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The Oxford Classical Dictionary (OCD) is
the standard one-volume
encyclopedia in
English of topics relating to
Ancient Greece and
Ancient Rome.
It was first published in
1949.
A second edition followed in
1970,
edited by the late
Nicholas G. L. Hammond and
H. H. Scullard, and a third edition in
1996
edited by
Simon Hornblower and
Antony Spawforth, which in revised form (2003)
is the current edition (as of
2006).
The Third edition was also available on
CD-ROM, but is partly incompatible with more recent versions
of Windows and has not been revised or re-released.
The OCD's 6,000 articles cover everything from the
daily life of the ancient Greeks and Romans, to their
geography,
religion, and their historical figures. The OCD includes
comprehensive references to sources and recent scholarly
publications.
See also
-
Pauly-Wissowa, the comprehensive multivolume classical
encyclopedia, published in German and English.
External links
-
Oxford catalog entry for OCD
- Full edition
ISBN 0-19-860641-9
- Abridged edition Oxford Companion to Classical
Civilization
ISBN 0-19-860165-4 (hb),
ISBN 0-19-860958-2 (pb)
Categories:
1949 books |
Encyclopedias on history |
Classical studies |
Oxford dictionaries