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This bibliography is a few years out of date (from 2007-2008), but it is quite comprehensive and useful despite needing additions of publications made in the last few years.
University of Edinburgh
School of History and Classics
Introduction to the Study of the Hellenistic World
General books:
Bugh, G. (ed.). 2006. The Cambridge Companion to the Hellenistic World. Cambridge.
Erskine, A. (ed.), 2003. A Companion to the Hellenistic World. Oxford. Each chapter contains a
useful bibliographic essay.
Green, P. 1990. Alexander to Actium: the Hellenistic Age. London
Préaux, C. 1978. Le monde hellénistique 2 vols. Paris
Shipley, G. 2000. The Greek World after Alexander 323-30 BC. London
Walbank, F. 1992. The Hellenistic World, 2nd ed. London
Walbank, F. and Astin, A. (eds), 1984. Cambridge Ancient History, 2nd ed., vol. 7.1: The
Hellenistic World
Will, E. 1979-82. Histoire politique du monde hellénistique 2 vols. 2nd ed. Nancy - a version of
some of this appears in English in Will's chapters in CAH.
More specialised collections of essays:
Bulloch, A. et al., 1989, Images and Ideologies. Self-Definition in the Hellenistic World
Berkeley.
Cartledge, P. et al. 1997, Hellenistic Constructs. Essays in Culture, History, and
Historiography. Berkeley.
Green, P. 1993, Hellenistic History and Culture. Berkeley.
The classic book on the Hellenistic world is M. Rostovtzeff, 1941, The Social and Economic
History of the Hellenistic World, now fairly old but enormously influential.
Source material:
Appian, esp. book 9 on Rome's Syrian wars which gives a history of the Seleukids, translated in
Loeb and on Perseus.
Diodorus Siculus, books 12-20 on the age of the successors. Subsequent books survive in
fragments. All in Loeb.
Justin, The Epitome of the Philippic History of Pompeius Trogus - there is an excellent
translation by John Yardley but the only one in the library is by John Watson and dates
from 1882.
Livy, Books 26-45 (Loeb vols. 5-13; also in the Penguin translations, The War with Hannibal
and Rome and the Mediterranean)
Pausanias, Description of Greece. Translations available in Penguin, Loeb and on Perseus. J.
G. Frazer's commentary is old but still useful
Plutarch, Lives: Eumenes, Agis and Kleomenes, Philopoemen, Demetrios, Pyrrhos, all in Loeb,
the latter two also in Penguin, Age Of Alexander.
Polybius, Histories, Loeb, Shuckburgh's translation is available on Perseus; selections appear in
the Penguin The Rise of the Roman Empire. Essential here is F. W. Walbank's three
volume commentary.
Strabo, Geography. Translation in Loeb and on Perseus.
For Perseus project website: http://www.perseus.tufts.edu
Sometimes you will need to use a mirror site: http://perseus.uchicago.edu/hopper
Translations of important inscriptions, papyri and other texts are to be found in:
M. M. Austin, 2006, The Hellenistic World. Second edition. (first 1981)
P. Derow and R. Bagnall, 2004, The Hellenistic Period: Historical Sources in Translation (also
very good for papyri). Earlier edition is available online at:
http://www.columbia.edu/itc/classics/bagnall/3995/course_web_resources.html
Harding, P. 1985. From the Peloponnesian War to the Battle of Ipsos
Burstein, S. 1985, The Hellenistic Age from the battle of Ipsos to the death of Kleopatra
Sherk, R. K. 1984, Rome and the Greek East to the death of Augustus
Epigraphy
For an introduction to the world of inscriptions and their problems, see F. Millar, ‘Epigraphy’ in
M. H. Crawford, 1983, Sources for Ancient History or H. Pleket's entry, 'Epigraphy, Greek' in
the 3rd edition of the OCD. For a fuller account see B. H. McLean, 2002. Introduction to Greek
epigraphy of the Hellenistic and Roman periods from Alexander the Great down to the reign of
Constantine (323 B.C.-A.D. 337).
For a useful review of the epigraphy of Asia Minor, J. Ma, Epigraphy of Hellenistic Asia
Minor: A Survey of Recent Research (1992-1999)'. AJA (2000) 104: 95-121.
Important collections in the original language include:
Inscriptiones Graecae (IG),
W. Dittenberger, Orientis Graeci Inscriptiones Selectae (OGIS)
W. Dittenberger, Sylloge Inscriptionum Graecarum 3 (SIG or Syll)
L. Moretti's Iscrizioni storiche ellenistiche (ISE)1967-76
R. C. Welles, Royal Correspondence in the Hellenistic Period, 1934 (with translations)
J. Ma, 1999. Antiochos III and the Cities of western Asia Minor contains an important appendix
translating documents of the reign of Antiochos III.
New publications are reviewed annually in Supplementum Epigraphicum Graecum (SEG) and
Bulletin Épigraphique (BE), the latter incorporated in Revue des Études grecque since 1888.
For recent epigraphy of Asia Minor, J. Ma, American Journal of Archaeology 104 (2000), 95-121.
The maze of abbreviation for ancient epigraphy is decoded in the invaluable Guide de
l'épigraphiste: Bibliographie choisie des épigraphies antiques et médiévales, edited by François
Bérard, et al (third edition with supplement 2001), further supplements available on internet at:
http://www.antiquite.ens.fr/txt/dsa-publications-guidepigraphiste-en.htm
For internet resources go to the Centre for the Study of Ancient Documents in Oxford:
http://www.csad.ox.ac.uk
Papyrology
The best introductions to papyrology are:
Turner, E. G. 1980. Greek Papyri: an Introduction. 2nd edn. Oxford.
Bagnall, R. 1995. Reading papyri, writing ancient history. London.
A useful collection of papyrological materialin translation is to be found in;
A. S. Hunt and C.C. Edgar, Select Papyri, vols 1 and 2, Loeb
For an excellent thematic collection with a useful introduction:
Rowlandson, J. 1998. Women and society in Greek and Roman Egypt: a sourcebook.
Cambridge.
To understand the complex world of papyrological abbreviations:
http://odyssey.lib.duke.edu/papyrus/texts/clist.html
Papyri do not only survive in Greek but also in a form of Egyptian known as demotic. To find
out more about this:
Depauw, M. 1997. A Companion to Demotic Studies. Brussels.
Babylon
Babylon and its literature are discussed in:
Kuhrt, A. and Sherwin-White, S. (eds). 1987. Hellenism in the East. The interaction of Greek
and non-Greek civilizations from Syria to Central Asia after Alexander. London.
Oelsner, J. 1986. Materialien zur babylonischen Gesellschaft und Kultur in hellenistischer Zeit.
Budapest. (not in library)
The key editions (with translations) of Babylonian texts are not in the library:
Grayson, A. K. 1975a. Assyrian and Babylonian Chronicles. Locust Valley, NY.
Grayson, A. K. 1975b. Babylonian Historical-Literary Texts. Toronto.
Sachs, A. J. and Hunger, H. 1988. Astronomical Diaries and Related Texts from Babylonia I:
Diaries from 652 BC to 262 BC. Vienna.
Sachs, A. J. and Hunger, H. 1989. Astronomical Diaries and Related Texts from Babylonia II:
Diaries from 261BC to 165BC. Vienna.
But material from Grayson 1974a is available online along with I. Finkel's and R. van der
Spek's forthcoming collection of Babylonian Hellenistic chronicles:
http://www.livius.org/cg-cm/chronicles/chron00.html
Jewish Literature
There are two valuable surveys of Jewish literature:
Schürer, E. 1979. The History of the Jewish People in the Age of Jesus Christ. Vol. 2, rev. and
ed. by G. Vermes, F. Millar, and M. Black. Edinburgh.
Alexander, P. 2001. 'Essay with commentary on Post-Biblical Jewish Literature'. In J. Barton
and J. Muddiman (eds), The Oxford Bible Commentary. Oxford. 792-829.
Note in particular the first two books of Maccabees - see the 1973 translation and commentary
by J. R. Bartlett.
Journals and Reference Works: Abbreviations
AHB Ancient History Bulletin.
AJA American Journal of Archaeology.
AJAH American Journal of Ancient History.
AJP American Journal of Philology.
AncSoc Ancient Society.
ANRW Aufstieg und Niedergang der römischen Welt. Berlin. 1972- . A
multi-volume collection of essays on the Roman empire.
ANSMN Museum Notes (American Numismatic Society).
APF Archiv für Papyrusforschung.
ASNP Annali della Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa, Classe di Lettere e
Filosofia.
ATL Meritt, B., Wade-Gery, H. and McGregor, M. The Athenian Tribute
Lists. 1939-53.
BCH Bulletin de Correspondance Hellénique.
BE Bulletin épigraphique, published in REG. - reviews all epigraphic
publications of previous year - once it was all done by Jean and Louis
Robert but now it takes a whole team.
BGU Aegyptische Urkunden aus den Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin,
Griechische Urkunden. Berlin. 1895-
BICS Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies.
BMC Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum.
BSA Annual of the British School at Athens.
CAH2 Cambridge Ancient History. 2nd edn. Cambridge. 1961-
Chrest.Wilck Mitteis, L. and Wilcken, U. Grundzüge und Chrestomathie der
papyruskunde. Vol. 1: Historischer Teil. Leipzig 1912.
CIJ Frey, J. B. Corpus Inscriptionum Iudaicarum. Rome 1936-52.
CIL Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum. 1863-
CJ Classical Journal.
CMG Corpus Medicorum Graecorum. 1909-.
CP Classical Philology.
CPCActs Acts of the Copenhagen Polis Center.
CPJ Tcherikover, V. and Fuks, A. Corpus Papyrorum Judaicarum.
Cambridge, Mass. 1957-64.
CQ Classical Quarterly.
CRAI Comptes rendus de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres.
Davies EGF Davies, M. Epicorum Graecorum Fragmenta. Göttingen, 1988.
DdA Dialoghi di Archeologia.
DHA Dialogues d'Histoire Ancienne.
EA Epigraphica Anatolica.
FGrH Jacoby, F. Die Fragmente der griechischen Historiker. 1923- .
Multi-volume work collecting the testimonia and fragments of lost
Greek historians.
GGM Müller, C. Geographici Graeci Minores. Paris. 1855-61.
GRBS Greek, Roman and Byzantine Studies.
HN B. V. Head, Historia Numorum: a manual of Greek Numismatics.
Oxford 1911. Online edition: http://www.snible.org/coins/hn
HSCP Harvard Studies in Classical Philology.
HTR Harvard Theological Review.
I.Cret. Guarducci, M. Inscriptiones Creticae. Rome. 1935-50.
I.Didyma Rehm, A. Didyma II: Die Inschriften. Berlin. 1958.
I.Ephesos Wankel, H., Merkelbach, R. et al. Die Inscriften von Ephesos. 1979-
81. (IK 11-17).
I.Erythrai Engelmann, H. and Merkelbach, R. Die Inschriften von Erythrai und
Klazomenai. 1972-73. (IK 1).
I.Iasos Blümel, W. Die Inschriften von Iasos. 1985. (IK 28).
I.Ilion Frisch, P. Die Inschriften von Ilion. 1975. (IK 3).
I.Lamp. Frisch, P. Die Inschriften von Lampsakos. 1978. (IK 6).
I.Laodikeia Corsten, T. Die Inschriften von Laodikeia am Lykos. Vol. 1. 1997. (IK
49).
I.Louvre Bernand, E. Inscriptions grecques d'Égypte et de Nubie au Musée du
Louvre. Paris. 1992.
I.Magn. Kern, O. Die Inschriften von Magnesia am Maeander. Berlin. 1900.
I.Mylasa Blümel, W. Die Inschriften von Mylasa. 1987-88. (IK 34-5).
I.Perg. Fränkel, M. Die Inschriften von Pergamon. Berlin. 1890 (vol. 1).
1895 (vol. 2).
I.Perinthos Sayar, M. H. Perinthos-Herakleia: Marmara Ereglisi und Umgebung;
Geschichte, Testimonien, griechische und lateinische Inschriften.
Vienna 1998.
I.Priene Hiller von Gaertingen, F. Die Inschriften von Priene. Berlin. 1906.
I.Sestos Krauss, J. Die Inschriften von Sestos und des thrakischen Chersones.
1980. (IK 19).
I.Stratonikeia Sahin, M. Ç. Die Inschriften von Stratonikeia. 1981-90. (IK 21-2).
IG Inscriptiones Graecae. 1873-
IGRR Cagnat, R. Inscriptiones Graecae ad res Romanas pertinentes. Paris,
1906-27.
IK Inschriften griechischer Städte aus Kleinasien. Bonn. 1972- .
ILLRP Degrassi, A. Inscriptiones Latinae Liberae Rei Republicae. Florence.
1963 (vol. 2). 1965 (vol. 12).
ILS Dessau, H. Inscriptiones Latinae Selectae. Berlin. 1892-1916.
IOSPE Latyschev, B. Inscriptiones antiquae orae septentrionalis Ponti
Euxini Graecae et Latinae. St. Petersburg. 1885-1901.
Iscr.Cos. Segre, M. Iscrizioni di Cos. Rome. 1993.
ISE Moretti, L. Iscrizioni storiche ellenistiche. Florence. 1967-76.
JEA Journal of Egyptian Archaeology.
JHS Journal of Hellenic Studies.
JRA Journal of Roman Archaeology.
JRS Journal of Roman Studies.
JSav Journal des Savants.
LDAB Leuven Database of Ancient Books, http://ldab.arts.kuleuven.ac.be.
LSAM - Sokolowski, F, Lois sacrées de l’Asie Mineure. Paris. 1955.
MDAI Mitteilungen des deutschen archäologischen Instituts. (A) Athens, (C)
Cairo, (I) Istanbul, (R) Rome.
Milet Milet, Ergebnisse der Ausgrabung seit dem Jahren 1899. Berlin 1906-
ML Meiggs, R. and Lewis, D. A Selection of Greek Historical Inscriptions
to the End of the Fifth Century BC. Rev. edn. Oxford. 1988.
MRR Broughton, T. R. S. The Magistrates of the Roman Republic. New
York. 1951-2. Suppl. in 1986. Year by year account of Roman
magistrates and evidence for them.
OCD3 Hornblower, S. and Spawforth, A. The Oxford Classical Dictionary.
3rd edn. Oxford. 1996.
OGIS Dittenberger, W. Orientis Graeci Inscriptiones Selectae. Leipzig,
1903-5.
P.Adler The Adler Papyri. Oxford. 1939.
Pap. Lugd.-Bat. Papyrologica Lugduno-Batava. Leiden.
PCPS Proceedings of the Cambridge Philological Society.
P.Eleph. Rubensohn, O. Elephantine Papyri. Berlin. 1907.
P.Grenf. I Grenfell, B. An Alexandrian Erotic Fragment and other Greek Papyri
chiefly Ptolemaic. Oxford. 1896.
P.Hal. Dikaiomata: Auszüge aus Alexandrinischen Gesetzen und
Verordnungen in einem Papyrus des philologischen Seminars der
Universität Halle. Berlin. 1913.
P.Haun. Papyri Graecae Haunienses.
P.Hib The Hibeh Papyri. London. Vol. 1, ed. Grenfell, B. P. and Hunt, A. S,
1906; vol. 2, ed. Turner, E. G. and Lenger, M.-Th., 1955.
P.Köln Kölner Papyri. Opladen. 1976-
P.Lond. Greek Papyri in the British Museum. London. 1893-
P.Mich.Zenon Edgar, C. C. Papyri in the University of Michigan Collection. Vol. 1:
Zenon papyri. Ann Arbor. 1931.
P.Oxy The Oxyrhynchus Papyri. London. 1898-
PSI Papiri Greci e Latini, Pubblicazzioni della Società italiana per la
ricerca dei papiri greci e latini in Egitto. Florence 1912-
P.Rev. Revenue Laws of Ptolemy Philadelphus. Ed. B. Grenfell, Oxford,
1931; and again by J. Bingen, Göttingen, 1952 (in SB).
P.Tebt. Grenfell, B. P. et al. The Tebtunis Papyri. London. 1902-76.
P.Tor.Choach. Pestman, P. W. Il Processo di Hermeias e altri documenti
dell'archivio dei choachiti, papiri greci e demotici conservati a
Torino e in altre collezioni d'Italia. Turin. 1992.
P.Yale Oates, J., Samuel, A. and Welles, C. B. Yale Papyri in the Beinecke
Rare Books and Manuscript Library. New Haven. 1967.
RC Welles, C. B. Royal Correspondence in the Hellenistic Period. New
Haven. 1934. Text, commentary and translation of inscribed letters of
Hellenistic kings.
RDAC Report of the Department of Antiquities of Cyprus.
RDGE Sherk, R. K. Roman Documents from the Greek East: Senatus
Consulta and Epistulae to the Age of Augustus. Baltimore. 1969.
RE A. Pauly, G. Wissowa, and W. Kroll, Realencyclopädie des
classischen Altertumswissenschaft. 1893- . Very important articles,
also good for practising your academic German. There is also the
Kleine Pauly and recently the Neue Pauly, currently being translated
into English.
REA Revue des études anciennes.
REG Revue des études grecques.
REL Revue des études latines.
Rh.Mus. Rheinisches Museum für Philologie.
Robert OMS Robert, L. Opera Minora Selecta. 7 vols. Amsterdam. 1969-90.
SB Preisigke, F. et al. Sammelbuch griechischer Urkunden aus Ägypten.
1915-
SCI Scripta Classica Israelica.
SEG Supplementum Epigraphicum Graecum. 1923-
Sel.Pap. Hunt, A. S, Edgar, C. C. and Page, D. L., Select Papyri, 4 vols, Loeb
Classical Library, Cambridge, Mass. 1950.
SIG3 (or Syll.3) Dittenberger, W. Sylloge Inscriptionum Graecarum. 3rd edn. Leipzig.
1915-24.
Supp. Hell. Lloyd-Jones, H. and Parsons, P. Supplementum Hellenisticum. Berlin.
1983.
SV (or StaatsV) Die Staatsverträge des Altertums. Munich. Vol. 2: von 700 bis 338 v.
Chr., ed. H. Bengtson, 1962; vol. 3: von 338 bis 200 v. Chr., ed. H. H.
Schmitt, 1969.
TAM Tituli Asiae Minoris. 1901-
TAPA Transactions and Proceedings of the American Philological
Association.
Tod Tod, M. N. Greek Historical Inscriptions. Oxford. 1946-48.
UPZ Wilcken, U. Urkunden der Ptolemäerzeit (ältere Funde). Berlin and
Leipzig. Vol. 1: Papyri aus Unterägypten, 1922-27; vol. 2: Papyri aus
Oberägypten. 1957.
ZPE Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik.
(= http://www.uni-koeln.de/phil-fak/ifa/zpe)
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