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Joshua
D. Sosin |
citing
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students: There is no single correct way to cite primary and secondary
sources. This page contains the conventions that I would like you
to follow. No bibliographies please. Use AJA
abbreviations for journals (failing that, APh);
the Checklist
for papyri; SEG
for inscriptions. OCD for ancient authors and works. |
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| Books |
| First |
G. Billeter, Geschichte des Zinsfusses
im griechisch-römischen Altertum bis auf Justinian (Leipzig
1898) 5-7. |
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Billeter, Geschichte des Zinsfusses
8-12. |
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A. Davesne, "L'atelier monétaire
d'Alexandrie au IIIe siècle av. J.-C," in J.-Y. Empereur
(ed.), Commerce et artisanat dans l'Alexandrie hellénistique
et romaine [BCH suppl. 33] (Athens and Paris 1998)
429-442, at 433. |
| Then |
Davesne, in Commerce et artisanat
434. |
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| Articles |
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E. Schlösser, "Das Gewicht
der Tetradrachmen des Antiochos IV von Syrien," SchwMbll
34 (1984) 29-33. |
| Then |
Schlösser, SchwMbll 34 (1984)
30-32. |
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| Reason |
| Your goal is always to help your reader. A reader who is armed only with the short form of the citations above, and the right roster of journal abbreviations, could find any of the above in a decent online catalog, without having to consult any other key. |
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| Footnote |
| No endnotes, no parenthetical citations (except in the case outlined below). I have heard it said that endnotes and parenthetical citations are easier (less offputting) for the reader. I believe that they are never easier for the professional reader (you), that they are simply cheaper and easier for publishers. A properly informative footnote asks only that the reader to glance down a few inches in order to obtain all of the information required to run down a reference. Parenthetical citations demand consultation of a separate bibliography; endnotes often require consultation first of the separate endnote pages and then the separate bibliography. Do you like flipping around like this? Always put yourself in your readers' shoes. Just as your prose must be clear and efficient, your argument orderly and compelling, so too your references to works outside your own should be minimally demanding on the reader. |
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| Inline
Ancient |
When citing an ancient text
without further comment, use parenthetical citation rather than a
footnote:
In another petition an Isionomus called Epoeris seeks permission
to rebuild a shrine to Isis (P.Enteux. 6.2–6).
or
Antiphon refers to a pallakê on the verge of delivering
a deadly draught of poison as hê anthrôpos
(1.17.2-3).
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| Transl. |
| Do not quote more than a
couple words of Latin or Greek without translating them. Do not use
someone else's translation. |
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