Realencyclopaedie der Classichen Altertumswissenschaften

Long history of publishments, first volume was published in 1894.

The work is a revision of the Paulischen Real-Encyclopaedia der
Klassischen Altertumswissenschaft.
It does list all the scholars who contributed to the work in the
preliminaries, but doesnt list who is responsible for individual entries,
which is a pity. If you want to know, you will have to dig through a list of
119 contributors to find the one who potentially wrote the entry youre
reading. Note Theres a separate book called index, published in 1980
with a complete index, and a guide on how to use the work. 1100
mitarbeiter aus vielen Disziplinen. In total bestaat het uit 34 delen, dat is
inclusief supplementen. In the book called index theres also a guide on
how to use the work. The supplements contain digressions, further
explanations on certain themes that cannot be discussed in the actual
entry due to space constraints.
It does give a list of abbreviations.
It does refer to primary literature.
Looked at an article about Aphrodite. The articles are subdivided in
different passages, numbered by the letters of the Alphabet. A is Cultus,
and under that header it lists the specifics of the cult based on region, lists
all regional variations, its very meticulous in that. It does assume you
read Greek and Latin though, it sometimes offers a translation of either
languages, but most of the time it does not. D ( cant find B and C ) is
epithets, E is relations with other gods, F is literature, but the funny thing
is that it doesnt go into the role of Aphrodite in literature, but rather
points out secondary literature to use, due to space constraints. G
Aphrodite in Kunst.
Does not use footnotes, but uses in text notes, which is a tad annoying.

List of subjects
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Geographie und Topographie.

Geschichte und Prosographie
Literaturgeschischte
Antiquitaeten
Mythologie und Kultus not complete, leaves out Mesopotamian deities
and cults.
Archaeologie und Kunstgeschichte

Cons
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Its very old

Its entirely written in German
Follows the original spelling of Greek names. Youll be searching for a very
long time if youre looking for Thucydides rather than Thoukudides.
Gosh its dense.
Its got no inventory list. Yeah it does, its a separate volume, published in
1980.

Pros
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It does cover a very wide range of subjects

Der Neue Pauly

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Intended as a practical reference for everyday use, according to the

preface. German version from 1997, English version in 2002, first tome.
Divides itself into two parts, Antiquity and classical reception ( Five tomes
for that last part ). Also, there is an online reference.
Das Zentrum dieser Enzyklopaedie ist das klassische Altertum, die
griechische und Romische Kultur in all ihren lebensweltlichen BezugenSprache, und Wirtschaft, Familie und Politik, Recht und Religion, LIteratur
und Kunst, Gesellschaft und Philosophie. Das Altertum ist hier konzipiert
als Epoche des Kulturraumes Mediterannee, die fruhgriechische als
Spatorientalische Randcultur, das ende der Antike, als ausgliederung bij
byzantinischen, germanischen und islamischen Kuturen aus ihrem
mediterranen Verbund. In time it focusses on the mid. Second millennium
BC to 600-800 AD.
Oh goody, its helpful, it gives transliterations of other alphabets, Greek,
Hebrew, Arabian/Persian and Turkish. A very extensive list of
abbreviations, the most extensive one Ive seen, covering general
abbreviations, bibliographic abbreviations, abbreviations of ancient
authors and titles of works, list of maps, list of illustrations and a list of
authors. Lets use the same article as the last time and have a look at
Aphrodite again. Instead of having to look at the entire article to find out
what the
Focusses on the Greek and Roman world. In a way its a continuation of
the old, oooollllld one.
It gives a list of subjects and the entries that belong to that subject.
Subjects are political history, Historiography, Epigraphy, Cultural history
and everyday culture, Eductation, Phases of life, leisure and festivals,
nutrition and table culture, sports, environment, law, military. I could list
them all, but that would take a long time. For our convenience, a lot more
subjects are listed and they are a lot more specific than any in the
Realenceclopaedie. It has a list of places and where they are
geographically. Overall, its very complete and it would take me far too
long to list all the things that are in the indexbook alone, seeing as its got
at least 600 pages. These are very general, but they do get far more
specific, more subdivisions.
I have done some crossreferencing for you, and as far as I can see the
entries on the German version, the English version and the online version
are all identical. Theres a lot less information in these entries about
Aphrodite than there was in the Realenceclopedie, but the information that
is there is far more readable and far more usable. In the realencyclopaedie
one has to wade through endless references and abbreviations to get to
the actual text. Also, Der Neue Pauly lists bibliographical details of

secondary literature directly under every entry, so it points people in the

direction of where to get certain information. It doesnt assume active
knowledge of ancient languages, and will give transliterations when Greek
or Latin is used and translations.