-2494).
- Reference Works
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- Biographical Sources
- Ancient Roman Writers. Ed. Ward W. Briggs. Detroit, MI: Gale, 1999. [Dictionary of Literary Biography, vol. 211]
Reference R 928.1 D554 v.211
- Biography Reference Bank. H.W. Wilson, 2003- .
Includes Greek and Latin Authors, 800 B.C. - A.D. 1000. Michael Grant. [Bronx, NY]: H.W. Wilson, 1980 (Reference R 928.8 G762g).
- Scribner Writers Series
Contains Ancient Writers: Greece and Rome. Ed. T. James Luce. 2 vols. New York: Scribner's, 1982 (Reference R 880.9 A541).
- General Works
- Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Ed. Richard J.A. Talbert. 2 vols. and atlas. Princeton, NJ: Princeton Univ. Press, 2000.
Map-by-Map Director: Reference R 912.38 B276d
Atlas: Reference Atlas Area R 912.38 B276
- Brill's New Pauly: Encyclopedia of the Ancient World. Ed. Hubert Cancik and Helmuth Schneider. Leiden: Brill, 2002- .
The New Pauly is in two parts:
- Antiquity
Reference R 913.38 P33k-T
Volumes 1-12 (A-Sar) have been published to date.
- Classical Tradition
Reference R 913.38 P33kc-T
Volumes I-III (A-Ode) have been published to date.
This is the English edition of Der Neue Pauly (1996- ; Reference R 913.38 P33k 1996), a comprehensive encyclopedia of the classical world.
- Civilization of the Ancient Mediterranean: Greece and Rome. Ed. Michael Grant and Rachel Kitzinger. 3 vols. New York: Scribner's, 1988.
Reference R 938 C582
- Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism. Detroit, MI: Gale, 1988- .
Reference R 809 C614
To locate relevant entries in this set, consult Gale's Literary Index.
- Dictionary of Bibliographic Abbreviations found in the Scholarship of Classical Studies and Related Disciplines. Jean Susorney Wellington. Westport, CT: Praeger, 2003.
Reference R 480 W452d
- Dictionary of Classical Mythology. Pierre Grimal. Trans. A.R. Maxwell-Hyslop. Oxford: Blackwell, 1986.
Reference R 292 G861d-T
- Dictionary of Roman Religion. Lesley Adkins and Roy Adkins. New York: Oxford, 1996.
Reference R 292.07 A236d
- Encyclopedia of Classical Philosophy. Ed. Donald J. Zeyl. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1997.
Reference R 180.3 E56
- Encyclopedia of the Roman Empire. Ed. Matthew Bunson. Rev. ed. New York: Facts on File, 2003.
Reference R 937.06 B942e
- Guide to the Ancient World: A Dictionary of Classical Place Names. Michael Grant. [Bronx, NY]: H.W. Wilson, 1986.
Reference R 913.8 G762g
- Handbook of Classical Mythology. William Hansen. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2004.
Reference R 292.13 H249h
- Handbook to Life in Ancient Rome. Lesley Adkins and Roy A. Adkins. New York: Facts on File, 1994.
Reference R 937 A236h
- Harper's Dictionary of Classical Literature and Antiquities. Harry Thurston Peck. New York: Cooper Square, 1962.
Reference R 913.38 P36h1
- Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Classical World. Michael Avi Yonah and Israel Shatzman. New York: Harper & Row, 1975.
Reference R 913.38 I29
- Index Verborum Ciceronis Epistularum. William Abbott Oldfather et al. Hildesheim: Olms, 1965.
Reference R 876 C568a
- Index Verborum Ciceronis Rhetorica. Kenneth Morgan Abbott et al. Urbana, IL: Univ. of Illinois Press, 1964.
Reference R 875 C568a
- Lemprière's Classical Dictionary of Proper Names Mentioned in Ancient Authors. Ed. F.A. Wright. New ed. London: Routledge, 1958.
Reference R 913.38 L56c
- Names in Roman Verse: A Lexicon and Reverse Index of all Proper Names of History, Mythology, and Geography Found in the Classical Roman Poets. Donald C. Swanson. Madison, WI: Univ. of Wisconsin Press, 1967.
Reference R 871.03 S972n
- Onomasticon to Cicero's Speeches. D.R. Shackleton Bailey. Norman, OK: Univ. of Oklahoma Press, 1988.
Reference R 875 C568b
- Oxford Classical Dictionary. Ed. Simon Hornblower and Antony Spawforth. 3rd. ed. rev. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003.
Reference R 913.38 O982 2003
- Oxford Companion to Classical Civilization. Ed. Simon Hornblower and Antony Spawforth. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998.
Reference R 938.003 O98
- Oxford Companion to Classical Literature. Ed. M.C. Howatson. 2nd ed. Oxford: Oxford Univ. Press, 1989.
Reference R 913.38 H43o2
- Perseus.
- Perseus: Interactive Sources & Studies on Ancient Greece [CD-ROM; ask at Circulation Desk]
A collection of primary and secondary sources on ancient Greece. Includes full-text, images, and references.
- Perseus Digital Library
Contains more texts and images than the CD-ROM product but sometimes has a slow response time. For faster searching, use the CD-ROM.
- Reference Guide to World Literature. Ed. Sara Pendergast and Tom Pendergast. 3rd ed. 2 vols. Detroit, MI: St. James Press, 2003.
Reference R 809 R332
- Who was Who in the Roman World, 753 BC - AD 476. Ed. Diana Bowder. Ithaca, NY: Cornell Univ. Press, 1980.
Reference R 920.037 W628
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