Classics Graduate Student Guide

First choice for new and experienced scholars, this updated edition remains essential as a starting point for research in ancient Greek and Roman cultures. Contains solid definitions and biographies of people, places, things, and cultural ideas from Greece and Rome. Also good for mythological genealogy. With references to primary and secondary sources.

500 essays, covering the ancient world from the Bronze Age to post-Justinian era (600 CE). Index recommended.

The Lexicon Iconographicum Mythologiae Classicae (abbreviated LIMC) is a multivolume encyclopedia cataloguing representations of mythology. Published serially from 1981 to 2009 it is the most extensive resource of its kind. Entries are arranged alphabetically, with black-and-white illustrations indexed to their respective entries.

A comprehensive encyclopedia of antiquity, with solid coverage of topics famous and obscure. Need a biography of Pseudo-Skimnos? This is the place. We also have a comprehensive collection of prior editions in the Pauly series.

Good coverage of authors, works, and plot summaries. Can't keep the Oedipus cycle straight? This is your source.

Although this is a print source, there is an electronic index available...which only searches article titles, not the full text.

A collection of modern scholarly essays on topics and time periods in antiquity. Not as good for narrative as the first edition, but very comprehensive bibliographies.