Classical Studies: Literature

Bio-bibliographies of 46 Greek authors from many different areas. Entries includes biographical information, the author's works, standard editions, translations, critical discussion, and a bibliography.

Consists of 47 articles that cover the major classical authors. All entries provide biographical information, a description of the author's works, and aspects of criticism and research. Bibliographies list major editions, translations, commentaries, and the more important scholarly literature.

Overviews of classical writers and their works.

Includes 1300 entries divided into three categories: entries on personal and geographic names; entries related to the historical framework of Homeric epic and ancient and modern trends in Homeric scholarship; and entries on anything related to the work of Homer, as well as aspects of the Homeric world. Includes an extensive bibliography.

Essential facts about the authors, tales, and characters from ancient myth and literature, and places these details in the wider contexts of the history and society of the Greek and Roman worlds. Also available online as part of Oxford Reference Online.