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Classics: Background Information
Oxford Reference - Classical Studies
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Online Encyclopedias and Guides:
Oxford Classical Dictionary4th editon.
Companion to Greek MythologyBlackwell Companions to the Ancient World. Also available through Credo Reference.
Featured Resource
Greek mythology : a traveler's guide from Mount Olympus to Troy by Call Number: BL783 .S78 2016Publication Date: 2016
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Brill's New Pauly Encyclopedia of the Ancient World: Classical TraditionCall Number: Ref DE5 .N48135 20066 Volumes. In contrast to the Antiquity volumes the concentration here is on the history of an event, a problem or conflict, and social, political, philosophical or literary developments.
Brill's New Pauly Encyclopedia of the Ancient World: AntiquityCall Number: Ref DE5 .N4813 200215 Volumes and Index. Antiquity here is meant to cover Greek and Roman culture in all its aspects from ca. 1500BCE to the formation of early medieval Europe 600-800AD.
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