ABSTRACT

One of the glories of the Greco-Roman classics is the opportunity that they give us to consider a great culture in its entirety; but our ability to do that depends on our ability to work comfortably with very varied fields of scholarship. The Handbook for Classical Research offers guidance to students needing to learn more about the different fields and subfields of classical research, and its methods and resources.

The book is divided into 7 parts: The Basics, Language, The Traditional Fields, The Physical Remains, The Written Word, The Classics and Related Disciplines, The Classics since Antiquity. Topics covered range from history and literature, lexicography and linguistics, epigraphy and palaeography, to archaeology and numismatics, and the study and reception of the classics.

Guidance is given not only to read, for example, an archaeological or papyrological report, but also on how to find such sources when they are relevant to research. Concentrating on "how-to" topics, the Handbook for Classical Research is a much needed resource for both teachers and students.

part |2 pages

PART I THE BASICS

chapter 1|12 pages

THE NATURE OF THE FIELD

chapter 2|11 pages

THE STAGES OF RESEARCH

chapter 3|13 pages

ASSEMBLING A BIBLIOGRAPHY

chapter 4|18 pages

WHAT ARE YOUR SOURCES?

chapter 5|10 pages

BOOK REVIEWS

part |2 pages

PART II LANGUAGE

chapter 6|12 pages

LEXICOGRAPHY

chapter 7|7 pages

GRAMMAR

chapter 8|12 pages

LANGUAGE AND LINGUISTICS

chapter 9|13 pages

USING CLASSICAL TEXTS

part |2 pages

PART III THE TRADITIONAL FIELDS

chapter 10|15 pages

READING AND UNDERSTANDING LITERATURE

chapter 11|11 pages

ORATORY AND RHETORIC

chapter 12|14 pages

PHILOSOPHY

chapter 13|20 pages

HISTORY

part |2 pages

PART IV THE PHYSICAL REMAINS

chapter 14|15 pages

ARCHAEOLOGY

chapter 15|8 pages

MYCENAEAN STUDIES

chapter 16|15 pages

NUMISMATICS

part |2 pages

PART V THE WRITTEN WORD

chapter 17|18 pages

EPIGRAPHY

chapter 18|11 pages

PAPYROLOGY

chapter 19|11 pages

PALAEOGRAPHY

chapter 20|8 pages

EDITING CLASSICAL TEXTS

part |2 pages

PART VI THE CLASSICS AND RELATED DISCIPLINES

chapter 21|21 pages

ART

chapter 22|8 pages

MUSIC AND DANCE

chapter 23|20 pages

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

chapter 24|13 pages

ANCIENT RELIGION AND MYTHOLOGY

chapter 25|14 pages

LAW

part |2 pages

PART VII THE CLASSICS SINCE ANTIQUITY

chapter 28|8 pages

HISTORY OF CLASSICAL SCHOLARSHIP

chapter 29|6 pages

RECONSTRUCTING THE ANCIENT WORLD

chapter 30|9 pages

TRANSLATION