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1a) Persian material
The inscriptions of the Achaemenid (Persian) kings are labeled as follows (only those abbreviations which appear in this encyclopedia are listed):
first letter (upper‐case) indicates the name of the king
A Artaxerxes I; As Arsames; C Cyrus (II); D Darius I; X Xerxes
second letter (upper‐case) indicates the place of discovery
B Bisitun (for Darius I); H Hamadan; M Pasargadae; N Naqsh‐i Rustam; P Persepolis; S Susa
third letter (lower‐case, if needed): used to designate different inscriptions from the same site.
These designations may be followed by a section number (§1 etc.). Thus XPh §26 = Inscription h of Xerxes at Persepolis, section 26. See Pierre Lecoq, Les inscriptions de la Perse achéménide ([Paris]: Gallimard, 1997), p. 11 for a full list. The Old Persian versions of the Achaemenid inscriptions, with English translations, can be found in Roland G. Kent, Old Persian: Grammar, Texts, Lexicon, 2nd edition (New Haven: American Oriental Society, 1953), and in Amélie Kuhrt, The Persian Empire. A Corpus of Sources from the Achaemenid Period (London and New York: Routledge, 2007). See also the entry on BISITUN in this encyclopedia, by Matt Waters.
PF = Persepolis Fortification tablets: Richard T. Hallock, Persepolis Fortification Tablets (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1969).
PFa = Persepolis Fortification tablets, addendum: R. T. Hallock, “Selected Fortification Texts,” Cahiers de la délégation française en Iran 8 (1978), 109–36.
PF‐NN = unpublished Persepolis Fortification tablets.
PFS = Persepolis Fortification (cylinder) seal [*=inscribed]: Mark B. Garrison and Margaret Cool Root, Seals on the Persepolis Fortification Tablets. Vol. 1, Images of Heroic Encounter (Chicago: Oriental Institute Publications 117, 2001).
PT = Persepolis Treasury tablets: George C. Cameron, Persepolis Treasury Tablets (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1948).
Much of this material can be found in English translation in Amélie Kuhrt, The Persian Empire. A Corpus of Sources from the Achaemenid Period (London and New York: Routledge, 2007).
2) Ancient authors
Abbreviations for Greek and Latin authors are those found in the Oxford Classical Dictionary, 4th edition (https://oxfordre.com/classics/page/abbreviation‐list/). The following additional abbreviations are used in this encyclopedia:
[Arist.] Ath. pol. | Athenaiōn Politeia (Constitution of the Athenians), attributed to Aristotle |
Gr. Anth. | W. R. Paton, ed. The Greek Anthology. 5 vols. (Loeb Classical Library) Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1927–28. |
Heraclid. Lemb. | Heraclides Lembus: Mervin R. Dilts, ed. Heraclidis Lembi: Excerpta Politiarum. Durham, NC: Duke University, 1971. |
Hesiod fragments | see M‐W (§1, above) |
Marcellin. Vit. Thuc. | Marcellinus, Life of Thucydides |
Phot. Bibl. | René Henry, ed. Photius: Bibliothèque. 8 vols. Paris: Belles Lettres, 1959–77. (Cited by Codex number, “Bekker page,” and Henry volume.) |
Pindar fragments | see S‐M (§1, above) |
Plutarch, DHM | De Herodoti malignitate, “On the Malice of Herodotus” (Plut. Mor. 854e–874c) |
Ps.‐Scylax | Graham Shipley. Pseudo‐Skylax’s Periplous: The Circumnavigation of the Inhabited World. Exeter: Bristol Phoenix Press, 2011. 2nd edition, Liverpool University Press, 2019. (Greek text, English translation, commentary.) |
Ps.‐Scymnus | a geographical treatise (Periegesis) of the first century bce attributed to Scymnus of Chios; see Didier Marcotte (ed.), Géographes grecs. Vol. I, Introduction générale. Ps.‐Scymnos: Circuit de la Terre. Paris: Belles Lettres, 2002. |
Strabo |
Stefan Radt, ed. Strabons Geographika. 9 vols. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2002–10. Strabo is cited by book, chapter, and section, plus “Casaubon page” (C###); the latter are included since Radt’s commentary is keyed to them. Fragments of Book 7 are given |