Classics: Ancient History
Guide to Library resources in Classics
Ancient History
Online resources
- L'Annee Philologique This link opens in a new windowstandard Classical Studies bibliographical index for research in all aspects of Ancient Greece and Rome - language and linguistics, history, literature, philosophy, art, archaeology, religion, mythology, science, papyrology, epigraphy, etc. Text of database is English. 20 simultaneous accesses
- The Cambridge Ancient HistoryA major multi volume series surveying the Graeco-Roman world, spanning prehistory to late antiquity.
- The Encyclopedia of Ancient HistoryA collection of twenty-first century scholarship on the entire ancient Mediterranean world. Over 5,000 original entries spanning the late Bronze Age through the seventh century CE. Entries extend to all Mediterranean civilizations, including the Near East and Egypt.
- New Pauly Online This link opens in a new windowA comprehensive practical encyclopaedia intended for everyday use by students and scholars of the ancient world. It comprises the English edition of Der Neue Pauly (the standard reference work of the ancient world - see below) along with supplements such as 'Chronologies of the Ancient World' and 'Historical Atlas of the Ancient World'.
- Der Neue PaulyThe original German text version of the above.
- Oxford Bibliographies Online: ClassicsProvides authoritative research guides offering expert recommendations on the best works available (books, articles, websites, etc) on a huge range of topics, each written by an eminent scholar in the field.
- The Oxford encyclopedia of ancient Greece and RomeA comprehensive overview of the major cultures of the classical Mediterranean world - Greek, Hellenistic, and Roman - from the Bronze Age to 5th Century A.D.
- Brill's New JacobyA revised edition of Die Fragmente der Griechischen Historiker, the critical edition of 856 Greek historians whose work is preserved incompletely (i.e. in fragments). It presents facing English translations of the Greek fragments, new critical commentaries, and entires about each historian’s life and works, with a select bibliography.
Subject Guide
Hilda McNae
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University of St Andrews Library, KY16 9TR
Tel: 01334 462298