The Oxford Dictionary of the Classical World

The Oxford Dictionary of the Classical World is an abridgement of the magisterial Oxford Classical Dictionary , condensing a third of its contents into 850 pages and costing less than a third of its price. The result is an up-to-date, authoritative but more approachable and affordable reference. Inevitably there are omissions but the 2,500 entries aim `to bring the essence of its parent Dictionary to students, teachers, and the general reader in an accessible, portable, and affordable format'. It narrows its focus to key periods and geographical regions and includes a chronology, a list of key ancient authors and maps.