Dictionary of Classical Antiquities
Encyclopedia
The Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1891, revised many times in the 1950s and 60s), covers Ancient Greek
and Roman
antiquities, mythology and literature in over 2,500 articles.
It was written in German by Oskar Seyffert
and edited by Henry Nettleship
and John Edwin Sandys
.
Ancient Greek
Ancient Greek is the stage of the Greek language in the periods spanning the times c. 9th–6th centuries BC, , c. 5th–4th centuries BC , and the c. 3rd century BC – 6th century AD of ancient Greece and the ancient world; being predated in the 2nd millennium BC by Mycenaean Greek...
and Roman
Ancient Rome
Ancient Rome was a thriving civilization that grew on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 8th century BC. Located along the Mediterranean Sea and centered on the city of Rome, it expanded to one of the largest empires in the ancient world....
antiquities, mythology and literature in over 2,500 articles.
It was written in German by Oskar Seyffert
Oskar Seyffert
Oskar Seyffert was a German art professor at the Königliche Kunstgewerbeschule in the Kingdom of Saxony...
and edited by Henry Nettleship
Henry Nettleship
Henry Nettleship was an English classical scholar.Nettleship was born at Kettering, and was educated at Lancing College, Durham School and Charterhouse schools, and Corpus Christi College, Oxford. In 1861, he was elected to a fellowship at Lincoln, which he vacated on his marriage in 1870...
and John Edwin Sandys
John Edwin Sandys
Sir John Edwin Sandys FBA , was a classical scholar.He was born at Leicester on 19 May 1844, a son of the Reverend Timothy Sandys of the Church Missionary Society and Rebecca . Living at first in India, he returned to England at the age of eleven, and was educated at the Church Missionary Society...
.