APPENDIX C: STANDARD ABBREVIATIONS

Perseus destinations must be entered in the floating destination window of the Links Menu with the precise abbreviations listed below.

C.1 HISTORICAL OVERVIEW

Type in the chapter number of the Historical Overview, for example:

II A.3

Then choose Overview from the Links Menu.

C.2 ART & ARCHAEOLOGY

VASES

Type in the Perseus name, which is generally either the name of the city in which the museum is located or the museum name, followed by the inventory number, for example:

Boston 13.186

Then choose Vases from the Links Menu.

COINS

Type in the Perseus name, which is the same as the collection name, followed by the inventory number, for example:

Dewing 2716

Then choose Coins from the Links Menu.

ARCHITECTURE

Type in the short site name, followed by the building name. Note that no space separates the comma from the building name, for example:

Delphi,Temple of Apollo

Then choose Architecture from the Links Menu.

SCULPTURE

Type in the Perseus name, which is generally either the name of the city in which the museum is located or the museum name, followed by the inventory number. The name of the sculpture is also valid. If the sculpture is part of a group, use the group name. Examples are shown below:

Peplos Kore or Acr. 679

Parthenon, West Pediment, Fig. A

Then choose Sculpture from the Links Menu.

C.3 ATLAS

Type the name of the site or region you would like to see, for example:

Athens

Boeotia

Then choose Atlas from the Links Menu. Note that you may need to try alternate spellings if your original spelling is not known by Perseus.

C.4 PRIMARY TEXTS

Use periods and spaces as shown in the formats and examples (spaces are indicated by #). The citation must include an author and a work. Chapter and line numbers are optional.

Reference Abbreviation Format and Example

Aeschylus Aesch. Author#Work#Line

Agamemnon Ag. Aesch. Ag. 345

Eumenides Eum.

Libation Bearers Lib.

Persians Pers.

Prometheus Bound PB

Seven Against Thebes Seven

Suppliant Maidens Supp.

Pseudo-Apollodorus Apollod. Author#Book.Chapter.Line

Books 1, 2, 3, E Apollod. 1.1.1

Herodotus Hdt. Author#Book.Chapter.Section

Books 1-9 Hdt. 1.1.1

Hesiod Hes. Author#Work#Line

Shield of Herakles Sh. Hes. Sh. 47

Theogony Th.

Works and Days WD

Homer Hom. Author#Work#Book.Line

Iliad Il. Hom. Il. 2.576

Odyssey Od.

Pausanias Paus. Author#Book.Chapter.Section

Books 1-10 Paus. 1.1.1

Pindar Pind. Author#Book#Poem.Line

Isthmians I. Pind. I. 2.47

Nemeans N.

Olympians O.

Pythians P.

Plutarch Plut. Author#Work#Chapter.Section

Alcibiades Alc. Plut. Nic. 1.1

Aristides Arist.

Cimon Cim.

Lysander Lys.

Nicias Nic.

Pericles Per.

Solon Sol.

Themistocles Them.

Theseus Thes.

Sophocles Soph. Author#Work#Line

Antigone Ant. Soph. OT 345

Ajax Aj.

Electra El.

Oedipus at Colonus OC

Oedipus Tyrannus OT

Philoctetes Phil.

Trachiniae Trach.

Thucydides Thuc. Author#Book.Chapter.Section

Books 1-8 Thuc. 1.1.1

C.5 TOOLS & REFERENCES

ENCYCLOPEDIA

Type in the headword you wish to look up.

Arris

Trireme

Then choose Encyclopedia from the Links Menu.

ENGLISH-GREEK WORD LIST AND ENGLISH WORD SEARCH

Type in the English word you wish to look up, for example:

hunter

pyre

Then choose the appropriate tool from the Links Menu.