Oxford Classical Dictionary

Digital and on-line availability

The fourth edition and the third revised edition of the OCD are available online for members of subscribed institutions and for subscribed individuals via Oxford Reference. The third edition (1996) was also available on CD-ROM, but it is partially incompatible with more recent versions of Windows and has not been revised or re-released.

The new digital edition is accessible online to institutional and individual subscribers via the Oxford Research Encyclopedias. Entry extracts/summaries and select full-length entries are freely available to non-subscribing individuals.

''Oxford Companion to Classical Civilization''

The Oxford Companion to Classical Civilization (OCCC), part of the Oxford Companions series of Oxford University Press, is an independent publication consisting of a selection of articles from the OCD, with accompanying illustrations. The first edition was published in 1998 (OCCC1 or OCCC), edited by Simon Hornblower and Antony Spawforth, and contains over 600 articles selected from the OCD3. A paperback edition was issued in 2004. The current second edition was published in 2014 (OCCC2), edited by Simon Hornblower, Antony Spawforth, and Esther Eidinow, and contains over 700 articles selected from the OCD4.

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National Latin Exam

A copy of the OCD has traditionally been offered by the National Latin Exam as a prize for students who obtain four consecutive ascending gold medals on the exam.

Editions and versions

Oxford Classical Dictionary

• Oxford Classical Dictionary. Edited by Max Cary, with the assistance of H. J. Rose, H. P. Harvey, and A. Souter. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1949.
• Oxford Classical Dictionary. Edited by Nicholas G. L. Hammond and H. H. Scullard. 2nd ed. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1970.
• Oxford Classical Dictionary. Edited by Simon Hornblower and Antony Spawforth. 3rd ed. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 1996. .
• Oxford Classical Dictionary. Edited by Simon Hornblower and Antony Spawforth. 3rd rev. ed. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2003. .
• Oxford Classical Dictionary. Edited by Simon Hornblower, Antony Spawforth, and Esther Eidinow. 4th ed. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2012. .
• Oxford Classical Dictionary. Edited by Tim Whitmarsh. Digital ed. New York: Oxford University Press. .

Oxford Companion to Classical Civilization

• Oxford Companion to Classical Civilization. Edited by Simon Hornblower and Antony Spawforth. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 1998, 2004. (hb), (pb).
• Oxford Companion to Classical Civilization. Edited by Simon Hornblower, Antony Spawforth, and Esther Eidinow. 2nd ed. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2014. .

Notes

References

1. "Markus Sehlmeyer, review of ''Oxford Classical Dictionary'', ed. Simon Hornblower and Antony Spawforth, ''Bryn Mawr Classical Review'' 97.9.06 (1997).".
2. "The Oxford Classical Dictionary. Third edition revised – Bryn Mawr Classical Review".
3. "Oxford Classical Dictionary".
4. "Maps of the Ancient World".
5. [https://global.oup.com/academic/product/oxford-classical-dictionary-9780199381135?lang=en&cc=us See, also, the catalogue entry] at Oxford University Press for this new online version of the ''OCD''.]
6. [https://global.oup.com/academic/product/oxford-classical-dictionary-9780199381135?cc=us&lang=en&# This information is garnered from the ''OCD''⁵ catalogue entry] on the Oxford University Press website.
7. (6 September 2014). "ORO Syndicated Content".
8. "Discontinued CD-ROMs and eBooks".
9. "Oxford Companions - Oxford University Press".
10. Information regarding the editions of the ''OCCC'' has been garnered from their [[front matter]] and [[dust jacket]]s.
11. ""National Latin Exam Awards", from the website of the National Latin Exam.".