Classics Papersβ€”Works Cited
If you use secondary sources in your paper you must provide a list of "works cited." This must contain only those sources which you cite in your paper. You need not include primary sourcesβ€”the works of Greek and Roman authorsβ€”as long as you have used proper inline or footnote citations throughout your work.
Please note: there is no need to indicate the medium or the electronic database housing a scholarly article or book. Resist the urge to put "web," "print," "JSTOR," or the date of accessing the item. Just include the appropriate bibliographic information.
Note that:
- the first name or names are all abbreviated.
- the authors' names precede the title and end with a period after the last initial.
- the title is italicized or underlined, and ends with a period.
- the city of publication is followed by the year of publication.
- if the source is an article in a journal or collection of essays, then the bibliographic citation should conclude with the relevant pages.
Citing a book:
Author Last, Author First Initial. Title. City: Publisher (optional), Year Published.
Courtney, E. A Companion to Petronius. New York, 1982.
Citing a chapter of a book:
Author Last, Author First Initial. "Chapter Title." In Editor Initial., Editor Last, ed. Book Title. City, Year, Page Numbers.
Schwab, K. "Celebrations of Victory: The Metopes of the Parthenon." In J. Neils, ed. The Parthenon from Antiquity to the Present. Cambridge, 2005, 159–198.
Citing an article from a database:
Author Last, Author Initial. "Title." Journal Title. Volume.Issue Number (Date of Publication): Page Numbers.
Favro, D. "Pater Urbis: Augustus as City Father of Rome." Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians. 51.1 (1992): 61–84.
Citing an academic website:
Author Last, Author Initial. "Web Page Title." Website Title. Date Published. Publisher. <home website URL>.
Blackwell, C. "Evidence for Athenian Democracy," Demos. Jan. 24, 2003. The Stoa. <www.stoa.org>.
Sample Works Cited Page (note: organized alphabetically by authors' last names)
Blackwell, C. "Evidence for Athenian Democracy," Demos. Jan. 24, 2003. The Stoa. <www.stoa.org>.
Courtney, E. A Companion to Petronius. New York, 1982.
Favro, D. "Pater Urbis: Augustus as City Father of Rome." Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians. 51.1 (1992): 61-84.
Schwab, K. "Celebrations of Victory: The Metopes of the Parthenon." In J. Neils, ed. The Parthenon from Antiquity to the Present. Cambridge, 2005, 159–198.