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CLA230H5: Introduction to Greek History

A guide to support student assignments in CLA230H5 on the UTM campus.

Sample Reference Sources

Oxford Research Encyclopedias - Classics ➤ ➤ Oxford Classical Dictionary
Wiley - Classical Studies
Brill's New Pauly
Classical Studies on Oxford Reference
Oxford Reference provides many Dictionaries, Companions and Encyclopedias: for example, Oxford Companion to Classical Civilization
The Cambridge Ancient History
A 19 volume set written by experts, each chapter contains extensive reference lists to help you identify key works and potential primary sources. For example,
— Volume 3, Part 3, The Expansion of the Greek World, Eighth to Sixth Centuries BC (2nd ed.)
— Volume 4, Persia, Greece and the Western Mediterranean, c.525 to 479 BC (2nd ed.)
— Volume 5, The Fifth Century BC (2nd ed.)
— Volume 6, The Fourth Century BC (2nd ed.)
— Volume 7, Part 2, The Rise of Rome to 220 BC (2nd ed.)
— Volume 8, Rome and the Mediterranean to 133 BC (2nd ed.)

Oxford Bibliographies Online ➤ ➤ Classics

Oxford bibliographies help you find scholarly and authoritative primary and secondary sources.

Oxford Bibliographies Online ➤ ➤ Classics
offers authoritative research guides to essential literature in subjects across the humanities and social sciences.
Excellent source for identifying key works on a topic.

• Oxford Bibliographies Online Users Guide

Ancient Greek Language

Introduction to Attic Greek (2nd ed.) by Donald J. Mastronarde
Publication Date: 2013
This book contains:
— Full exposure to the grammar and morphology that students will encounter in actual texts
— Readings based on actual texts and include unadapted passages from Xenophon, Lysias, Plato, Aristophanes, and Thucydides.
— Concise introduction to the history of the Greek language
The author also makes additional supplements to that book available online.