This comprehensive and scholarly set is based on a German encyclopedia in multivolumes.  This new English version is currently through "Obe."  There is also a companion set that has just begin on the Classical tradition.  The New Pauly has strengths both for coverage of lesser known people, places, and concepts as well as for essay-length treatment of major topics.

"The Cambridge Dictionary of Classical Civilization provides an authoritative survey of the classical world, combining the traditional strengths of classical subjects with new approaches examining the social and cultural features of the ancient Greek and Roman world. Ranging in time from post-Bronze Age Greece to the later Roman Empire, it looks not only at ancient Greece and Rome, but discusses those cultures with which Greeks and Romans exchanged information and culture (e.g. Phoenicians, Celts and Jews) and those remote peoples with whom they were in contact (e.g. Persia, China and India). It paints a new picture of ancient life, exploring material realities such as dress and technology. It emphasizes the transmission of classical learning and explores our debts to Greece and Rome."--BOOK JACKET.

"A Companion to Ancient Epic presents for the first time a comprehensive, up-to-date overview of ancient Near Eastern, Greek, and Roman epic. It offers a multidisciplinary discussion of both longstanding ideas and newer perspectives. A key feature of the volume, designed to make the book as useful as possible, is the index of poems, poets, technical terms, important figures, and other relevant literary and artistic works. The Companion will be required reading for all students of ancient literature."--BOOK JACKET.

In essay-length sections, scholars describe and analyze the impact of classical authors and civilizations on subsequent periods of history, geographic regions, and selected modern themes.  This thematic sections includes articles on art, gender and sexuality, film, and psychology.

Presents 70 chapter-length articles on Classical civilization for students of Greek, Latin, and ancient history.  It aims to provide "a reliable, accessible and up-to-date source of practical reference."

A subject encyclopedia for Greece from the archaic age to the 4th century CE.  Use the index to locate material on people and topics that do not have an entire article.

"Archetypes of human vice and virtue, the mythic gods and heroes from Greek and Roman literature are our noble forebears, and they formed the basis of Western culture. For this reason they played a rich role in the history of art, particularly during the Renaissance, Baroque, and Neoclassical eras. Devoted to the gods and heroes of mythology and of classical history, this book allows readers to learn their names and attributes, the metamorphoses they so often underwent, as well as the allegories developed from their stories. With more than 400 illustrations, Gods and Heroes in Art is a guide both to the classical world and to the masterpieces of European painting and sculpture."--BOOK JACKET.

This guide to iconography illustrates many of its entries with reproductions of classical, medieval, Renaissance, and modern art.  Most articles summarize the mythological story and then discuss notable artworks on that theme from different periods of time.

Long a standard reference work for students and classicists.  This new third edition has many new entries by an international group of scholars.