Reference works
Some reference works useful for looking up the places, animals, plants, and persons mentioned in the paradoxographical texts.
Arnott, W. Geoffrey. Birds in the Ancient World from A to Z. London; New York: Routledge, 2007.
Beavis, Ian C. Insects and Other Invertebrates in Classical Antiquity. Exeter: Exeter Univ. Publ., 1988.
Davies, Malcolm, and Jeyaraney Kathirithamby. Greek Insects. London: Duckworth, 1986.
Douglas, N. Birds and Beasts of the Greek Anthology. London: Chapman & Hall, 1928. http://bestiary.ca/etexts/douglas1928/douglas%20-%20birds%20and%20beasts%20of%20the%20greek%20anthology.pdf.
Healy, J.F. Mining and Metallurgy in the Greek and Roman World. London: Thames & Hudson, 1978.
Hornblower, Simon, and Antony J.S. Spawforth, eds. The Oxford Classical Dictionary. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 2003.
Kitchell, Kenneth F. Jr. Animals in the Ancient World from A to Z. London, New York: Routledge, 2013.
Morton, A.G. History of Botanical Science: An Account of the Development of Botany from Ancient Times to the Present Day. London: Academic Press, 1981.
Raven, John E. Plants and Plant Lore in Ancient Greece. Oxford: Leopard’s Head Press, 2000.
Smith, William. A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. London: John Murray, 1848. http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3atext%3a1999.04.0104.
———. Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. 2 vols. London: Walton and Maberly; John Murray, 1854. http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0064.
Stillwell, R., W.L. MacDonald, and M.H. McAlister. The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites. Princeton (N.J.): Princeton University Press, 1976. http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0006.
Stoa Consortium. ‘Suda on Line: Byzantine Lexicography’. Accessed 2 January 2021. http://www.stoa.org/sol/.
Thompson, D’Arcy W. A Glossary of Greek Birds. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1895. http://www.archive.org/details/glossaryofgreekb00thomrich.
———. A Glossary of Greek Fishes. London: Oxford University Press, 1947.
Toynbee, J.M.C. Animals in Roman Life and Art. London: Thames & Hudson, 1973.