‘a delight for anyone with any curiosity about the roots of our Western culture ... a browser's paradise, and I would think a researcher's quick rescuer’
Arthur Miller,
London Review of Books
Edited by Simon Hornblower and Anthony Spawforth
Over 6,200 entries
For almost half a century,
The Oxford Classical Dictionary has been regarded as the unrivalled one-volume reference work on all aspects of the Graeco-Roman world. It provides both scholars and non-specialists with a comprehensive source of reference which aims to answer all their questions about the classical world. Written by the very best of classical scholars from all over the world, the
Dictionary provides coverage of Greek and Roman history, literature, myth, religion, linguistics, philosophy, law, science, art and archaeology, and topics in near eastern studies and late antiquity.
The approach is interdisciplinary: all areas, regions, and cultures are represented beyond the core areas of Greece and Rome. As well as providing factual information, the
Dictionary contains many thematic entries on subjects relevant to the 21st century such as nationalism, race, and ecology. The text is written in an accessible style and all Latin and Greek words have been translated.
Simon Hornblower is Professor of Classics and Ancient History, University College London and Antony Spawforth is Professor of Ancient History, University of Newcastle upon Tyne
Third edition
e-reference edition ISBN: 9780199567386
Print edition ISBN: 9780198606413
Print edition publication date:
2005
Publishing history: First edition published 1949; second edition published 1970; third edition published 1996; third edition revised 2003.
Copyright: © Oxford University Press 1949, 1970, 1996, 2005
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