Classics and Archaeology

Specialized dictionaries, encyclopedias, companion, and handbooks are a useful starting point to your research and can provide:

• Background information on a topic;
• Broad overview of the subject;
• Names of people who are authorities in the subject field;
• Bibliographies that lead to additional resources; and
• Main concepts or keywords that describe your topic.

Selected encyclopedias include:

• Brill's New Pauly: Encyclopaedia of the Ancient World
• Cambridge Ancient History
• Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology
• Encyclopedia of the Roman Army
• The Grove Encyclopedia of Classical Art and Architecture
• Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece and Rome

Selected dictionaries include:

• The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Archaeology
• Dictionary of World Mythology
• The Oxford Dictionary of Late Antiquity
• The Oxford Dictionary of the Classical World
• Oxford Classical Dictionary

• Dictionary of archaeological terms : English-Greek/Greek-English, CC70 .K68 2011, Stauffer Library
• Intermediate Greek - English Lexicon, REF PA445 .E5 L7 1989, Stauffer Library, Reference
• The Pocket Oxford Latin Dictionary (English-Latin)
• The Pocket Oxford Latin Dictionary (Latin-English