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Call Numbers to Browse
We use the Library of Congress method to organize our books. If you want to browse the book shelves to find books in classical studies, look in these areas of the library:
B's for philosophy, religion & mythology:
B 108-708 (ancient philosophy)
~BL 300-325 (comparative mythology)
D's are history:
DE 1-100 (Greco-Roman)
DF 10-289 (Ancient Greece)
DG 11-365 (Ancient Italy)
PA for Greek & Latin literature:
PA 1-899 (Greek philology & language)
PA 3000-4499 (Greek literature)
PA 6000-6961 (Roman literature)
Biographies
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology by Various Writers. William Smith ed. New York: AMS Press, 1967. 3 vols. JFK Main Level Reference. DE5 .S75 1967.
Plutarch's Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans. New York: AMS Press, 1967. 5 vols. JFK Upper Level Book Stacks. DE7 .P55 1967.
Who Was Who in the Greek World, 776 BC - 30 BC. Diana Bowder ed. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 1982. JFK Main Level Reference. DF208 .W48 1982.
Who's Who in the Roman World. John Hazel. New York: Routledge, 2002. JFK Main Level Reference. DG203 .H35 2002.
Atlases
Atlas of Classical Archaeology. M.I. Finley ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1977. JFK Upper Level Book Stacks. G1046. E15 A8 1977.
Atlas of Classical History. Richard Talbert. New York: Macmillan, 1985. JFK Main Level Reference Atlases. G1033 .A833 1985.
Atlas of the Greek World. Peter Levi. New York: Facts on File, 1985. JFK Main Level Reference. DF77 .43 1985.
Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Richard Talbert ed.
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Dictionaries & Encyclopedias for Classics
Brill's New Pauly by Call Number: JFK Main Level Reference: DE5 .N3513 2002ISBN: 9004122591*Note: We only have volume 1.
Encyclopedia of Philosophy by Call Number: JFK Main Level Reference: B51 .E53 2006ISBN: 002865780210 volumes
Encyclopedia of the Roman Empire by Call Number: JFK Main Level Reference: DG270 .B86 2002ISBN: 0816045623
The Oxford Classical Dictionary by Call Number: JFK Main Level Reference: DE5 .O9 2003ISBN: 0198606419Note: Older versions available in the circulating collection.
The Oxford Companion to Classical Literature by Call Number: JFK Library JFK Main Level Reference (PA31 .H69 1989)ISBN: 0198661215Publication Date: 1989
Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy by ISBN: 0415073103Publication Date: JFK Main Level Reference: B51 .R68 199810 volumes
Thesaurus Linguae Graecae by Call Number: JFK Upper Level Book Stacks PA3051 .B4 1990ISBN: 0195060377A unique bibliography of literary works that survive from Greek antiquity, this Canon is a register of all the information stored in the Thesaurus Linguae Graecae, a vast computerized database of Greek literature whose coverage is from Homer (8th century BCE) to the fall of Byzantium (1453 CE). The book encompasses nearly 3,200 authors, representing over 8,000 individual works. It includes invaluable information on each writer's dates and geographical origins, their works, the genre to which each work belongs, the form in which each work survives, and the number of words each contains. Of particular usefulness is information on the standard or best textual edition of each work, as recommended by a special committee of the American Philological Association.
Classics Books you can Check Out
The Cambridge Ancient History by Call Number: JFK Library Upper Level Book Stacks (D57 .C252 1970)ISBN: 9780521070515Publication Date: 197014 vol. available. *An older version of this work is also available in the same area on the shelf.
The Cambridge Companion to Early Greek Philosophy by Call Number: JFK Library Upper Level Book Stacks (B188 .C35 1999 )ISBN: 0521441226Publication Date: 1999
The Cambridge Companion to Greek and Roman Philosophy by Call Number: JFK Library Upper Level Book Stacks (B111 .C36 2003)ISBN: 0521772850Publication Date: 2003
The Cambridge Companion to the Roman Historians by Call Number: JFK Upper Level Book Stacks. DG205 .C35 2009ISBN: 9780521854535Publication Date: 2009
A Companion to Greek and Roman Historiography by Call Number: JFK Library Upper Level Book Stacks (DE8 .C65 2007)ISBN: 9781405102162Publication Date: 2008
A Companion to the Roman Empire by Call Number: JFK Library Upper Level Book Stacks (DG311 .P68 2006)ISBN: 0631226443Publication Date: 2006
A Companion to the Roman Republic by Call Number: JFK Library Upper Level Book Stacks (DG235 .C65 2010)ISBN: 9781444334135Publication Date: 2010
Useful Subject Headings
The Library of Congress uses a controlled vocabulary (a unique sequence of words) to organize information in libraries. So if you are trying to find books in our library catalog, you can use some of these terms to help you find books on that particular topic.
Ancient Greece:
- Ancient Greece
- Civilization Classical
- Greece Civilization
- Greece History
- Greece Historiography
- Greece Religion
- Greece in Literature
- Greek in Literature
- Homosexuality history Greece
- Prostitution Greece History
- Women Greece History
Greek Military History:
- Armor, Ancient Greece History
- Military art and science Greece History
- Military history, Ancient Greece
- Peloponnesian War
- Weapons, Ancient Greece History
Macedonia:
- Alexander the Great
- Alexander the Great, 356-323 B.C.
- Greece History Macedonian Expansion, 359-323 B.C.
- Philip II, King of Macedonia, 382-336 B.C. Influence.
Ancient Rome:
- Homosexuality history Rome
- Prostitution Rome History
- Rome Civilization
- Rome History
- Rome History 265-30 B.C.
- Rome History Empire, 30 B.C.- 476 A.D.
- Rome Historiography
- Rome In literature
- Rome Religion
- Vestal virgins
- Women Rome History
Roman Military History:
- Armor, Ancient Rome History
- Hannibal, 247-182 B.C.
- Logistics.
- Military art and science Rome History
- Military history, Ancient Rome
- Punic wars
- Rome -- Army -- Equipment and supplies.
- Rome -- Army -- Supplies and stores.
- Rome -- Army -- Transportation.
- Weapons, Ancient Rome History