Ancient History & Civilisation

ABBREVIATIONS OF ANCIENT AUTHORS AND WORKS

Ael.   Aelian

NH   De Natura Animalium(The Nature of Animals)

VH   Varia Historia(Assorted History)

Ep.   Epistlulae(Letters)

Tact. Praef.   Preface toTactics

Aen. Tact.   Aeneas Tacticus

Aesch.   Aeschylus

Ag.   Agamemnon

Eum.   Eumenides

Pers.   Persae (Persians)

PV   Prometheus Vinctus (Prometheus Bound)

Sept.   Septem contra Thebes (Seven Against Thebes)

Supp.   Suppliants

Aeschin.   Aeschines

In Ctes.   Against Ctesias

Aëthlius

Alc.   Alcaeus

Alciphr.   Alciphron

Alcmaeon

Alexius

Ameipsias

Amphis

Anaxilas

Anaximander

Andoc.   Andocides

Androtion

Anon. fr.   Anonymous fragment

Anth. Pal.   Anthologia Palantina (Palantine Anthology)

Antiphanes

Antiphon

Apollodorus

Ar.   Aristophanes

Ach.   Acharnians

Av.   Aves (Birds)

Eccl.   Ecclesizusae (Women at the Ecclesia)

Eq.   Equites (Knights)

Lys.   Lysistrata

Nub.   Nubes (Clouds)

Pax   Pax (Peace)

Plut.   Plutus (Wealth)

Ran.   Ranae (Frogs)

Thesm.   Thesmorphoriazusae (Women at the Thesmorphoria)

Vesp.   Vespae (Wasps)

Archil.   Archilochus

Arist.   Aristotle

Ath. Pol.   Athenaion Politeia (Constitution of the Athenians)

Eth. Nic.   Ethica Nicomachea (Nicomachean Animals)

HA   Historia Animalium (History of Animals)

Meteor.   Meteorologica

[Oec.]   Oeconomica (Economics)

Part. An.   De Partibus Animalium (Parts of Animals)

Poet.   Poetica (Poetics)

Pol.   Politica (Politics)

Rhet.Rhetorica(Rhetoric)

Arr.   Arrian

An.   Anabasis

Tact.   Tactica (Tactics)

Athen.   Athenaeus

Au. Gell.   Aulus Gellius

NA   Noctes Atticae (Attic Nights)

Caes.   Caesar

Bell. Afr.   Bellum Africanum (African War)

Cato

Rust.   De Re Rustica (Country Matters)

Cic.   Cicero

Off.   De Officiis (Duties)

Colum.   Columella

Arb.   De Arboribus (Trees)

Rust.   De Re Rustica (Country Matters)

Deinarchus

Democr.   Democritus

Dem.   Demosthenes

Dio. Chrys.   Dio Chrysostomus

Diod.   Diodorus Siculus

Diog. Laert.   Diogenes Laertes

Dion. Hal.   Dionysius Halicarnassensis

Ant. Rom.   Antiquitates Romanae (Roman Antiquities)

Edmonds   J. M. Edmonds, Fragments of Attic Comedy, 1957-1961

Eupolis

Eur.   Euripides

Andr.   Andromache

Bacch.   Bacchae

Cyc.   Cyclops

El.   Electra

HF   Hercules Furens

Ion

Or.   Orestes

Phoen.   Phoenissae

Supp.   Supplices

FGrH   F. Jacoby, Fragmente der griechischen Historiker, 1954-1962

Fr.   Fragment

Front.   Frontinus

Str.   Strategemata

Harp.   Harpocration

Heracl.   Heracleitus

Hdt.   Herodotus

Hell. Oxy.   Hellenica Oxyrhynchia

Hes.   Hesiod

Op.   Opera et Dies (Works and Days)

Scut.   Scutum (Shield)

Theog.   Theogony

Hipponax

Hom.   Homer

Il.   Iliad

Od.   Odyssey

Hymn. Hom.   Hymnus Homericus ad Mercuriam (Homeric Hymn to Hermes)

Merc.

Hyper.   Hyperides

IC   Inscriptiones Creticae, 1935-1950, (Cretan Inscriptions)

IG   Inscriptiones Graecae, 1873-1981 (Greek inscriptions)

Is.   Isaeus

Isoc.   Isocrates

Areop.   Areopagus

Paneg.   Panegyricus

Istros

Just.   Justinus

Epit.   Epitome

Kock   T. Kock, Comicorum Atticorum Fragmenta (1880-88)

Lucian

Anach.   Anacharsis

Icar.   Icaromenippus

Lycurg.   Lycurgus

Leocr.   Against Leocratus

Lys.   Lysias

Men.   Menander

Asp.   Aspis

Dys.   Dyscolus

Georg.   Georgos

Sent.   Sententiae

Nep.   Nepos

Ages.   Agesilaus

Milt.   Miltiades

Them.   Themistocles

Ov.   Ovid

Met. Metamorphoses

Paus.   Pausanias

Pherecrates

Philemon

Philochorus

Philodemus

Phocylides

Phot.   Photius

Bibl.   Bibliotheca (Library)

Pind.   Pindar

Nem.   Nemean Odes

Olymp.   Olympian Odes

Pl.   Plato

Amat.   Amatores (Lovers)

Alc.   Alcibiades

Ap.   Apology

Clit.   Clitopho

Criti.   Critias

Ep.   Epistulae (Letters)

Euthyphr.   Euthyphro

Gor.   Gorgias

Hipp.   Hipparchus

Ion

Lach.   Laches

Leg.   Leges (Laws)

Menex.   Menexenus

Min.   Minos

Phaedr.   Phaedrus

Polit.   Politicus (Statesman)

Prot.   Protagoras

Resp.   Respublica (Republic)

Soph.   Sophista

Symp.   Symposium

Theag.   Theages

Theaet.   Theaetetus

Tim.   Timaeus

Pliny

Ep.   Epistuale (Letters)

HN   Naturalis Historia (Natural History)

Plut.   Plutarch

Ages.   Agesilaus

Agis

Alc.   Alcibiades

Arat.   Aratus

Arist.   Aristides

Cim.   Cimon

Comp. Lye et

Num   Comparison of Lycurgus and Numa

Demetr.   Demetrius

Flamin.   Flamininus

Lyc.   Lycurgus

Lys.   Lysander

Mor.   Moralia

Nic.   Nicias

Pel. Pelopidas

Per.   Pericles

Phil.   Philopoemen

Phoc.   Phocian

Pyrrh.   Pyrrhus

Sol.   Solon

Them.   Themistocles

Thes.   Theseus

Poll.   Pollux

On.   Onomasticon

Polyaen.   Polyaenus

Str.   Strategemata

Polyb.   Polybius

Praef.   Praefatio (Preface)

Ps. Her. Att.   Pseudo-Herodes Atticus

Peri Pol.   Peri Politeias (About Constitutions)

Sappho

Schol.   Scholiast

SEG   Supplementum Epigraphicum Graecum, 1923-

Sen.   Seneca

Ep.   Epistulae(Letters)

SIG W. Dittenberg, Sylloge Inscriptionum Graecum, 1915-24

Soph.   Sophocles

Ajax

Ant.   Antigone

Oed. Col.   Oedipus Coloneus

Stob.   Stobaeus

Flor.   (Anthology)

Strabo

Strato

Timaeus

Timocles

Theocr.   Theocritus

Id.   Idylls

Theog.   Theognis

Theophr.   Theophrastus

Char.   Characters

CP   De Causis Plantarum (The Aetiology of Plants)

HP   Historia Plantarum (Researches of Plants)

Theopomp.   Theopompus

Thuc.   Thucydides

Val. Max.   Valerius Maximus

Varro

Rust.   De Re Rustica (Country Matters)

Virg.   Virgil

Ec.   Eclogues

Georg.   Georgics

Vit. Aesch.   Vita Aeschyli (Life of Aeschylus)

Vit. Aesop.   Vita Aesopi (Life of Aesop)

Xenocr.   Xenocrates

Xenophanes

Xen.   Xenophon

Ages.   Agesilaus

An.   Anabasis

Cyn.   Cynegeticus (On Hunting)

Cyr.   Cyropaedia (Education of Cyrus)

Hier.   Hiero

Hell.   Hellenica

Hipp.   Hipparchus (The Cavalary Commander)

Lac. Pol.   Lacedaimonion Politeia (Spartan Constitution)

Mem.   Memorabilia

Oec.   Oeconomicus

Symp.   Symposium

Vect.   De Vectigalibus (Ways and Means)

[Xen.]   Pseudo-Xenophon

Ath. Pol.   Athenaion Politeia (Constitution of the Athenians)

Zen.   Zenobius

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