Authors of the Classical Period :
a guide to resources
SOME STARTING POINTS
The following are recommended starting points for bibliographical & textual information on individual authors.
Ancient Greek authors (1997) [print]
[Bio-bibliographies of authors including a list of their works, standard editions and English translations as well as a bibliography of secondary sources]
Ancient Roman writers (1999) [print]
[Bio-bibliographies of authors including a list of their works, standard editions and English translations as well as a bibliography of secondary sources]
Ancient writers : Greece and Rome (2 volumes, 1982) [print]
[Consists of review essays by scholars on most of the classical writers]
Greek and Latin authors 800 B.C.-A.D. 1000 (1980) [print]
[Includes biographical information as well as critical details of their works]
REFERENCE 880.9 G762g
Additional information on authors is also contained in standard classical dictionaries and encyclopedias
THE LIBRARY CATALOGUE
Books can be found by searching the library catalogue:
by Author's name to find works by an author (eg Caesar, Julius)
by Subject Heading to find works about an author (eg Aristophanes)
Or construct your own keyword searches. Here are some examples:
aristophanes and politic?
(vergil or virgil) and homer
Click here if you need help with constructing keyword searches using techniques such as truncation and Boolean operators
DATABASES & BIBLIOGRAPHIES
Use databases and bibliographies to find journal articles. For most topics the databases listed in the Databases for Classics guide should be sufficient for finding journal articles, but those researchers needing to undertake a more comprehensive literature search for textual and critical sources may need to consult:
L'Annee philologique [print]
[The premier index for identifying books & journal articles in Classics - if it's unfamiliar, read this description before attempting to use it. Check individual authors in the Auteurs et Textes ("Authors and Texts") section of each annual printed volume]
Bibliographical guide to Classical Studies (1997-) [print]
[An on-going publication designed to provide detailed coverage of monographic publications in classical studies during the period 1873-2000]
Bibliographia Latina Selecta [web access]
[This is the on-line version of the 4th edition of the Short Bibliography of the Latin Language and Literature, compiled by M.G.M. van der Poel, Nijmegen 1996 & contains a brief bibliographical survey of the main classical Latin authors and a selection of the literature available in classical Latin literature and linguistics]
Bibliotheca Classica Selecta : Ressources électroniques : Auteurs anciens [web access]
[Provides links to web-based biographical & bibliographic resources relating to ancient authors]
Bibliotheca Classica Selecta: Quelques aperçus bibliographiques [web access]
[Lists print-based biographical & bibliographic resources relating to ancient authors]
Bibliotheca Classica Selecta : Sources littéraires -Éditions électroniques [web access]
[Links to web-based textual resources for ancient authors]
Corpus Scriptorum Latinorum [web access]
[This project aims to create a digital library of the entire body of Latin literature. It contains a catalogue of all Latin texts (some in translation) that are currently available online]
KIRKE : Antike Autoren und Texte [web access]
[Links to web-based critical and textual resources for ancient authors]
LATO (Library of Ancient Texts Online) [web access]
[Links to online copies of ancient Greek texts, both in Greek and in translation]
Perseus Encyclopedia [web access]
[A considerable amount of material on Greek & Roman authors can be found here]
Pinax online bibliographies: Authors [web access]
[Bibliographies of individual authors]
Thesaurus Linguae Graecae (TLG) [non-networked database - only available in the Barr Smith Library]
[TLG is a computerised database of ancient Greek literature containing virtually all extant Greek literary texts from Homer (eighth century B.C.) to A.D. 600, as well as the texts of many Byzantine historiographical, lexicographical and scholastic writers. Documentary texts (most inscriptions and papyri) are not included in the database.
At present, TLG functions as a concordance to Greek literature referencing all occurrences of a particular word or phrase. Definitions and lexicographical information are not provided. The print publication Thesaurus Linguae Graecae : Canon of Greek authors and works provides an explanation of TLG's literary-historical & bibliographic substructure]
Additional sources for genres in literature such as prose fiction, epic literature, satire etc. are included in the Literature section of the Classical Studies Subject Guide.
This page is maintained by Jennifer Osborn
Last update: 30 August 2007
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