Contents:
  • pt. 1. The basics
  • The nature of the field
  • The stages of research
  • Assembling a bibliography
  • What are your sources?
  • Book reviews
  • pt. 2. Language
  • Lexicography
  • Grammar
  • Language and linguistics
  • Using classical texts
  • pt. 3. The traditional fields
  • Reading and understanding literature
  • Oratory and rhetoric
  • Philosophy
  • History
  • pt. 4. The physical remains
  • Archaeology
  • Mycenaean studies
  • Numismatics
  • pt. 5. The written word
  • Epigraphy
  • Papyrology
  • Palaeography
  • Editing classical texts
  • pt. 6. The classics and related disciplines
  • Art
  • Music and dance
  • Science and technology
  • Ancient religion and mythology
  • Law
  • Sociology, anthropology, economics, and psychology
  • pt. 7. The classics since antiquity
  • The classical tradition and classical reception
  • History of classical scholarship
  • Reconstructing the ancient world
  • Translation.