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2   Bibliographies

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2.1 Introductory Bibliography

If you know nothing about the classics, some recommended books are listed here.
They assume no knowledge, and will give you a sound grasp in the basics.

%T The Oxford Classical Dictionary
%A (ed.) H.H. Scullard
%D 1970
%Z This gives solid (if unimaginative) articles on all major authors
%Z and subjects in Greek and Latin, usually with good bibliographies
%Z as well.

%T L'Annee Philologique
%Z THE bibliography of the classics -- it's not on computer yet, but
%Z give them time.

%T The Sound of Greek
%A W. B. Stanford

%T The Pronunciation and Reading of Ancient Greek: A Practical Guide
%A Stephen G. Daitz

%T Vox Graeca 3rd ed.
%A W. Sidney Allen
%I Cambridge University Press
%D 1987

%T Vox Latina 2nd ed.
%A W. Sidney Allen
%I Cambridge University Press
%D 1978

%T Pelican history of Greek literature
%A Peter Levi
%I Pelican

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2.2 Advanced Bibliography

If, having completed a preliminary reading in the subject, you decide you enjoy
classics, here are books to give you more knowledge.

%A Reynolds, L. D.
%A Wilson, N. G.
%T Scribes and Scholars 3rd ed.
%I Oxford University Press
%D 1991

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2.3 Specialised Bibliography

If you decide you are only interested in a narrow field of classics, here are
books that will extend your knowledge in one subject.

%T The Legacy of Rome: A New Appraisal
%A ed. Richard Jenkyns
%I Oxford University Press
%D 1992

%T The Legacy of Greece: A New Appraisal
%A ed. M. I. Finley
%I Oxford University Press
%D 1984
%Z Both these are excellent, and each article has suggestions for
%Z further reading.

%T L'Annee Philologique
%A Marouzeau

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2.4 Introductory Latin

For the reader with little or no knowledge of Latin.

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2.4.1 Classical

%A Balme, Maurice.
%A Morwood, James
%T Oxford Latin course.  (3 vols. + teacher's handbook)
%I Oxford ; New York: Oxford University Press
%D 1987-1988.

%T Cambridge Latin course.  2nd ed
%I Cambridge  ; New York: Cambridge University Press
   for the Schools Council,
%D 1982.

%A Goldman, Norma
%T Latin via Ovid: a first course.
%I Detroit: Wayne State University Press
%D 1977.

%A Griffin, Robin M
%T A student's Latin grammar.
%I North American 3rd ed. Cambridge  ; New York: Cambridge University Press
%D 1992.

%A Jenney, Charles.
%T First year Latin.
%I Boston: Allyn and Bacon
%D <1975>

%A Jenney, Charles
%T Second year Latin.  Boston: Allyn and Bacon
%D <1975>

%A Johnston, Patricia A
%T Traditio: an introduction to the Latin language and its influence.
%I New York: Macmillan
%D c1988.

%A Jones, Peter V
%T Reading Latin.
%I Cambridge ; New York: Cambridge University Press
%D 1986.

%A Knudsvig, Glenn M
%T Latin for reading: a beginner's textbook with exercises
%I Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press
%D c1982.

%A Lawall, Gilbert
%A Tafe, David
%T Ecce Romani.
%I White Plains, NY: Longman, Inc.

%A Moreland, Floyd L.
%A Fleisher, Rita M.
%T Latin: an intensive course.
%I  Berkeley: University of California Press
%D c1977.

%A Sinkovich, Kathryn A.
%T Intermediate college Latin.
%I Lanham, MD: University Press of America
%D c1984.

%A Wheelock, Frederic M. (revised by R. La Fleur)
%T Latin: An Introductory Course Based on Ancient Authors.
%I 5th Edition.  New York: Barnes & Noble
%D 1995.

%A Lewis, Charlton T.
%T Elementary Latin Dictionary
%I Oxford University Press
%D 1891/1989

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2.4.2 Medieval

%A Beeson, Charles Henry
%T A primer of Mediaeval Latin; an anthology of prose and poetry.
%I Chicago, Scott, Foresman and Company
%D 

%A Collins, John F.
%T A primer of ecclesiastical Latin.
%I Washington, D.C.: Catholic University of America Press
%D c1985.

%A Strecker, Karl
%T Introduction to medieval Latin.
%I 5. unveranderte Aufl.  Dublin: Weidmann,
%D 

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2.4.3 Specialised

%A Baranov, A.
%T Basic Latin for plant taxonomists.
%I Lehre, J. Cramer,
%D 1971 

%A Gooder, Eileen A.
%T Latin for local history: an introduction.  2d ed.
%I London ; New York: Longman,
%D 1978.

%A Howe, George
%T Latin for pharmacists.
%I Philadelphia, P. Blakiston's son & co.
%D 

%A Stearn, William T.
%T Botanical Latin: history, grammar, syntax, terminology, and vocabulary.
%A 3rd ed., rev.  Newton Abbot, Devon ;
%I North Pomfret, Vt.: David & Charles,
%D 1983.

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2.5 Advanced Latin

For the reader with several years study of Latin, or a need for a good
reference grammar.

%A Hale, W. G.
%A Buck, Carl Darling
%T Latin Grammar
%I Loyola Press, ISBN 0817303502
%D 1966

%A Allen, J.H.
%A Greenough, J.B.
%T Allen and Greenough's New Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges
%I Aristide d Caratzas, ISBN 0892410019
%D 1975

%A Gildersleeve, Basil L.
%A Lodge, Gonzalez
%T Latin Grammar
%I Nelson/St. Martin's Press
%D 1992

%A Gildersleeve, Basil L.
%A Lodge, Gonzalez
%T Gildersleeve's Latin Grammar
%I Bolchazy Carducci, ISBN 0865163537
%D 1997 (to be published)

%A Leumann, Manu
%T Lateinische Laut- und Formenlehre
%I C.H. Beck
%D 1953

%A Woodcock, E. C.
%T A New Latin Syntax
%I Bristol Classical Press/Bolchazy-Carducci
%D 1959/1987

%A Adams, J. N.
%T Latin Sexual Vocabulary
%I Johns Hopkins
%D 1982

%A Mountford, Bradley, Arnold
%T Bradley's Arnold: Latin Prose Composition
%I Caratzas
%D 1992


2.5.1  Mediaeval Latin epigraphy

Mediaeval Latin palaeography is a science in itself: i.e. it's more than just
a scientific tool. The standard introduction is BISCHOFF's *Paldographie des
rvmischen Altertums und des abendldndischen Mittelalters*, of which there is
an English translation:

Bernhard Bischoff, *Latin palaeography: antiquity and the middle ages*,
Cambridge [etc.]: Cambridge University Press, 1990.

%A Bischoff, Bernhard
%T *Latin palaeography: antiquity and the middle ages*
%I Cambridge University Press
%D 1990

The standard practical handbook (in many editions -- the following Italian
one is only an exemple) is

Adriano CAPPELLI, *Lexicon abbreviaturarum: Dizionario di abbreviature latine
ed italiane*, sesta edizione (anastatica), Milano: Ulrico Hoepli, 1961.

%A Cappelli, Adriano
%T *Lexicon abbreviaturarum: Dizionario di abbreviature latine ed italiane*
%I Ulrico Hoepli
%D 1961

Cappelli's lexicon is supplemented by

Auguste PELZER, *Abriviations latines midiivales. Suppliment au Dizionario
[...] de Adriano Cappelli*, deuxihme idition, Louvain (Publications
universitaires) / Paris (Biatrice-Nauwelaerts) 1966.

%A Pelzer, Auguste
%T Abriviations latines midiivales. Suppliment au Dizionario [...] de Adriano
   Cappelli
%I Louvain (Publications universitaires) / Paris (Biatrice-Nauwelaerts)
%D 1966

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2.6 Introductory Greek

For the reader with little or no knowledge of Greek.

%A Lawall, Gilbert
%A Balme, Maurice
%T Athenaze (2 vols. + 2 teacher's handbooks)
%I Oxford Univ Press, ISBN 0195056213
%D 1990

%A Hansen, Hardy
%A Quinn, Gerald M.
%T Greek: Intensive Course (2 vols.)
%I Fordham University Press
%D 1992

%A Mastronarde, Donald A.
%T Introduction to Attic Greek
%I University of California Press
%D 1993

%A Pharr, Clyde
%T Homeric Greek: A Book for Beginners
%I Univ of Oklahoma Press
%D 1986

%A Schoder, Raymond V. & Horrigan, Vincent C.
%T A Reading Course in Homeric Greek (Books I & II)
%I Loyola University Press, ISBN 0-8294-0509-7
%D 1985.

%A Autenrieth, Georg
%T Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges
%I Univ of Oklahoma Press
%D 1982

%A Cunliffe, Richard J.
%T Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect
%I Univ of Oklahoma Press
%D 1977

%A Monro, David B.
%T A Grammar of the Homeric Dialect
%I William H Allen Bookseller
%D 1993

%A Goodspeed, William B.
%A Owen, Edgar J.
%T Homeric Vocabularies: Greek and English Word List for the Study of Homer
%I Univ of Oklahoma Press
%D 1979

%A Liddell, Henry George, & Scott, Robert
%T A Greek-English lexicon
%I Clarendon Press
%D 1961

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2.7 Advanced Greek

For the reader with several years study of Greek.

%A Schwyzer, Eduard
%T Griechische Grammatik (4 vols.)
%I C.H. Beck
%D 1953

%A Rix, Helmut
%T Historische Grammatik des Griechischen
%I Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft Darmstadt
%D 1976

%A Buck, Carl Darling
%T The Greek Dialects
%I University of Chicago Press
%D 1955

%A Smyth, Herbert Weir
%T Greek Grammar
%I Harvard
%D 1920/1956 (still in print)

%A Woodhouse, S. C.
%T English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language
%I Routledge & Kegan Paul
%D 1910/1985

%A Devine, A. M.
%A Stephens, Laurence D.
%T Prosody of Greek Speech
%I Oxford University Press
%D 1994

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2.8 Linguistics for Classicists

%A Buck, Carl Darling
%T Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin
%I University of Chicago Press, ISBN 0226079317
%D 1933

%A Sihler, Andrew
%T New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin
%I Oxford University Press
%D 1995

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3   Mythological Deities

Never been able to sort out Athena from Venus and remaining
perpetually confused about Mercury's role in life?  Look no further.

%A Kravitz, David
%T Who's who in Greek and Roman mythology.
%I New York: C. N. Potter: distributed by Crown Publishers,
%D <1976> c1975.

%A Mercatante, Anthony S.
%T Who's who in Egyptian mythology.
%I New York: C. N. Potter: distributed by Crown Publishers,
%D c1978.

%A Morford, Mark P. O., and Lenardon, R.
%T Classical mythology.  4th ed.
%I New York: Longman,
%D c1991.

%A Powell, B.
%T Classical myth
%I Prentice Hall
%D 1995

%A Reid, J.D.
%T The Oxford guide to classical mythology in the arts 1300-1990's
%I Oxford: Oxford University Press (2 vols)
%D 1993

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4   Timeline

GREECE: Bronze Age            3000-1100 BCE
        Fall of Troy         ~1200
        Archaic Period        1100-480
        Xerxes' invasion      482
        Classical Period      480-323
        Peloponnesian War     466-404
        Alexander dies        323
        Hellenistic Period    323-146
        Roman Period          146 BCE - 565 CE
        Byzantine Period      565 - 1453 CE

ROME:   Regal Period          753-510 BCE
        Republic              509-31
        Empire                31 BCE -
        Golden Age            1st century BCE - early 1st century CE
        Silver Age            Late 1st Cent CE - 2nd cent CE
        "End" of Empire       476 CE

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5   Glossary

Providing endless fodder for flamewars, here are some simple definitions of
terms you will meet in classics.

hapax legomenon (Gk., "said once") - a word or idiom attested (i.e., found in
the body of known works) only once

crasis (Gk., "mixing") - the blending of two adjacent vowels, as when a final
vowel merges with the leading vowel of the following word.  E.g., "to onoma"
(Gk., "the name") sometimes becomes "tounoma" (since o + o = ou in Attic).

asper (L., "harsh") - the rough-breathing mark in Greek, indicating (under the
Erasmian system of pronunciation) a leading "h" sound on a word beginning with
a vowel.  Cf. *lenitus.

lenitus (L., "relaxed") - the soft-breathing mark in Greek, indicating the
absence of an "h" sound before a leading vowel.  Cf. *asper.

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6   Computer Readable Materials

There are several institutions that offer electronic versions of classics works
and texts.  They have varying quality and varying restrictions on their use.
Those known of are listed here.

Freely redistributable versions of various Latin texts, including all of
Vergil, Catullus, and Tibullus, and selections from Cicero, Caesar, Horace, and
others, are available from the Project Libellus archive at the University of
Washington, Seattle.  These can be had, in TeX form, by anonymous FTP from host
ftp.u.washington.edu, directory /public/libellus/texts; some commentaries and
other support files (including a TeX-to-ASCII converter for the texts) are
contained in the other subdirectories of /public/libellus.  These texts and
support files are also available, in a variety of formats (TeX, ASCII, RTF,
PostScript) through an experimental E-mail server, for those who do not have
Internet access; for more information about this service, send mail to
libellus@u.washington.edu with "help" in the message body.  Send comments,
questions, etc. to perseant@u.washington.edu.

The Georgetown Catalogue Project for Electronic Texts have a directory of
electronic text projects in the humanities.  The catalogues are available by
language and subject, and are available for anonymous FTP from
guvax.georgetown.edu:cpet_projects_in_electronic_text.

The Library at Dartmouth have a huge database containing and concerning "La
Commedia".  To use it, telnet to
	library.dartmouth.edu
and type
	connect dante

Lectures by Robert Hollander on Dante are available for anonymous FTP in
ccat.sas.upenn.edu:/pub/recentiores named BARLOW.README, BARLOW.1, BARLOW.2 and
BARLOW.3.

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6.1 Oxford Text Archive

The Oxford Text Archive provides texts with restrictions on redistribution,
usually for cost of copying and shipping.  The texts are of varying quality.
The following is taken from their informational blurb:

	Further details are given in the published Short List
	(which includes an order form) which is printed at least
	once a year. Write to:

	Oxford Text Archive
	Oxford University Computing Service
	13 Banbury Road, Oxford OX2 6NN, UK

	ARCHIVE@VAX.OX.AC.UK

	or FTP to black.ox.ac.uk:/ota

They have recently been able to make available some public-domain texts for
FTP.

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7  Radio Programming

Currently there are two major shortwave services that provide Latin
programming.  They are:

Vatican Radio (daily programming, mostly of a religious nature)
Radio Finland (weekly world news reports)

Times and frequencies are likely to change, so are not included in this FAQ.
Schedule information may be obtained from the following:

World Radio and Television Handbook (WRTH)
(1993 Edition, ISBN #0-8230-5924-3)
Billboard Publications
1515 Broadway
New York, NY 10036
USA

Usenet newsgroup rec.radio.shortwave and the shortwave FTP archives at
nic.funet.fi under /pub/dx.

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8  Bookstores for Classicists

The following is a list of bookstores known to carry works in Latin and/or
Greek.  It is a work in progress.  Readers of this group are encouraged to
send additional contributions to the classics-faq mailing list; postings to
the humanities.classics newsgroup will be harvested when possible.

The following contributions are courtesy Mr. Richard Schulman.

   Labyrinth Books
   536 W. 112 (1/2 block east of Broadway)
   Manhattan, New York, NY
   212-865-1588
   (Has many different texts, commentaries, and reference works. This is
   the best source by far in the greater NY area.)

   Barnes & Noble
   Broadway & 82nd
   Manhattan, New York, NY
   (Loeb series)

   Barnes & Noble
   91 Old Country Rd.
   Carle Place, Long Island, NY
   (Loeb series)

   Harvard University Press
   800-448-2242
   (for mail orders of the Loeb)

   Cambridge University Press
   800-431-1580 or 800-872-7423
   (for that press's publications)

   Oxford University Press Customer Service
   800-451-7556
   (for mail orders of that press's publications)

Rich Alderson notes the following in addition:

   Barnes & Noble
   University Village
   Seattle, WA
   (Loeb series)

   Borders Books & Records
   Redmond Town Center
   Redmond, WA
   (Loeb series, some Oxford Classical Texts--all in the Ancient History area)

   Stanford University Bookstore
   Stanford University
   Palo Alto, CA
   (Loeb, Oxford, Cambridge; Bibles; very large section of university-style
   translations)

Steve Austin adds:

   There are at least two sources for Latin and Greek texts and associated
   materials which I have found very valuable -

   Schoenhof's Foreign Books
   76A Mount Auburn Street,
   Cambridge, MA 02138
   Phone: 617-547-8855 Fax: 617-547-8551

   Email: info@schoenhofs.com
   http://www.schoenhofs.com

   and

   Bolchazy-Carducci Publisher's, Inc
   1000 Brown Street, Wauconda,
   Illinois 60084 USA
   Phone: 847-526-4344; Fax: 847-526-2867

   Email: orders@bolchazy.com.
   http://www.bolchazy.com

   Both have excellent websites with searching facilities and online
   ordering. The staff at both locations are very knowledgable and helpful.

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9  On-Line Resources for Classicists (Steve Austin)

   We often see posts inquiring about Latin or Greek study groups and mailing
   lists on the internet. This is not covered yet in the FAQ. I am aware of two
   lists maintained by the Univ. of Colorado.

   The Latin list presently has at least 7 active groups at different stages
   of proficiency, and provides considerable moral and linguistic support to
   those studying on their own. I can strongly recommend this list to an
   The Greek list has a lower level of activity, but there are two
   functioning groups - one studying the JACT Reading Greek series, and the
   other working on Pharr's Homeric Greek.

   a. Latin
   Postings go to: latin@lists.colorado.edu
   To subscribe: email to listproc@lists.colorado.edu with
     subscribe latin 
   in the body.

   b. Greek
   Postings go to: greek@lists.colorado.edu
   To subscribe:  email to listproc@lists.colorado.edu with
     subscribe greek 
   in the body

   I believe there are other mailing lists, but I have no personal experience
   of these.

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10 Secondary School Programs in Greek (Richard A. Schulman)

    Based on information from: Daniel Roe, D. Barrington, Edwin Menes,
    Richard Schulman

    GREEK PROGRAMS IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS (PARTIAL LIST), ALPHABETICALLY BY
    STATE OR COUNTRY

    Key: (*) indicates a free public school. "Levels" is probably synonymous
    with "years", but this could not be determined for certain on the basis of
    the information sources available for this report.

    California
        Crossroads School for Arts and Sciences, Santa Monica

    Connecticut
        Hotchkiss School, Lakeville: 4 years

    Germany
        Schule Schloss Salem, Salem

    Illinois
        St. Ignatius College Prep, Chicago: full program
        Loyola Academy, Chicago: full program

    Indiana
        Howe Military School, Howe: may just have introductory level
        Park Tudor School, Indianapolis: one elective only?

    Louisiana
        Jesuit High School, New Orleans

    Maine
        Messalonskee High School, Oakland: Homeric Greek (*)

    Massachusetts
        Amherst Regional High School, Amherst: 3 levels (*)
        Boston College High School, Dorchester: distinguished program
        Boston Latin, Boston: 3 levels (*)
        Boston University Academy, Boston
        Commonwealth School, Boston: 2 levels
        Deerfield Academy: at least 3 years
        Groton (in town of same name): 5 levels
        John Dewey Academy, Great Barrington
        Milton Academy, Milton: 1 or 2 years if sufficient enrollment
        Northfield Mt. Hermon School, Northfield: 4 levels
        Phillips Academy, Andover: 4 years
        Roxbury Latin, West Roxbury: 3 levels
        St. Marks School, Southborough: 3 years
        Winsor School, Boston

    Missouri
        Thomas Jefferson School, St. Louis: 2 years (mandatory for all 9th and
            10th grade students)

    New Hampshire
        Phillips Academy, Exeter: 4 years

    New York
        Bronx High School of Science, Bronx: 1 course (*)
        Dalton School, Manhattan: 2 years plus tutorial by arrangement
        Fordham Prep, Bronx: 2 levels
        Hackley School, Tarreytown: 2 levels
        Lycee Francais de New York, Manhattan
        Regis High School, Manhattan
        Rye Country Day School, Rye: 3 years
        St. Ann's, Brooklyn
        Townshend Harris High School, Queens: 3 years (*)

    Ohio
        St. Ignatius High School, Cleveland
        Shaker Heights High School, Shaker Heights (*)

    Pennsylvania
        The Episcopal Academy, Merion: 3 years

    Rhode Island
        Portsmouth Abbey School, Portsmouth

    Tennessee
        The McKallie School, Chattanooga

    Virginia
        Ad Fontes Academy, Burke (beginning 1999-2000 school year)
        Norfolk Academy, Norfolk: Homeric Greek is offered as an elective
        Saint Margaret's School, Tappahannock: possibly only an introductory
            course.

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Credits

Many people who liked the idea of sci.classics, but who are now gone from the
newsgroup, contributed to the original FAQ:

Nathan Torkington, Tracy Monaghan, Owen Ewald, Patrick Rourke, Ken Bibb, Brian
W. Ogilvie, Stig Atle Haugdahl, Jim Ruebel, Neil Bernstein, Keith Morgan, Risto
Kotalampi, Konrad Schroder, , Irene Gassko, Jamieson
Norrish, James F. Tims, Daan Sandee, Mark Eckenwiler, Richard Lee Winterstein,
Andrew Gollan, John P. Adams, Michael Covington

Several people have contributed since humanities.classics was created:

Joe Bernstein, Richard A. Schulman, Steve Austin, Daniel Roe, D. Barrington,
Edwin Menes

E-mail addresses have been removed to protect the innocent.

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