A Reference for Writing in the Classics
Jason Aftosmis, Winter 2007
An up-to-date version of this document can be found here:
http://www.stanford.edu/~aftosmis/teaching/majors_2007/writing_reference.html
General References
  1. 1.Online
The Chicago Manual of Style (15th ed.): <http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/contents.html> [requires SUNet WebAuth login]
The OWL at Purdue: <OWL: Handouts: Grammar, Punctuation, and Spelling>
  1. 2.Print
The Chicago Manual of Style (15th ed.). [Z253 .U69 2003 in Green (at Information Center:), Cubberly/Education and other libraries]
Essential information on citation and footnotes
Mitchell, Jack. Notes on Citation: <http://www.stanford.edu/~aftosmis/teaching/majors_2007/classics_tapa_citation.html>
Style guides
Williams,  Joseph M. Style: The Basics of Clarity and Grace (2nd Edition).
Further non-essential reading
  1. 1.Footnotes and their history
Nimis, Stephen A. 1984. “Fussnoten: Das Fundament der Wissenschaft.” Arethusa 17.105-134. <http://montgomery.cas.muohio.edu/nimissa/fussnoten.pdf>
Grafton, Anthony. 1997. The Footnote: A Curious History. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. [Green PN171 .F56 G73 1997]
  1. 2.References on the history of classical scholarship
History of Classical Scholarship <http://www.usc.edu/dept/LAS/classics/syllabi/previous/CLAS515Vasunia.html>
 
  1. 3.Other web references on writing
uw-madison writing center writer's handbook <http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/DocChicago.html>
 
Research, Writing, and Style Guides (MLA, APA, Chicago/Turabian, Harvard, CGOS, CBE) <http://www.aresearchguide.com/styleguides.html>