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calendars ---------------------------------------- 2 Bibliographies ---------------------------------------- 2.1 Introductory Bibliography If you know nothing about the classics, some recommended books are listed here. They assume no knowledge, and will give you a sound grasp in the basics. %T The Oxford Classical Dictionary %A (ed.) H.H. Scullard %D 1970 %Z This gives solid (if unimaginative) articles on all major authors %Z and subjects in Greek and Latin, usually with good bibliographies %Z as well. %T L'Annee Philologique %Z THE bibliography of the classics -- it's not on computer yet, but %Z give them time. %T The Sound of Greek %A W. B. Stanford %T The Pronunciation and Reading of Ancient Greek: A Practical Guide %A Stephen G. Daitz %T Vox Graeca 3rd ed. %A W. Sidney Allen %I Cambridge University Press %D 1987 %T Vox Latina 2nd ed. %A W. Sidney Allen %I Cambridge University Press %D 1978 %T Pelican history of Greek literature %A Peter Levi %I Pelican ---------------------------------------- 2.2 Advanced Bibliography If, having completed a preliminary reading in the subject, you decide you enjoy classics, here are books to give you more knowledge. %A Reynolds, L. D. %A Wilson, N. G. %T Scribes and Scholars 3rd ed. %I Oxford University Press %D 1991 ---------------------------------------- 2.3 Specialised Bibliography If you decide you are only interested in a narrow field of classics, here are books that will extend your knowledge in one subject. %T The Legacy of Rome: A New Appraisal %A ed. Richard Jenkyns %I Oxford University Press %D 1992 %T The Legacy of Greece: A New Appraisal %A ed. M. I. Finley %I Oxford University Press %D 1984 %Z Both these are excellent, and each article has suggestions for %Z further reading. %T L'Annee Philologique %A Marouzeau ---------------------------------------- 2.4 Introductory Latin For the reader with little or no knowledge of Latin. ---------------------------------------- 2.4.1 Classical %A Balme, Maurice. %A Morwood, James %T Oxford Latin course. (3 vols. + teacher's handbook) %I Oxford ; New York: Oxford University Press %D 1987-1988. %T Cambridge Latin course. 2nd ed %I Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press for the Schools Council, %D 1982. %A Goldman, Norma %T Latin via Ovid: a first course. %I Detroit: Wayne State University Press %D 1977. %A Griffin, Robin M %T A student's Latin grammar. %I North American 3rd ed. Cambridge ; New York: Cambridge University Press %D 1992. %A Jenney, Charles. %T First year Latin. %I Boston: Allyn and Bacon %D <1975> %A Jenney, Charles %T Second year Latin. Boston: Allyn and Bacon %D <1975> %A Johnston, Patricia A %T Traditio: an introduction to the Latin language and its influence. %I New York: Macmillan %D c1988. %A Jones, Peter V %T Reading Latin. %I Cambridge ; New York: Cambridge University Press %D 1986. %A Knudsvig, Glenn M %T Latin for reading: a beginner's textbook with exercises %I Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press %D c1982. %A Lawall, Gilbert %A Tafe, David %T Ecce Romani. %I White Plains, NY: Longman, Inc. %A Moreland, Floyd L. %A Fleisher, Rita M. %T Latin: an intensive course. %I Berkeley: University of California Press %D c1977. %A Sinkovich, Kathryn A. %T Intermediate college Latin. %I Lanham, MD: University Press of America %D c1984. %A Wheelock, Frederic M. (revised by R. La Fleur) %T Latin: An Introductory Course Based on Ancient Authors. %I 5th Edition. New York: Barnes & Noble %D 1995. %A Lewis, Charlton T. %T Elementary Latin Dictionary %I Oxford University Press %D 1891/1989 ---------------------------------------- 2.4.2 Medieval %A Beeson, Charles Henry %T A primer of Mediaeval Latin; an anthology of prose and poetry. %I Chicago, Scott, Foresman and Company %D %A Collins, John F. %T A primer of ecclesiastical Latin. %I Washington, D.C.: Catholic University of America Press %D c1985. %A Strecker, Karl %T Introduction to medieval Latin. %I 5. unveranderte Aufl. Dublin: Weidmann, %D ---------------------------------------- 2.4.3 Specialised %A Baranov, A. %T Basic Latin for plant taxonomists. %I Lehre, J. Cramer, %D 1971 %A Gooder, Eileen A. %T Latin for local history: an introduction. 2d ed. %I London ; New York: Longman, %D 1978. %A Howe, George %T Latin for pharmacists. %I Philadelphia, P. Blakiston's son & co. %D %A Stearn, William T. %T Botanical Latin: history, grammar, syntax, terminology, and vocabulary. %A 3rd ed., rev. Newton Abbot, Devon ; %I North Pomfret, Vt.: David & Charles, %D 1983. ---------------------------------------- 2.5 Advanced Latin For the reader with several years study of Latin, or a need for a good reference grammar. %A Hale, W. G. %A Buck, Carl Darling %T Latin Grammar %I Loyola Press, ISBN 0817303502 %D 1966 %A Allen, J.H. %A Greenough, J.B. %T Allen and Greenough's New Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges %I Aristide d Caratzas, ISBN 0892410019 %D 1975 %A Gildersleeve, Basil L. %A Lodge, Gonzalez %T Latin Grammar %I Nelson/St. Martin's Press %D 1992 %A Gildersleeve, Basil L. %A Lodge, Gonzalez %T Gildersleeve's Latin Grammar %I Bolchazy Carducci, ISBN 0865163537 %D 1997 (to be published) %A Leumann, Manu %T Lateinische Laut- und Formenlehre %I C.H. Beck %D 1953 %A Woodcock, E. C. %T A New Latin Syntax %I Bristol Classical Press/Bolchazy-Carducci %D 1959/1987 %A Adams, J. N. %T Latin Sexual Vocabulary %I Johns Hopkins %D 1982 %A Mountford, Bradley, Arnold %T Bradley's Arnold: Latin Prose Composition %I Caratzas %D 1992 2.5.1 Mediaeval Latin epigraphy Mediaeval Latin palaeography is a science in itself: i.e. it's more than just a scientific tool. The standard introduction is BISCHOFF's *Paldographie des rvmischen Altertums und des abendldndischen Mittelalters*, of which there is an English translation: Bernhard Bischoff, *Latin palaeography: antiquity and the middle ages*, Cambridge [etc.]: Cambridge University Press, 1990. %A Bischoff, Bernhard %T *Latin palaeography: antiquity and the middle ages* %I Cambridge University Press %D 1990 The standard practical handbook (in many editions -- the following Italian one is only an exemple) is Adriano CAPPELLI, *Lexicon abbreviaturarum: Dizionario di abbreviature latine ed italiane*, sesta edizione (anastatica), Milano: Ulrico Hoepli, 1961. %A Cappelli, Adriano %T *Lexicon abbreviaturarum: Dizionario di abbreviature latine ed italiane* %I Ulrico Hoepli %D 1961 Cappelli's lexicon is supplemented by Auguste PELZER, *Abriviations latines midiivales. Suppliment au Dizionario [...] de Adriano Cappelli*, deuxihme idition, Louvain (Publications universitaires) / Paris (Biatrice-Nauwelaerts) 1966. %A Pelzer, Auguste %T Abriviations latines midiivales. Suppliment au Dizionario [...] de Adriano Cappelli %I Louvain (Publications universitaires) / Paris (Biatrice-Nauwelaerts) %D 1966 ---------------------------------------- 2.6 Introductory Greek For the reader with little or no knowledge of Greek. %A Lawall, Gilbert %A Balme, Maurice %T Athenaze (2 vols. + 2 teacher's handbooks) %I Oxford Univ Press, ISBN 0195056213 %D 1990 %A Hansen, Hardy %A Quinn, Gerald M. %T Greek: Intensive Course (2 vols.) %I Fordham University Press %D 1992 %A Mastronarde, Donald A. %T Introduction to Attic Greek %I University of California Press %D 1993 %A Pharr, Clyde %T Homeric Greek: A Book for Beginners %I Univ of Oklahoma Press %D 1986 %A Schoder, Raymond V. & Horrigan, Vincent C. %T A Reading Course in Homeric Greek (Books I & II) %I Loyola University Press, ISBN 0-8294-0509-7 %D 1985. %A Autenrieth, Georg %T Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges %I Univ of Oklahoma Press %D 1982 %A Cunliffe, Richard J. %T Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect %I Univ of Oklahoma Press %D 1977 %A Monro, David B. %T A Grammar of the Homeric Dialect %I William H Allen Bookseller %D 1993 %A Goodspeed, William B. %A Owen, Edgar J. %T Homeric Vocabularies: Greek and English Word List for the Study of Homer %I Univ of Oklahoma Press %D 1979 %A Liddell, Henry George, & Scott, Robert %T A Greek-English lexicon %I Clarendon Press %D 1961 ---------------------------------------- 2.7 Advanced Greek For the reader with several years study of Greek. %A Schwyzer, Eduard %T Griechische Grammatik (4 vols.) %I C.H. Beck %D 1953 %A Rix, Helmut %T Historische Grammatik des Griechischen %I Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft Darmstadt %D 1976 %A Buck, Carl Darling %T The Greek Dialects %I University of Chicago Press %D 1955 %A Smyth, Herbert Weir %T Greek Grammar %I Harvard %D 1920/1956 (still in print) %A Woodhouse, S. C. %T English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language %I Routledge & Kegan Paul %D 1910/1985 %A Devine, A. M. %A Stephens, Laurence D. %T Prosody of Greek Speech %I Oxford University Press %D 1994 ---------------------------------------- 2.8 Linguistics for Classicists %A Buck, Carl Darling %T Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin %I University of Chicago Press, ISBN 0226079317 %D 1933 %A Sihler, Andrew %T New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin %I Oxford University Press %D 1995 ---------------------------------------- 3 Mythological Deities Never been able to sort out Athena from Venus and remaining perpetually confused about Mercury's role in life? Look no further. %A Kravitz, David %T Who's who in Greek and Roman mythology. %I New York: C. N. Potter: distributed by Crown Publishers, %D <1976> c1975. %A Mercatante, Anthony S. %T Who's who in Egyptian mythology. %I New York: C. N. Potter: distributed by Crown Publishers, %D c1978. %A Morford, Mark P. O., and Lenardon, R. %T Classical mythology. 4th ed. %I New York: Longman, %D c1991. %A Powell, B. %T Classical myth %I Prentice Hall %D 1995 %A Reid, J.D. %T The Oxford guide to classical mythology in the arts 1300-1990's %I Oxford: Oxford University Press (2 vols) %D 1993 ---------------------------------------- 4 Timeline GREECE: Bronze Age 3000-1100 BCE Fall of Troy ~1200 Archaic Period 1100-480 Xerxes' invasion 482 Classical Period 480-323 Peloponnesian War 466-404 Alexander dies 323 Hellenistic Period 323-146 Roman Period 146 BCE - 565 CE Byzantine Period 565 - 1453 CE ROME: Regal Period 753-510 BCE Republic 509-31 Empire 31 BCE - Golden Age 1st century BCE - early 1st century CE Silver Age Late 1st Cent CE - 2nd cent CE "End" of Empire 476 CE ---------------------------------------- 5 Glossary Providing endless fodder for flamewars, here are some simple definitions of terms you will meet in classics. hapax legomenon (Gk., "said once") - a word or idiom attested (i.e., found in the body of known works) only once crasis (Gk., "mixing") - the blending of two adjacent vowels, as when a final vowel merges with the leading vowel of the following word. E.g., "to onoma" (Gk., "the name") sometimes becomes "tounoma" (since o + o = ou in Attic). asper (L., "harsh") - the rough-breathing mark in Greek, indicating (under the Erasmian system of pronunciation) a leading "h" sound on a word beginning with a vowel. Cf. *lenitus. lenitus (L., "relaxed") - the soft-breathing mark in Greek, indicating the absence of an "h" sound before a leading vowel. Cf. *asper. ---------------------------------------- 6 Computer Readable Materials There are several institutions that offer electronic versions of classics works and texts. They have varying quality and varying restrictions on their use. Those known of are listed here. Freely redistributable versions of various Latin texts, including all of Vergil, Catullus, and Tibullus, and selections from Cicero, Caesar, Horace, and others, are available from the Project Libellus archive at the University of Washington, Seattle. These can be had, in TeX form, by anonymous FTP from host ftp.u.washington.edu, directory /public/libellus/texts; some commentaries and other support files (including a TeX-to-ASCII converter for the texts) are contained in the other subdirectories of /public/libellus. These texts and support files are also available, in a variety of formats (TeX, ASCII, RTF, PostScript) through an experimental E-mail server, for those who do not have Internet access; for more information about this service, send mail to libellus@u.washington.edu with "help" in the message body. Send comments, questions, etc. to perseant@u.washington.edu. The Georgetown Catalogue Project for Electronic Texts have a directory of electronic text projects in the humanities. The catalogues are available by language and subject, and are available for anonymous FTP from guvax.georgetown.edu:cpet_projects_in_electronic_text. The Library at Dartmouth have a huge database containing and concerning "La Commedia". To use it, telnet to library.dartmouth.edu and type connect dante Lectures by Robert Hollander on Dante are available for anonymous FTP in ccat.sas.upenn.edu:/pub/recentiores named BARLOW.README, BARLOW.1, BARLOW.2 and BARLOW.3. ---------------------------------------- 6.1 Oxford Text Archive The Oxford Text Archive provides texts with restrictions on redistribution, usually for cost of copying and shipping. The texts are of varying quality. The following is taken from their informational blurb: Further details are given in the published Short List (which includes an order form) which is printed at least once a year. Write to: Oxford Text Archive Oxford University Computing Service 13 Banbury Road, Oxford OX2 6NN, UK ARCHIVE@VAX.OX.AC.UK or FTP to black.ox.ac.uk:/ota They have recently been able to make available some public-domain texts for FTP. ---------------------------------------- 7 Radio Programming Currently there are two major shortwave services that provide Latin programming. They are: Vatican Radio (daily programming, mostly of a religious nature) Radio Finland (weekly world news reports) Times and frequencies are likely to change, so are not included in this FAQ. Schedule information may be obtained from the following: World Radio and Television Handbook (WRTH) (1993 Edition, ISBN #0-8230-5924-3) Billboard Publications 1515 Broadway New York, NY 10036 USA Usenet newsgroup rec.radio.shortwave and the shortwave FTP archives at nic.funet.fi under /pub/dx. ---------------------------------------- 8 Bookstores for Classicists The following is a list of bookstores known to carry works in Latin and/or Greek. It is a work in progress. Readers of this group are encouraged to send additional contributions to the classics-faq mailing list; postings to the humanities.classics newsgroup will be harvested when possible. The following contributions are courtesy Mr. Richard Schulman. Labyrinth Books 536 W. 112 (1/2 block east of Broadway) Manhattan, New York, NY 212-865-1588 (Has many different texts, commentaries, and reference works. This is the best source by far in the greater NY area.) Barnes & Noble Broadway & 82nd Manhattan, New York, NY (Loeb series) Barnes & Noble 91 Old Country Rd. Carle Place, Long Island, NY (Loeb series) Harvard University Press 800-448-2242 (for mail orders of the Loeb) Cambridge University Press 800-431-1580 or 800-872-7423 (for that press's publications) Oxford University Press Customer Service 800-451-7556 (for mail orders of that press's publications) Rich Alderson notes the following in addition: Barnes & Noble University Village Seattle, WA (Loeb series) Borders Books & Records Redmond Town Center Redmond, WA (Loeb series, some Oxford Classical Texts--all in the Ancient History area) Stanford University Bookstore Stanford University Palo Alto, CA (Loeb, Oxford, Cambridge; Bibles; very large section of university-style translations) Steve Austin adds: There are at least two sources for Latin and Greek texts and associated materials which I have found very valuable - Schoenhof's Foreign Books 76A Mount Auburn Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 Phone: 617-547-8855 Fax: 617-547-8551 Email: info@schoenhofs.com http://www.schoenhofs.com and Bolchazy-Carducci Publisher's, Inc 1000 Brown Street, Wauconda, Illinois 60084 USA Phone: 847-526-4344; Fax: 847-526-2867 Email: orders@bolchazy.com. http://www.bolchazy.com Both have excellent websites with searching facilities and online ordering. The staff at both locations are very knowledgable and helpful. ---------------------------------------- 9 On-Line Resources for Classicists (Steve Austin) We often see posts inquiring about Latin or Greek study groups and mailing lists on the internet. This is not covered yet in the FAQ. I am aware of two lists maintained by the Univ. of Colorado. The Latin list presently has at least 7 active groups at different stages of proficiency, and provides considerable moral and linguistic support to those studying on their own. I can strongly recommend this list to an The Greek list has a lower level of activity, but there are two functioning groups - one studying the JACT Reading Greek series, and the other working on Pharr's Homeric Greek. a. Latin Postings go to: latin@lists.colorado.edu To subscribe: email to listproc@lists.colorado.edu with subscribe latin in the body. b. Greek Postings go to: greek@lists.colorado.edu To subscribe: email to listproc@lists.colorado.edu with subscribe greek in the body I believe there are other mailing lists, but I have no personal experience of these. ---------------------------------------- 10 Secondary School Programs in Greek (Richard A. Schulman) Based on information from: Daniel Roe, D. Barrington, Edwin Menes, Richard Schulman GREEK PROGRAMS IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS (PARTIAL LIST), ALPHABETICALLY BY STATE OR COUNTRY Key: (*) indicates a free public school. "Levels" is probably synonymous with "years", but this could not be determined for certain on the basis of the information sources available for this report. California Crossroads School for Arts and Sciences, Santa Monica Connecticut Hotchkiss School, Lakeville: 4 years Germany Schule Schloss Salem, Salem Illinois St. Ignatius College Prep, Chicago: full program Loyola Academy, Chicago: full program Indiana Howe Military School, Howe: may just have introductory level Park Tudor School, Indianapolis: one elective only? Louisiana Jesuit High School, New Orleans Maine Messalonskee High School, Oakland: Homeric Greek (*) Massachusetts Amherst Regional High School, Amherst: 3 levels (*) Boston College High School, Dorchester: distinguished program Boston Latin, Boston: 3 levels (*) Boston University Academy, Boston Commonwealth School, Boston: 2 levels Deerfield Academy: at least 3 years Groton (in town of same name): 5 levels John Dewey Academy, Great Barrington Milton Academy, Milton: 1 or 2 years if sufficient enrollment Northfield Mt. Hermon School, Northfield: 4 levels Phillips Academy, Andover: 4 years Roxbury Latin, West Roxbury: 3 levels St. Marks School, Southborough: 3 years Winsor School, Boston Missouri Thomas Jefferson School, St. Louis: 2 years (mandatory for all 9th and 10th grade students) New Hampshire Phillips Academy, Exeter: 4 years New York Bronx High School of Science, Bronx: 1 course (*) Dalton School, Manhattan: 2 years plus tutorial by arrangement Fordham Prep, Bronx: 2 levels Hackley School, Tarreytown: 2 levels Lycee Francais de New York, Manhattan Regis High School, Manhattan Rye Country Day School, Rye: 3 years St. Ann's, Brooklyn Townshend Harris High School, Queens: 3 years (*) Ohio St. Ignatius High School, Cleveland Shaker Heights High School, Shaker Heights (*) Pennsylvania The Episcopal Academy, Merion: 3 years Rhode Island Portsmouth Abbey School, Portsmouth Tennessee The McKallie School, Chattanooga Virginia Ad Fontes Academy, Burke (beginning 1999-2000 school year) Norfolk Academy, Norfolk: Homeric Greek is offered as an elective Saint Margaret's School, Tappahannock: possibly only an introductory course. ---------------------------------------- Credits Many people who liked the idea of sci.classics, but who are now gone from the newsgroup, contributed to the original FAQ: Nathan Torkington, Tracy Monaghan, Owen Ewald, Patrick Rourke, Ken Bibb, Brian W. Ogilvie, Stig Atle Haugdahl, Jim Ruebel, Neil Bernstein, Keith Morgan, Risto Kotalampi, Konrad Schroder, , Irene Gassko, Jamieson Norrish, James F. Tims, Daan Sandee, Mark Eckenwiler, Richard Lee Winterstein, Andrew Gollan, John P. Adams, Michael Covington Several people have contributed since humanities.classics was created: Joe Bernstein, Richard A. Schulman, Steve Austin, Daniel Roe, D. Barrington, Edwin Menes E-mail addresses have been removed to protect the innocent.
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