Literature

Please be advised that the titles featured below are merely representative of the New York Public Library’s holdings on this topic and should not be mistaken for an exhaustive list. To locate additional resources, researchers may find it helpful to search the Library’s online catalog, CATNYP, using the following subject headings:

Greek literature
Latin literature
Greek literature, History and criticism
Latin literature, History and criticism
Greek literature, Bibliography
Latin literature, Bibliography
Greek drama
Latin drama
Epic poetry, Greek
Epic poetry, Latin
Greek poetry
Latin poetry
Greek prose literature
Latin prose literature
Rhetoric, Ancient

Anthologies and compilations

Baldwin, Barry. An anthology of Byzantine poetry. Amsterdam: J.C. Gieben, 1985. JFE 86-428.

Campbell, David A. Greek lyric poetry: a selection of early Greek lyric, elegiac and iambic poetry. Bristol: Bristol Classical Press, 1982. JFD 86-10211.

Clack, Jerry. An Anthology of Alexandrian poetry. Pittsburgh, PA: Classical World, 1982. JFE 86-3993.

Cook, Albert and Edwin Dolin, eds. An Anthology of Greek tragedy. Dallas, TX: Spring Pub., [1983], 1972. JFD 85-1647.

Duff, J. Wight and Arnold M. Duff, eds. Minor Latin poets: in two volumes. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1982. *R-NRDZ M666.

Russell, D.A. An Anthology of Latin prose. New York: Oxford University Press, 1990. JFD 90-11356.

Gerber, Douglas E., ed. Euterpe: an anthology of early Greek lyric, elegiac, and iambic poetry. Amsterdam: Hakkert, 1970. JFF 72-1024.

Hopkinson, Neil. Greek poetry of the Imperial Period: an anthology. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1994. JFC 95-606.

A Greek anthology. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2002. JFD 02-20487.

Hansen, William. Anthology of ancient Greek popular literature. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1998. JFE 00-1536.

Bibliography and reference

Avery, Catherine B. The new century handbook of Greek literature. New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1972. JFD 72-6366.

Briggs, Ward W. Ancient Greek authors. Detroit, Mich.: Gale Research, 1997. *R-AB 79-1061 v.176.

Brown, Andrew. A new companion to Greek tragedy. Totowa, NJ: Barnes and Noble, 1983. JFD 83-4603.

Donlan, Walter. The classical world bibliography of Vergil. New York: Garland, 1978. JFE 78-2996.

Donlan, Walter. The classical world bibliography of Greek drama and poetry. New York: Garland Pub., 1977. JFE 78-1855.

Donlan, Walter. The classical world bibliography of Roman drama and poetry and ancient fiction. New York: Garland Pub., 1977. JFE 78-1487.

Enciclopedia Virgiliana. Roma: Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, 1984-1991. JFM 89-429.

Fedeli, P. Bibliografia properziana. Assisi, Italy: Tipografia Porziuncola, 1985. JFE 87-1570.

Feder, Lillian. The handbook of classical literature. New York: Da Capo Press, 1998. *R-NRC 99-5417.

Gerber, Douglas E. A bibliography of Pindar, 1513-1966. Cleveland, OH: Case Western Reserve University for the American Philological Association, 1969. *RS-NRWO 76-5333.

Gwinup, Thomas, and Fidelia Dickinson. Greek and Roman Authors: a Checklist of Criticism. 2nd ed. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1982. JFD 89-4715.

Harrauer, Hermann. A bibliography to Catullus. Hildesheim, Germany: Gerstenberg, 1979. JFD 80-3755.

Holoka, James. Gaius Valerius Catullus: a systematic bibliography. New York: Garland, 1985. JFD 85-1740.

Howatson, M. C. The concise Oxford companion to classical literature. New York: Oxford University Press, 1989. JFD 93-7903.

Lehnus, Luigi. Bibliografia Callimachea, 1489-1988. Genova, Italy: Universita di Genova, Facolta di Lettere, 1989. JFD 95-19904.

Packard, David W. A bibliography of Homeric scholarship. Malibu, CA: Undena, 1974. JFD 76-2584.

Sienkewicz, Thomas J. The Classical Epic: an Annotated Bibliography. Magill bibliographies. Pasadena, Calif.: Salem Press, 1991. JFE 91-6294.

Historical and critical studies

Arnott, W. Geoffrey. Menander, Plautus, and Terence. Oxford, England: Clarendon Press, 1975. L-11 2064 no. 9.

Barsby, John. Ovid. Oxford, England: Clarendon Press, 1978. L-11 2064 no. 12.

Blass, Friedrich. Die griechische Beredsamkeit in dem Zeitraum von Alexander bis auf Augustus. Ein litterarhistorischer Versuch. Berlin: Weidmann, 1865. NSH.

Buxton, R. G. A. Sophocles. Oxford, England: Clarendon Press, 1984. L-11 2064 no. 16.

Conte, Gian B. Latin literature: a history. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1994. *R-NTB 94-10232.

Dihle, Albrecht. Greek and Latin literature of the Roman empire: from Augustus to Justinian. London: Routledge, 1994. *R-NRC 94-7492.

Dihle, Albrecht. A history of Greek literature: from Homer to the Hellenistic period. London: Routledge, 1994. *R-NRE 94-13231.

Dover, K.J., ed. Ancient Greek literature. New York: Oxford University Press, 1997. JFD 98-1853.

Duff, J. Wight. A literary history of Rome: from the origins to the close of the Golden Age. New York: Barnes and Noble, 1959. *R-NTB 75-5105.

Duff, J. Wright. A literary history of Rome in the Silver Age: from Tiberius to Hadrian. New York: Barnes and Noble, 1964. *R-NTB 75-755.

Easterling, P. E. The Cambridge history of classical literature. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1982-85. *R-NRC 82-677. Volume one is Greek literature; volume two is Latin.

Ferguson, John. Catullus. Oxford, England: Clarendon Press, 1988. L-11 2064 no. 20.

Hainsworth, J. B. Homer. Oxford, England: Clarendon Press, 1969. L-11 2064 no. 3.

Hutchinson, G.O. Latin literature from Seneca to Juvenal: a critical study. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1992. JFD 93-6280.

Ireland, S. Aeschylus. Oxford, England: Clarendon Press, 1986. L-11 2064 no. 18.

Kennedy, George A. A new history of classical rhetoric. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1994. JFE 95-1270.

Murphy, James J. and Richard A. Katula, with Forbes I. Hill, Donovan J. Ochs. A synoptic history of classical rhetoric. Mahwah, N.J.: Hermagoras Press, 2003. JFF 03-1343.

Rose, H. J. A Handbook of Greek Literature: from Homer to the Age of Lucian. 3d , rev. ed. London: Methuen, 1948. D-16 4108. A popular, quick-reference overview of classical Greek literature. Bibliographical references and an index are included.

Rose, H. J. A handbook of Latin literature: from the earliest times to the death of St. Augustine. London: Methuen, 1958. D-13 7029.

Schanz, Martin. Geschichte der römischen Literatur bis zum Gesetzgebungswerk des Kaisers Justinian. München: C. H. Beck, 1896-1920. (Handbuch der Altertumswissenschaft, Abt. 8). *RS-BTGP. The standard scholarly history of Latin literature; in German.

Schmid, Wilhelm. Geschichte der griechischen Literatur. München: C. H. Beck, 1940-59. (Handbuch der Altertumswissenschaft, Abt. 7). *RS-BTGP. Companion to the above volume, for Greek literature; also in German.

Syme, Ronald. Tacitus. Oxford, England: Clarendon Press, 1967. *RR-BWHR 72-1731.

Ussher, R. G. Aristophanes. Oxford, England: Clarendon Press, 1979. L-11 2064 no. 13.

Williams, Gordon. Horace. Oxford, England: Clarendon Press, 1972. L-11 2064 no. 6.