Thesaurus Linguae Graecae (TLG)

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Description

Contains virtually all ancient Greek texts surviving from the period between Homer (8th century B.C.) and A.D. 600, and a large number of texts deriving from the period between A.D. 600 and 1453, in excess of 80 million words. Also included is the Canon of Greek Authors and Works, the bibliographic guide to the authors and texts entered in the TLG.

The Canon contains more than 3300 authors and an excess of 11,000 works (from Homer to the late Byzantine period) providing information about the names, dates, geographical origins and descriptive epithets for each author together with detailed bibliographical information about existing text editions for each work.

Searching Tips

Searchable in English with results in work's original language.

Dates Covered

8 BC to the fall of Byzantium in AD 1453.

Print Counterpart

Canon of Greek Authors and Works
Lockwood Reference Collection
CALL NUMBER: ZPA3051 .B47 1990

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