Classics and Archaeology

This page will give you some tips for citing sources relevant to Classics.  Please also consult the Classics Department's Style Guide.

For more information about Citing & Referencing, visit the general library guide.

Cite classical texts in the following format:

[Author], [Title] [Book/Section. (Poem, if applicable)].[Line #s cited]

note:

• you may omit the name of the work, if the author only wrote one work (e.g. Herodotus 9.1 and not Herodotus, Histories 9.1)
• you may use a standard abbreviation for author/text - check an authoritative source, such as The Oxford Classical Dictionary

Verse Example

Homer, Iliad 18.141-143.

Prose Example

Plato, Symposium 215a3-218b7.