Bibliographical Resources and Encyclopedias for Classics and Ancient Greek and Roman History

I. Guides to the Literature and General Bibliographical Works
(1) Halton, Thomas P. 1986. Classical Scholarship: An Annotated Bibliography. Kraus International, White Plains, N.Y.

(2) Jenkins, Fred W. 1996. Classical Studies: A Guide to the Reference Literature. Libraries Unlimited, Englewood, Colo.

Jenkins, Fred W. 2006. Classical Studies: A Guide to the Reference Literature (2nd edn.). Libraries Unlimited, Westport Conn. and London.

(3) Hopwood, Keith. 1995. Ancient Greece and Rome: A Bibliographical Guide. Manchester University Press, Manchester and New York.

(4) Schaps, David M. 2011. Handbook for Classical Research. Routledge, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon and New York, NY.


II. Bibliographical Abstracts, Indices and Resources
(1) L’année philologique: bibliographie critique et analytique de l’antiquité gréco-latine. Société Internationale de Bibliographie Classique, Paris. 1928–.

L’année philologique on the Internet.

(2) Tables of Contents of Journals of Interest to Classicists TOCS-IN.

(3) Gnomon Online. The Eichstätt Information System for Classical Studies.

(4) Aufstieg und Niedergang der römischen Welt Search Index.


III. General Dictionaries/Encyclopedias
(1) RE = Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen
Altertumswissenschaft

Pauly, August Friedrich von, Wissowa, Georg, Kroll, Wilhelm, Witte, Kurt and Karl Mittelhaus, Konrat Ziegler (eds.). 1893–1972. Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft. Neue Bearbeitung unter Mitwirkung zahlreicher Fachgenosen herausgegeben von Georg Wissowa. Reihe I (A–Q), 47 vols in 48. Reihe II (R–Z), 19 vols. J.B. Metzler, Stuttgart.

1903–1978. Paulys Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft. Supplement. J. B. Metzler, Stuttgart. 15 vols.

Erler, Tobias. 1997–2000. Paulys Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft. Gesamtregister. J. B. Metzler, Stuttgart. 1158 p. 2 CD ROMs.

Gartner, Hans and Albert Wunsch. 1980. Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft. Neue Bearbeitung begonnen vom Georg Wissowa fortgeführt von Wilhelm Kroll und Karl Mittelhaus, unter Mitwirkung zahlreicher Fachgenossen. Register der Nachtrage und Supplemente. Druckenmuller, Munich.

Murphy, John P. 1980. 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, Vols. I–X of the Second Series and Supplementary Vols I–XIV of Pauly-Wissowa-Kroll’s Realenzyklopädie with an Appendix Containing an Index to Suppl. vol. XV (Final) (2nd edn.). Ares, Chicago.

– the Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft (Encyclopedia of Classical Antiquity) is a huge multi-volume encyclopedia and the standard reference work for Classical studies. It is often called Pauly-Wissowa or abbreviated as RE.

The present work, which began in the 1890s under Georg Wissowa, is actually a new edition of an older work by August Friedrich von Pauly (1796–1845). A number of other editors followed Wissowa:

(1) from 1906, Wilhelm Kroll (1869–1939)
(2) Kurt Witte
(3) Karl Mittelhaus (1877–1946), and
(4) Konrat Ziegler (1884–1974).

The work is divided into 2 series: I. (A–Q) and II. (R–Z).

For more information, see here:

Paulys Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft, Wikisource.

Realencyclopädie der Classischen Altertumswissenschaft, Wikipedia

“Emerging Open Access Paulys Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft,” AWOL – The Ancient World Online, December 30, 2010.

Reference Reviews Europe Online, 1998 1/2-147, History and Area Studies.

(2) Der Neue Pauly/Brill’s New Pauly

Cancik, Hubert and Helmuth Schneider (eds.). 1996–2003. Der neue Pauly: Enzyklopädie der Antike. J.B. Metzler, Stuttgart. 16 vols.

Cancik, Hubert, Landfester, Manfred, and Helmuth Schneider (eds.). 2004–. Der neue Pauly. Supplemente. Metzler, Stuttgart.

Cancik, Hubert, Schneider, Helmuth, Landfester, Manfred and Christine F. Salazar (eds.). 2002–2006. Brill’s New Pauly: Encyclopaedia of the Ancient World. Antiquity. Brill, Leiden and Boston.

Landfester, Manfred et al. 2006–. Brill’s New Pauly. Classical Tradition: Encyclopaedia of the Ancient World. Brill, Leiden and Boston.

– this is an updated version of Der Kleine Pauly: the original (1996–2003) was in German, with an English translation called Brill’s New Pauly appearing from 2002.

(3) The Oxford Classical Dictionary, various edns.

Hammond, N. G. L. and H. H. Scullard (eds.). 1970. The Oxford Classical Dictionary (2nd. edn.). Clarendon Press, Oxford. 1176 p.

Hornblower, Simon and Antony Spawforth (eds.). 1996. The Oxford Classical Dictionary (3rd edn.). Oxford University Press, Oxford and New York. 1640 p.

Hornblower, Simon and Antony Spawforth (eds.). 2003. The Oxford Classical Dictionary (3rd rev. edn.). Oxford University Press, Oxford.

Spawforth, Antony and Esther Eidinow (eds.). 2012. The Oxford Classical Dictionary (4th edn.). Oxford University Press, Oxford. 1592 p.

– the latest and most up-to-date edition. This supercedes earlier editions.

(4) The Oxford Companion to Classical Literature, various edns.

Harvey, Paul (ed.). 1969. The Oxford Companion to Classical Literature (1st repr. edn.). Clarendon Press, Oxford.

Howatson, M. C. 1989. The Oxford Companion to Classical Literature (2nd edn.). Oxford University Press, Oxford and New York.

Howatson, M. C. 2011. The Oxford Companion to Classical Literature (3nd edn.). Oxford University Press, Oxford and New York.

(4) Andersen, Carl et al. (eds.). 1965. Lexikon der alten Welt. Artemis Verlag, Zurich. 3524 columns.

(5) Gagarin, Michael (ed.). 2010. The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece and Rome. Oxford University Press, Oxford and New York.
This is also available online.

(6) Lemprière, John. 1984. Lemprière’s Classical Dictionary of Proper Names Mentioned in Ancient Authors Writ Large (3rd edn. by F. A. Wright). Routledge & K. Paul, London and Boston.

(7) Peck, Harry. 1962 [1896]. Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Literature and Antiquities (2nd edn.). Cooper Square Publishers, New York. 1701 p.

(8) Richardson, William F. 2004. Numbering and Measuring in the Classical World (2nd rev. edn.). Bristol Phoenix, Bristol.

(9) Shipley, Graham et al. (eds.). 2006. The Cambridge Dictionary of Classical Civilization. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
– A work derived from the The Oxford Classical Dictionary (3rd edn.).

(10) Smith, William. 1875. A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities. J. Murray, London.

Smith, William. 1901. A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities (3rd rev. and enl. edn.). J. Murray, London. 2 vols.

(11) Speake, Graham. 2000. Encyclopedia of Greece and the Hellenic Tradition. Fitzroy Dearborn, London and Chicago. 2 vols.

(12) Wilson, Nigel (ed.). 2006. Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece. Routledge, New York.

(13) Warrington, John. 1970. Everyman’s Classical Dictionary 800 BC–AD 337. J. M. Dent, London. 537p.

(14) Carlos Parada, Greek Mythology Link.

(15) Encyclopedia Mythica.


IV. BOOK REVIEWS
(1) Bryn Mawr Classical Review (BMCR).

(2) The Classical Review

(3) Gnomon: kritische Zeitschrift für die gesamte klassische Altertumswissenschaft, Weidmann, Berlin, 1925–.


IV. ATLASES
(1) Hammond, N. G. L. (ed.). 1981. Atlas of the Greek and Roman World in Antiquity. Noyes Press, Park Ridge, NJ.

(2) Morkot, Robert. 1996. The Penguin Historical Atlas of Ancient Greece. Penguin, London and New York.

(3) Talbert, Richard J. A. (ed.). 2000. Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press, Princeton.

(4) Talbert, Richard J. A. (ed.). 1988. Atlas of Classical History. Macmillan, New York.

(5) Wittke, Anne-Maria, Olshausen, Eckart, Szydlak, Richard et al. (eds.). 2010. Historical Atlas of the Ancient World. Brill, Leiden and Boston.