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Brill's New Pauly: Encyclopaedia of the Ancient World: Antiquity
Call Number: REF DE 5 .N4813 2002 (16 vols). see also: individual Supplements on related topics / REF DE 5 .N4813
Brill's New Pauly: Encyclopaedia of the Ancient World: Classical Tradition / REF DE 5 .N4913 2006 ( 6 vols)
Together, this comprises the most complete encyclopedia of classics, including antiquity and the classical tradition. "Antiquity" is devoted to Greco-Roman antiquity, from the second millennium BC to early medieval Europe. "Classical Tradition" is concerned with the aftermath of antiquity and the process of continuous reinterpretation and revaluation of the ancient heritage. Supplements cover specific topics such as "reception of classical literature."

Oxford Classical Dictionary
[Print: REF DE 5 .O9 2012] Authoritative scholarly classics dictionary whose articles cover people, places and events in all facets of the classical world in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. The digital version is dynamic, with new and continuously updated articles. Includes additional content such as Maps of the Ancient World, images, and links to related websites. Includes a key to Abbreviations used in the OCD, now standard in the field of Classics.
Encyclopedia of Ancient History
Encyclopedia of the entire ancient Mediterranean world covering Neolithic through the eighth century CE (i.e., 701-800). Geographic range includes: Greece and Rome, Ancient Near East, Bronze and Iron Age Greece, Jewish history, and Pharaonic Egypt. MAPS: in the "More from this reference work" sidebar, click the link "Maps of the Ancient World."

Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece and Rome
Call Number: REF DE 5 .O95 2010 (7 vols)
Broad overview articles with an emphasis on interpretation and trends.
Chronologies of the Ancient World Brill's New Pauly. Supplement 1. Offers a comprehensive collection of geographically and chronologically ordered lists of the rulers and and public officers from 3000 BC to around 800 AD, from the Pharaohs of Egypt to the Christian bishops. Each list is preceded by a historical introduction and contains references to the articles in Brill's New Pauly.
Call Number: REF DE 5 .N4813 Suppl. 2007

Oxford Dictionary of the Classical World
Provides briefer entries based on entries in the Oxford Classical Dictionary. This title provides an overview rather than the detail found in the OCD.

Oxford History of the Classical World Aimed at the general reader, provides a comprehensive overview of the Greco-Roman world, its history, and its social, political, artistic, and cultural achivements through three main sections: 1. Greece - eighth to the fourth centuries BC; 2. Greece and Rome - Hellenization of the Middle East by the monarchies established in the area conquered by Alexander the Great, and the growth of Rome; 3. Rome - the foundation of the Roman Empire by Augustus and its consolidation in the first two centuries AD.
Call Number: REF DE 59 .O94 1986

Ancient Greece and Rome: An Encyclopedia for Students
Basic encyclopedia. Fine as a starting point, but please move on to the much more substantive encyclopedias listed above.

Festivals in Ancient Greece and Rome
by Fritz Graf
Essay from Oxford Research Encyclopedia - Religion. 22 pp.

Civilization of the Ancient Mediterranean: Greece and Rome
Call Number: REF DE 59 .C58 1988 (3 vols)
This title is comprised of 97 original essays on the people, customs, government, religion, and arts of the ancient world, from 2000 B.C. to the fall of Rome in A.D.476. It is structured to present a comparative rather than chronological study of Greek and Roman institutions and life.
The Early Mediterranean World, 1200 - 600 BC
Call Number: REF DE 5 .N4813 Suppl. 2018
Brill's New Pauly. Supplement 9. Presents the first complete survey of the early history of all the cultures along the coasts of the Mediterranean, including the Phoenicians, Greeks and Etruscans, and many other peoples, such as the Iberians, Ligurians, Thracians, Phrygians, Luwians, Aramaeans and Libyans.

Cambridge Ancient History
This is a a multivolume work of ancient history from Prehistory to Late Antiquity.

Civilizations of the Ancient Near East
Call Number: REF DS 57 .C55 1995 (4 vols)
Dictionary of the Ancient Near East
Call Number: REF DS 56 .D5 2000

Oxford Dictionary of Late Antiquity
Multidisciplinary reference work covering all aspects of history, culture, religion, and life in Europe, the Mediterranean, and the Near East (including the Persian Empire and Central Asia) between c. AD 250 to 750, the era now generally known as Late Antiquity.

Late Antiquity: A Guide to the Postclassical World
Call Number: REF DE 5 .L29 1999
Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium
Call Number: REF DF 521 .O93 1991 (3 vols)
The Classical Tradition
Call Number: REF DE 60 .C55 2013
In this volume comprising @500 essays, scholars show how the Classical tradition has shaped human endeavors in the fields of literature, philosophy, art, architecture, history, politics, religion, and science.
The Reception of Antiquity in Renaissance Humanism
Publication Date: REF DE 5 .N4813 Suppl.8
Brill's New Pauly. Supplement 8. The period of the Renaissance saw the most intensive reception of Antiquity in European history. This book traces the reception and influence in all spheres of early modern culture in 130 articles covering topics, personalities and places of importance in the history of the Humanist movement. Each article is accompanied by a bibliography of primary and secondary sources.

Encyclopaedia of the Hellenic World
Co-funded by the European Union, this is an ongoing electronic project "aiming at collecting, recording, documenting, presenting and promoting the historical data that testify to the presence of Hellenic culture throughout time and space." Regions covered: Asia Minor, the Aegean, Constantinople, Black Sea, Boeotia.

Encyclopedia of Ancient Greek Language and Linguistics
Research tool for scholars and students of Greek, of linguistics, and of other Indo-European languages, as well as of Biblical literature. Brings together the latest research from across a range of disciplines which contribute to our knowledge of Ancient Greek.
Encyclopedia of Religion
[Print: REF BL 31 .E46 2005 (15 volumes)] One of the most complete and authoritative works on all aspects of religion and traditional belief systems.
Oxford Encyclopedia of the Bible and Gender Studies
This encyclopedia explores the ways in which gender and sexuality are constructed in the texts, cultures, and readers that constitute “the world of the Bible,” tracing both historical and modern conceptions. Substantive entries are written by scholars in gender and biblical studies as well as contemporary gender theorists, classicists, archaeologists, and ancient historians.