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Finding Books: Call Numbers

Library of Congress call numbers pertaining to Greek and Latin Languages and Literature include:

PA1-199 Classical philology
PA201-899   Greek philology and language
PA1000-1179          Medieval and modern Greek language
PA2001-2915          Latin philology and language
PA3000-3049          Classical literature
PA3050-4505          Greek literature
PA3051-3285                    Literary history
PA3300-3516                    Collections
PA3520-3564                    Criticism, interpretation, etc.
PA3601-3681                    Translations
PA3818-4505                    Individual authors Including:
PA3825-3849                              Aeschylus
PA3851-3858                              Aesop
PA3890-3926                              Aristotle
PA3949-3964                              Demosthenes
PA3973-3992                              Euripedes
PA4018-4209                              Homer
PA4279-4333                              Plato
PA4367-4389                              Plutarch
PA4413-4434                              Sophocles
PA4452-4486                              Thucydides
PA4494-4499                              Xenophon
PA5000-5660          Byzantine and modern Greek literature
PA5301-5638.36     Individual authors
PA6000-6971          Roman literature
PA6001-6097                    Literary history
PA6100-6140                    Collections
PA6141-6144                    Criticism, interpretation, etc.
PA6155-6191                    Translations
PA6202-6971                    Individual authors Including:
PA6235-6269                              Caesar, Julius
PA6278-6370                              Cicero, Marcus Tullius
PA6393-6444                              Horace
PA6482-6496                              Lucretius Carus, Titus
PA6501-6510                              Martial
PA6519-6553                              Ovid
PA6568-6609                              Plautus, Titus Maccius
PA6611-6637                              Pliny, the Elder
PA6661-6693                              Seneca, Lucius Annaeus
PA6705-6753                              Tacitus, Cornelius
PA6755-6785                              Terentius Apher, Publius (Terence)
PA6801-6961                              Vergilius Maro, Publius (Virgil)
PA8001-8595          Medieval and modern Latin literature
PA8200-8595                    Individual authors

Classic Languages Reference Resources

Ancient Greece and Rome by Michael Gagarin (Editor)
Call Number: E-Book Available Online
ISBN: 9780195170726
Publication Date: 2009-12-31
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece and Rome is a clear and accessible guide to the world of classical antiquity. This reference work is a comprehensive overview of the major cultures of the classical Mediterranean world - Greek, Hellenistic, and Roman - from the Bronze Age to the fifth century CE. It also covers the legacy of the classical world and its interpretation and influence in subsequent centuries.
Ancient writers: Greece and Rome
Call Number: ONLINE
ISBN: 9780684316307
Covers ancient Greek and Roman writers of the classical period. Entries include biographical information, as well as discussion of the themes and styles of major work
Classical Dictionaries by Christopher Stray (Editor)
Call Number: PA51 .C54 2010
ISBN: 9780715639160
Publication Date: 2010-10-21
This is the first book to be devoted to its subject, offering a wide-ranging introduction to dictionaries of Latin and Greek from the ancient world to the present.
New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin by Andrew L. Sihler
Call Number: PA111 .S54 1995
ISBN: 0195083458
Publication Date: 1995-01-05
Like Carl Darling Buck's Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin (1933), this book is an explanation of the similarities and differences between Greek and Latin morphology and lexicon through an account of their prehistory.
Greek and Latin in English Today by Richard M. Krill
Call Number: PE1582.G6 K7 1993
ISBN: 0865162417
Publication Date: 2003-01-01

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The Oxford Classical Dictionary by Simon Hornblower (Editor); Antony Spawforth (Editor)
Call Number: DE5 .O9 1996
ISBN: 019866172X
Publication Date: 1996-12-12
The Oxford Classical Dictionary has been the unrivaled one-volume reference work on the Greco-Roman world. Whether one is interested in literature or art, philosophy or law, mythology or science, intimate details of daily life or broad cultural and historical trends, the OCD is a good place to turn for clear, authoritative information on all aspects of ancient culture.
The Oxford Companion to Classical Civilization by Simon Hornblower (Editor); Antony Spawforth (Editor)
Call Number: E-Book and in print: DE5 .O9 1998
ISBN: 0198601654
Publication Date: 1999-02-04
The Oxford Companion to Classical Civilization is an indispensable guide to the richly textured history of ancient Greece and Rome. From military history to architecture, ancient law to mythology, the sciences to the arts, these meticulously detailed entries breathe life into the people, places and events that shaped the development of classical civilization. Filled with both essay length articles and short quick reference entries, this extraordinarily thorough yet accessibly written book is a treasury of information on classical civilization.
The Oxford Companion to Classical Literature by Margaret Howatson
Call Number: PA31 .H69 1989
ISBN: 0198661215
Publication Date: 1989-05-25
From Achilles's heel to the sword of Damocles, Western culture teems with allusions from the rich heritage of classical literature in this edition of The Oxford Companion to Classical Literature.
The Oxford History of the Classical World by John Boardman (Editor); Jasper Griffin (Editor); Oswyn Murray (Editor)
Call Number: E-Book Available Online
ISBN: 0198721129
Publication Date: 1986-07-17
The history, achievements, and enduring legacies of Greek and Roman antiquity come to life in the pages of this comprehensive and beautifully illustrated volume.

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