Oxford Classical Dictionary

TheOxford Classical Dictionary(OCD) is generally considered "the best one-volume dictionary on antiquity,"^[1]^[2]an encyclopædic work in English consisting of articles relating toclassical antiquityand its civilizations. It was first published in 1949 (OCD¹orOCD), edited by Max Cary with the assistance ofH. J. Rose,H. P. Harvey, andAlexander Souter.A second edition followed in 1970 (OCD²), edited byNicholas G. L. HammondandH. H. Scullard,and a third edition in 1996 (OCD³), edited bySimon Hornblowerand Antony Spawforth. A revised third edition was released in 2003, which is nearly identical to the previous third edition. A fourth edition was published in 2012 (OCD⁴), edited by Simon Hornblower, Antony Spawforth, andEsther Eidinow.In 2016, a fully digital edition^[3]launched online, edited by Sander Goldberg (2013–2017) andTim Whitmarsh(2018–present). Continuously updated on a monthly basis, this edition incorporates all 6,300 entries fromOCD⁴(which are being updated on a rolling basis) as well as newly commissioned entries, and features multimedia content and freely accessible maps^[4]of the ancient world.^[3]^[5]

TheOCD's over 6,400 articles^[6]cover everything from the daily life of the ancient Greeks and Romans to theirgeography,religion,and their historical figures.

Digital and on-line availability

The fourth edition and the third revised edition of theOCDare available online for members of subscribed institutions and for subscribed individuals via Oxford Reference.^[7]The third edition (1996) was also available onCD-ROM,but it is partially incompatible with more recent versions ofWindowsand has not been revised or re-released.^[8]

The new digital edition is accessible online to institutional and individual subscribers via theOxford Research Encyclopedias.^[3]Entry extracts/summaries and select full-length entries are freely available to non-subscribing individuals.

Oxford Companion to Classical Civilization

TheOxford Companion to Classical Civilization(OCCC), part of the Oxford Companions^[9]series of Oxford University Press, is an independent publication consisting of a selection of articles from theOCD,with accompanying illustrations. The first edition was published in 1998 (OCCC¹orOCCC), edited bySimon Hornblowerand Antony Spawforth, and contains over 600 articles selected from theOCD³.A paperback edition was issued in 2004. The current second edition was published in 2014 (OCCC²), edited by Simon Hornblower, Antony Spawforth, andEsther Eidinow,and contains over 700 articles selected from theOCD⁴.^[10]

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National Latin Exam

A copy of theOCDhas traditionally been offered by theNational Latin Examas a prize for students who obtain four consecutive ascending gold medals on the exam.^[11]

Editions and versions

Oxford Classical Dictionary

Oxford Classical Dictionary.Edited by Max Cary, with the assistance ofH. J. Rose,H. P. Harvey, andA. Souter.Oxford:Clarendon Press,1949.
Oxford Classical Dictionary.Edited byNicholas G. L. HammondandH. H. Scullard.2nd ed. Oxford:Clarendon Press,1970.
Oxford Classical Dictionary.Edited bySimon Hornblowerand Antony Spawforth. 3rd ed. Oxford and New York:Oxford University Press,1996.ISBN 978-0-19-866172-6.
Oxford Classical Dictionary.Edited by Simon Hornblower and Antony Spawforth. 3rd rev. ed. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2003.ISBN 978-0-19-860641-3.
Oxford Classical Dictionary.Edited by Simon Hornblower, Antony Spawforth, andEsther Eidinow.4th ed. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2012.ISBN 978-0-19-954556-8.
Oxford Classical Dictionary.Edited byTim Whitmarsh.Digital ed. New York: Oxford University Press.ISBN 978-0-19-938113-5.

Oxford Companion to Classical Civilization

Oxford Companion to Classical Civilization.Edited by Simon Hornblower and Antony Spawforth. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 1998, 2004.ISBN 978-0-19-860165-4(hb),ISBN 978-0-19-860958-2(pb).
Oxford Companion to Classical Civilization.Edited by Simon Hornblower, Antony Spawforth, and Esther Eidinow. 2nd ed. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2014.ISBN 978-0-19-870677-9.

Notes

^"Markus Sehlmeyer, review ofOxford Classical Dictionary,ed. Simon Hornblower and Antony Spawforth,Bryn Mawr Classical Review97.9.06 (1997) ".Archived fromthe originalon 2016-03-04.
^"The Oxford Classical Dictionary. Third edition revised – Bryn Mawr Classical Review".Archived fromthe originalon 2016-03-04.
^^a ^b ^c"Oxford Classical Dictionary".Oxford Classical Dictionary.
^"Maps of the Ancient World".Oxford Classical Dictionary.
^See, also, the catalogue entryat Oxford University Press for this new online version of theOCD.]
^This information is garnered from theOCD⁵catalogue entryon the Oxford University Press website.
^"ORO Syndicated Content".2014-09-06. Archived fromthe originalon 2014-09-06.
^"Discontinued CD-ROMs and eBooks".OUP Academic.
^"Oxford Companions - Oxford University Press".global.oup.
^Information regarding the editions of theOCCChas been garnered from theirfront matteranddust jackets.
^""National Latin Exam Awards", from the website of the National Latin Exam ".Archived fromthe originalon 2014-09-27.

External links

[1] "Markus Sehlmeyer, review ofOxford Classical Dictionary,ed. Simon Hornblower and Antony Spawforth,Bryn Mawr Classical Review97.9.06 (1997) ".Archived fromthe originalon 2016-03-04.

[2] "The Oxford Classical Dictionary. Third edition revised – Bryn Mawr Classical Review".Archived fromthe originalon 2016-03-04.

[auto-3] "Oxford Classical Dictionary".Oxford Classical Dictionary.

[4] "Maps of the Ancient World".Oxford Classical Dictionary.

[5] See, also, the catalogue entryat Oxford University Press for this new online version of theOCD.]

[6] This information is garnered from theOCD⁵catalogue entryon the Oxford University Press website.

[7] "ORO Syndicated Content".2014-09-06. Archived fromthe originalon 2014-09-06.

[8] "Discontinued CD-ROMs and eBooks".OUP Academic.

[9] "Oxford Companions - Oxford University Press".global.oup.

[10] Information regarding the editions of theOCCChas been garnered from theirfront matteranddust jackets.

[11] ""National Latin Exam Awards", from the website of the National Latin Exam ".Archived fromthe originalon 2014-09-27.

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