Oxford Classical Dictionary
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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 is still the current edition as of 2005. It is also available on CD-ROM.
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 0198606419
- Abridged edition Oxford Companion to Classical Civilization ISBN 0198601654 (hb), ISBN 0198609582 (pb)
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