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Classics

A guide to Classics

Call Numbers

Dalhousie University Libraries uses the Library of Congress classification system.

For the most part, material for the study of classical antiquity is located in the LC classes PA (Classical Philology and Literature), and DE, DF and DG (for general Mediterranean, Greek and Roman history respectively).

Editions of classical works in the original languages are classified under call numbers beginning with PA, with some exceptions. Translations of classical literary works (poetry and drama) are classified under PA and G; however, translations into English of nonliterary works (e.g., history, philosophy and geography) are usually classified according to their subject matter—translations of Plato and Aristotle will be in the Bs. Classifications of commentaries and secondary literature on such works is a bit less consistent.

D (History)

  • D51–90 Ancient History (General)
    • DA145–147 Roman Britain
    • DC62–63 Roman Gaul
  • DE The Greco-Roman World
    • DE1–15 General
    • DE27–31 Geography
    • DE46–73 Culture and Civilization
    • DE80–98 History
  • DF1–500 Ancient Greece (to c. 323 A.D.)
    • DF10–16 General
    • DF10 Periodicals
    • DF12 Sources & Documents
    • DF75–135 Civilization & Culture
    • DF207–241 History
    • DF207–218 General
    • DF220–241 By Period
    • DF251–289 Local History
  • DG1–399 Ancient Italy, Rome to 476 A.D.
    • DG11–16 General
    • DG11 Periodicals
    • DG13 Sourcebooks
    • DG42–70 Local and Regional History
    • DG61–69 City of Rome
    • DG75–190 Civilization & Culture
    • DG201–365 History
    • DG221–365 History by Period
  • DS1-937 History of Asia
    • DS54.3 Ancient Cyprus
    • DS71–75 Ancient Iraq to 638 A.D.
    • DS81 Phoenicia
    • DS96 Ancient Syria, including the Seleucids
    • DS111–123 Ancient Israel
    • DS275–287 Iran to 651 AD
  • DT1-3415 History of Africa
    • DT57–93 Ancient Egypt, including the Ptolemies (DT92)

PA (Classical Philology)

  • PA1–9 Periodicals
  • PA51–85 History, study & teaching
  • PA111–199 Greek & Latin Language
  • PA201–1179 Greek Philology & Language
  • PA600–691 Hellenistic (κοινή) Greek
  • PA700–791 Biblical Greek
  • PA1001–1179 Medieval & Modern Greek
  • PA2001–2995 Latin Philology & Language
  • PA3000–3049 Classical Literature (General)
  • PA3050–5868 Greek Literature
  • PA3300–3371 Papyri
  • PA6000–6971 Roman Literature

Other Call Numbers

  • B108–708 Ancient Philosophy
  • BL700–820 Classical Religion and Mythology
  • BR160–240 Early History of Christianity
  • CE21–46 Ancient Chronography
  • CE42–46 Greek & Roman Calendars
  • CJ201–1400 Ancient Numismatics
  • CN1–1100 Ancient Epigraphy
  • G82–88 Ancient Geography
  • G1033 Atlases of the Ancient World
  • GT530–580 Ancient dress and costume
  • GV17–35, 573 Ancient Sports and Games
  • HC31–39 Ancient Economic History
  • HD132–137 Ancient Economic History (Land)
  • HD4844 Labor in the Ancient World
  • HF355–381 History of Ancient Trade and Commerce
  • HN9–10 Ancient Social History
  • HQ13 Ancient Sexuality
  • HQ505–12 The Family in Antiquity
  • HQ1127–1139 Women in the Ancient World
  • HT863 Ancient Slavery
  • JC51–93 Ancient Political Institutions & Theory
  • KJA Roman Law
  • ML162–169 Ancient Music
  • N5320–5899 Fine Arts in Antiquity
  • NA210–340 Ancient Architecture
  • NA69–169 Ancient Sculpture
  • ND60–135 Ancient Painting
  • NK610–685 Ancient Decorative Arts
  • NK1180–1250 Ancient Decoration and Ornament
  • NK4645–4654 Greek & Roman Vases
  • P901–1099 Extinct Asian and European Languages
  • R126–127 Ancient Medical Works
  • R135 History of Ancient Medicine
  • T16 Ancient Technology
  • U29–35 Warfare in Antiquity
  • Z105–115 Paleography
  • Z7016–7030 Bibliography of Classical Languages and Literature