B. Handbooks and Dictionaries 6. Lexikon der Alten Welt . Articles cover various aspects of ancient civilization. Oxford Classical Dictionary . Scholarly dictionary with both brief entries and longer survey articles covering all aspects of the classical tradition.
Bibliographies accompany most articles.
A compact edition, The Oxford Companion to Classical Civilization , has the same articles, minus the bibliographies, with larger print and attractive illustrations. Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium . Covers all facets of Byzantine history and civilization from the fourth to fifteenth centuries including the late Roman period. Bibliographies at the ends of the articles emphasize major works. The standard scholarly work covering the whole field of the classics.