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The '''''Oxford Classical Dictionary''''' ('''''OCD''''') is generally considered "the best one-volume dictionary on antiquity,"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Markus Sehlmeyer, review of ''Oxford Classical Dictionary'', ed. Simon Hornblower and Antony Spawforth, ''Bryn Mawr Classical Review'' 97.9.06 (1997). |url=http://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/1997/97.9.06.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304191816/http://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/1997/97.9.06.html |archive-date=4 March 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Oxford Classical Dictionary. Third edition revised – Bryn Mawr Classical Review |url=https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2003/2003.11.15/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304100223/http://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2003/2003-11-15.html |archive-date=4 March 2016}}</ref> an encyclopædic work in English consisting of articles relating to [[classical antiquity]] and its civilizations.  It was first published in 1949 (''OCD''<sup>1</sup> or ''OCD''), edited by Max Cary with the assistance of [[H. J. Rose]], H. P. Harvey, and [[Alexander Souter]].  A second edition followed in 1970 (''OCD''<sup>2</sup>), edited by [[Nicholas G. L. Hammond]] and [[H. H. Scullard]], and a third edition in 1996 (''OCD''<sup>3</sup>), edited by [[Simon Hornblower]] and Antony Spawforth. A revised third edition was released in 2003, which is nearly identical to the previous third edition. A fourth edition was published in 2012 (''OCD''<sup>4</sup>), edited by Simon Hornblower, Antony Spawforth, and [[Esther Eidinow]]. In 2016, a fully digital edition<ref name="auto">{{Cite web |title=Oxford Classical Dictionary |url=https://oxfordre.com/classics/classics |website=Oxford Classical Dictionary}}</ref> launched online, edited by Sander Goldberg (2013–2017) and [[Tim Whitmarsh]] (2018–present). Continuously updated on a monthly basis, this edition incorporates all 6,300 entries from ''OCD''<sup>4</sup> (which are being updated on a rolling basis) as well as newly commissioned entries, and features multimedia content and freely accessible maps<ref>{{Cite web |title=Maps of the Ancient World |url=https://oxfordre.com/classics/page/561;jsessionid=951A004D81E4228C5FD6335E1CF12617 |website=Oxford Classical Dictionary}}</ref> of the ancient world.<ref name="auto" /><ref>[https://global.oup.com/academic/product/oxford-classical-dictionary-9780199381135?lang=en&cc=us See, also, the catalogue entry] at Oxford University Press for this new online version of the ''OCD''.]</ref>

The ''OCD''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> over 6,400 articles<ref>[https://global.oup.com/academic/product/oxford-classical-dictionary-9780199381135?cc=us&lang=en&# This information is garnered from the ''OCD''<sup>5</sup> catalogue entry] on the Oxford University Press website.</ref> cover everything from the daily life of the ancient Greeks and Romans to their [[geography]], [[religion]], and their historical figures.

==Digital and on-line availability==
The fourth edition and the third revised edition of the ''OCD'' are available online for members of subscribed institutions and for subscribed individuals via Oxford Reference.<ref>{{Cite web |date=6 September 2014 |title=ORO Syndicated Content |url=http://www.oxford-classicaldictionary3.com/LOGIN?sessionid=7730d99d97a1312d43cbca6e1e4bea6f&authstatuscode=414 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140906160253/http://www.oxford-classicaldictionary3.com/LOGIN?sessionid=7730d99d97a1312d43cbca6e1e4bea6f&authstatuscode=414 |archive-date=6 September 2014}}</ref>  The third edition (1996) was also available on [[CD-ROM]], but it is partially incompatible with more recent versions of [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]] and has not been revised or re-released.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Discontinued CD-ROMs and eBooks |url=https://global.oup.com/academic/help/technical-support/cdroms/outofprint/ |website=OUP Academic}}</ref>

The new digital edition is accessible online to institutional and individual subscribers via the ''Oxford Research Encyclopedias''.<ref name="auto" /> Entry extracts/summaries and select full-length entries are freely available to non-subscribing individuals.

==''Oxford Companion to Classical Civilization''==
The ''Oxford Companion to Classical Civilization'' (''OCCC''), part of the Oxford Companions<ref>{{Cite web |title=Oxford Companions - Oxford University Press |url=https://global.oup.com/academic/content/series/o/oxford-companions-oc/?cc=us&lang=en |website=global.oup.com}}</ref> series of Oxford University Press, is an independent publication consisting of a selection of articles from the ''OCD'', with accompanying illustrations. The first edition was published in 1998 (''OCCC''<sup>1</sup> or ''OCCC''), edited by [[Simon Hornblower]] and Antony Spawforth, and contains over 600 articles selected from the ''OCD''<sup>3</sup>. A paperback edition was issued in 2004. The current second edition was published in 2014 (''OCCC''<sup>2</sup>), edited by Simon Hornblower, Antony Spawforth, and [[Esther Eidinow]], and contains over 700 articles selected from the ''OCD''<sup>4</sup>.<ref>Information regarding the editions of the ''OCCC'' has been garnered from their [[front matter]] and [[dust jacket]]s.</ref>

==Varia==
'''National Latin Exam'''

A copy of the ''OCD'' has traditionally been offered by the [[National Latin Exam]] as a prize for students who obtain four consecutive ascending gold medals on the exam.<ref>{{Cite web |title="National Latin Exam Awards", from the website of the National Latin Exam. |url=http://www.nle.org/awards.html#awards_medals |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140927002235/http://www.nle.org/awards.html#awards_medals |archive-date=27 September 2014}}</ref>

==Editions and versions==
;Oxford Classical Dictionary
* ''Oxford Classical Dictionary''. Edited by Max Cary, with the assistance of [[H. J. Rose]], H. P. Harvey, and [[A. Souter]]. Oxford: [[Oxford University Press#Clarendon Press|Clarendon Press]], 1949.
* ''Oxford Classical Dictionary''. Edited by [[Nicholas G. L. Hammond]] and [[H. H. Scullard]]. 2nd ed. Oxford: [[Oxford University Press#Clarendon Press|Clarendon Press]], 1970.
* ''Oxford Classical Dictionary''. Edited by [[Simon Hornblower]] and Antony Spawforth. 3rd ed. Oxford and New York: [[Oxford University Press]], 1996. {{ISBN|978-0-19-866172-6}}.
* ''Oxford Classical Dictionary''. Edited by Simon Hornblower and Antony Spawforth. 3rd rev. ed. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2003. {{ISBN|978-0-19-860641-3}}.
* ''Oxford Classical Dictionary''. Edited by Simon Hornblower, Antony Spawforth, and [[Esther Eidinow]]. 4th ed. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2012. {{ISBN|978-0-19-954556-8}}.
*''[http://classics.oxfordre.com/ Oxford Classical Dictionary]''. Edited by [[Tim Whitmarsh]]. Digital ed. New York: Oxford University Press. {{ISBN|978-0-19-938113-5}}.

;Oxford Companion to Classical Civilization
* ''Oxford Companion to Classical Civilization''. Edited by Simon Hornblower and Antony Spawforth. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 1998, 2004. {{ISBN|978-0-19-860165-4}} (hb), {{ISBN|978-0-19-860958-2}} (pb).
* ''Oxford Companion to Classical Civilization''. Edited by Simon Hornblower, Antony Spawforth, and Esther Eidinow. 2nd ed. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2014. {{ISBN|978-0-19-870677-9}}.

==See also==
* [[Abbreviations for Classical authors and texts]]
* [[Pauly–Wissowa|''Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft'']], the comprehensive multivolume classical encyclopædia, also known as Pauly-Wissowa and ''RE'', published in German and English, and explained more fully on [[:de:Pauly-Wissowa|Wikipedia's German site]]
* [[Pauly-Wissowa#Der Kleine Pauly, Der Neue Pauly and Brill's New Pauly|''Der Kleine Pauly'' (''KlP''), ''Der Neue Pauly'' (''DNP''), and ''Brill's New Pauly'' (''BNP'')]], subsequent versions of the ''RE'', and generally explained more fully on [[:de:Pauly-Wissowa|Wikipedia's German site]]
* [[Dictionnaire des Antiquités Grecques et Romaines|''Dictionnaire des antiquités grecques et romaines'']] (''DAGR''), an extensive multivolume classical encyclopædia published in French
* ''{{ill|Reallexikon für Antike und Christentum|de}}'' (''RAC''), a comprehensive and still-in-production encyclopædia on [[late antiquity]] and the interactions between ancient Christians, Jews, Greeks, and Romans, published in German
* [[Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities|''Harper's Dictionary of Classical Literature and Antiquities'']]

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== External links ==
* [[iarchive:in.ernet.dli.2015.463309|1st edition]]
* [https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-oxford-classical-dictionary-9780199545568?q=Oxford%20classical%20dictionary&lang=en&cc=us Oxford University Press USA, catalogue entry for the ''OCD''<sup>4</sup>]
* [http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/product/9780199545568.do?keyword=oxford+classical+dictionary&sortby=bestMatches Oxford University Press UK, catalogue entry for the ''OCD''<sup>4</sup>]
* [https://www.amazon.com/Oxford-Classical-Dictionary-Simon-Hornblower/dp/0199545561/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1423409544&sr=1-1&keywords=oxford+classical+dictionary Amazon.com's catalogue entry for the ''OCD''<sup>4</sup>]
* [https://www.amazon.co.uk/Oxford-Classical-Dictionary-Esther-Eidinow/dp/0199545561/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1322095096&sr=1-3 Amazon.co.uk's catalogue entry for the ''OCD''<sup>4</sup>]
* [https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-oxford-companion-to-classical-civilization-9780198706779?lang=en&cc=us Oxford University Press USA, catalogue entry for the ''OCCC''<sup>2</sup>]
* [https://www.amazon.com/Oxford-Companion-Classical-Civilization/dp/0198706774/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1423553370&sr=8-1&keywords=oxford+companion+to+classical+civilization Amazon.com's catalogue entry for the ''OCCC''<sup>2</sup>]

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