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- Oxford Reference This link opens in a new windowOxford Reference is the premier online reference product, spanning 25 different subject areas, bringing together 2 million digitized entries across Oxford University Press’s Dictionaries, Companions, and Encyclopedias.
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The Grove Encyclopedia of Classical Art and Architecture by Call Number: eBookPublication Date: 20071,000 entries. Includes all subject areas in the classical arts, including philosophers, rulers, writers and artists, architecture, ceramics, sculpture, and more.
The Oxford Classical Dictionary. 4th edition. by Call Number: eBookPublication Date: 20126,700 entries. Contains many thematic entries on subjects relevant to the 21st century such as nationalism, race, gender, and ecology and covers topics such as creolization and kinship, as well as dance reception and translation.
The Oxford Companion to Classical Literature. 3rd edition. by Call Number: eBookPublication Date: 2011"The complete and authoritative reference guide to the classical world and its literary heritage." It presents essential facts about the authors, tales, and characters from ancient myth and literature, and places these details in the wider contexts of the history and society of the Greek and Roman worlds. It includes extensive cross-references, a useful chronological table, and location maps.
Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece and Rome by Call Number: eBookPublication Date: 20097 volumes. 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.
The Oxford Guide to People and Places of the Bible by Call Number: eBookPublication Date: 2001374 pages. Provides more than 300 articles that covers major figures and locations of the Old and New Testaments. Written by an international team of noted Biblical scholars.
