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There are a number of very useful reference works in the field of Classics that you will want to know about at the outset. Here is a short list of those (all or at least partially in English) that contain articles on selected topics in Greek and Roman religions, and which will also give you a bibliography of further readings. I have also included call numbers and locations in Van Pelt Library (VPL) and when helpful a brief description of the work: |
Aufstieg und Niedergang der römischen Welt; Geschichte
und Kultur Roms im Spiegel der neueren Forschung, (ANRW) Hrsg.
von Hildegard Temporini.
Publisher: Berlin, New York, De Gruyter, 1972- |
Description:
This is a very large and somewhat ungainly collection of survey articles on all sorts of topics in Classics. Unlike OCD and RE, it is not organized alphabetically and should not be consulted for short articles on any subject at all, but rather contains summaries of the ancient evidence or the modern scholarship on larger topics. Most of the articles are in German, but a good minority are in English or French. A searchable index is available online, but I have also typed out the titles of all articles in English from the Religion volumes (vv. 16-27). Consult the latter to get a sense of the sort of articles to be found here, and the former for a particular subject. Location:
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If you want a more or less complete bibliography of scholarship in Classics, consult: |
The best encyclopedia on topics in Classics is, unfortunately, only available in German, but if you can read it then it should generally be your first or second stop. It comes in two flavors, a full edition and a short one (the "Kleine Pauly"): |
For abbreviations commonly used in Classics, consult either the OCD or (for authors in Latin or Greek) the standard dictionary for the language in question: |
Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD), P.G.W. Glare, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1968, 1982. | Description:
More recent than Lewis and Short, but does not replace it. Location:
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last updated: June 27, 1999