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Print and Online Reference Materials
Brill's New Pauly : Encyclopaedia of the ancient world by ISBN: 9789004142213
Encyclopedia of Ancient Greek Language and Linguistics by Call Number: AVAILABLE ONLINEISBN: 9789004225978Publication Date: 2014-10-22The Encyclopedia of Ancient Greek Language and Linguistics (EAGLL) is a unique work that brings together the latest research from across a range of disciplines which contribute to our knowledge of Ancient Greek. It is an indispensable research tool for scholars and students of Greek, of linguistics, and of other Indo-European languages, as well as of Biblical literature. The EAGLL offers a systematic and comprehensive treatment of all aspects of the history and study of Ancient Greek, comprising detailed descriptions of the language from Proto-Greek to koine. It addresses linguistic aspects from several perspectives including history, structure, individual singularities, biographical references, schools of thought, technical meta-language, sociolinguistic issues, dialects, didactics, translation practices, generic issues, Greek in relation to other languages, etc., and on all levels of analysis including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, lexicon, semantics, stylistics, etc.
- Hellenistic BibliographyThe Hellenistic Bibliography project is currently supported by Trinity College Dublin’s School of Histories and Humanities, Trinity Long Room Hub and Manuscript, Book and Print Culture research theme. Content and platform updates are in progress.
Abbreviations
- AbbreviationsDatabase of over 70,000 medieval Latin abbreviations.
- L'Année Philologique AbbreviationsList of abbreviations of journal titles as used in l'Année Philologique.
- AJA AbbreviationsJournal title abbreviations, as used in the American Journal of Archaeology.
- Latin InscriptionsAbbreviations as used in Latin inscriptions, based on inscriptions published in L'Année Épigraphique between 1888 and 1993.
Other tools
- Pleiades -- Gazetteer of the Ancient WorldPleiades gives scholars, students, and enthusiasts worldwide the ability to use, create, and share historical geographic information about the ancient world in digital form. At present, Pleiades has extensive coverage for the Greek and Roman world, and is beginning to expand into Ancient Near Eastern, Byzantine, Celtic, and Early Medieval geography.
- Juxta Commons -- Text collationJuxta is a tool that allows you to compare and collate versions of the same textual work.
Date conversion
- Ancient ChonologyDetailed discussions on ancient systems of time-keeping, and conversion tables for the Babylonian, Egyptian, Macedonian, Olympic, Athenian, and Roman calendar systems. Not an online conversion tool.
- Ancient EgyptConversion of dates up to the Roman period to CE dates.
- Babylonian calendarConverts dates in the babylonian calendar 626 BCE to 75 CE.
