The three-volume Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology provides an excellent resource for identifying significant figures mentioned by ancient Roman and Greek writers. A classic work of nineteenth-century lexicography, it spans the fields of mathematics, architecture, philosophy, history, medicine, the arts, and more.
Gleaning knowledge from distinguished authorities and scholars of the day from institutions such as Cambridge and Oxford, this work is a valuable compilation of classical scholarship. Unlike many other lexicons of the time it includes biographical information of Christian writers in context of the history of Greek and Roman literature. A comprehensive dictionary, it includes the names of all person of any importance which occur in the ancient Greek and Roman writers. A dictionary founded on a careful examination of original sources and scholarship, this is one reference work any serious scholar of ancient texts will be excited to have in their collection.
