HWPhil Historisches Wörterbuch der Philosophie 12 vv. (Basel and Stuttgart 1971–2004)
KLA Künstlerlexikon der Antike 2 vv. (Munich and Leipzig, 2004), ed. R. Vollkommer
and D. Vollkommer-Gloekler
KP Der Kleine Pauly, 5 vv. (Stuttgart 1969–1975), ed. K. Ziegler and W. Sontheimer
LGPN Lexicon of Greek Personal Names 4 vv. (in 5) to date (Oxford 1987–), ed. P.M. Fraser
and E. Matthews
MGG2 Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart: Personenteil, 2nd rev. ed., 17 vv. (Kassel,
New York and Stuttgart 1999–2007), ed. L. Finscher
MRR Magistrates of the Roman Republic, 2nd ed., 3 vv. (Atlanta 1984–1986), ed. T.R.S.
Broughton
MSG Musici scriptores graeci (Leipzig 1895; repr. Hildesheim 1962), ed. Karl von Jan
MSR Metrologicorum Scriptorum Reliquiae (Stuttgart 1864–1866; reprint 1971), ed. Fr.
Hultsch
NDSB New Dictionary of Scientific Biography 8 vv. (Detroit 2007), ed. Noretta Koertge
NGD2 New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 2nd rev. ed., 29 vv. (London 2001),
ed. S. Sadie and J. Tyrrell
NP Der Neue Pauly, 12 vv. (Stuttgart 1996–2003), ed. H. Cancik und Helmuth
Schneider (the BNP is cited by preference when available, i.e., normally up
through “Pr-”): vv. 10 (2001), 11 (2001), 12/1 (2002), 12/2 (2003)
OCD3 Oxford Classical Dictionary, 3rd ed. rev. (Oxford 2003), ed. S. Hornblower and
A.J.S. Spawforth – pages differ from the 3rd ed. only for Aristokle ̄s of Messe ̄ne ̄
and He ̄liodo ̄ros of Alexandria (med.)
ODB Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium, 3 vv. (Oxford 1991), ed. A.P. Kazhdan (paginated
continuously)
PCG Poetae Comici Graeci, 8 vv. (New York and Berlin 1983–2001), ed. R. Kassel and
C. Austin
PGR Paradoxographorum Graecorum Reliquiae (Classici Greci e Latini 3, Milan 1966), ed.
A. Giannini
PG Patrologiae cursus completus... series graeca 161 vv. (Paris 1857–1866; repr. Athens
1988), ed. J.P. Migne
PL Patrologiae cursus completus... series latina 221 vv. (Paris 1844–1891), ed. J.P. Migne
PIR2 Prosopographia Imperii Romani, 2nd ed., (Berlin 1933–), ed. E. Groag and Arthur
Stein – cited by Letter + number (not volume and page)
PLRE Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire, 3 vv. (Cambridge 1971, 1980, 1992), ed.
A.H.M. Jones, J.R. Martindale, and J. Morris
RAC Reallexikon für Antike und Christentum, 20 vv. to date (Stuttgart 1950–), ed. Th.
Klauser et al.
RBK Reallexikon zur byzantinischen Kunst 6 vv. to date, issued in fascicles (Stuttgart v.1:
1963 – 1966; v.2: 1967–1971; v.3: 1972–1978; v.4: 1982–1990; v.5: 1991–1995;
v.6: 1997–2005), ed. K. Wessel and M. Restle
RE Paulys Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft, 85 vv, incl. 15 sup-
plements (Stuttgart 1893–1978), ed. G. Wissowa et al.; see also the Paulys
Realencyclopädie der Classischen Altertunswissenschaft: Gesamtregister 1 (Stuttgart
1997), ed. Tobias Erler et al.
REP Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy, 10 vv. (Routledge 1998), ed. Edward Craig
RUSCH Rutgers University Studies in Classical Humanities 13 vv. to date (New Brunswick
and London 1983–) ed. W.W. Fortenbaugh et al.
INTRODUCTION