A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities

Author	Sir William Smith
Original title	A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities
Language	English
Published	1842
Publisher	John Murray
Publication place	England

A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities is an English languageencyclopedia first published in 1842. The second, improved and enlarged, edition appeared in 1848, and there were many revised editions up to 1890. The encyclopedia covered law, architecture, warfare, daily life, and similar subjects primarily from the standpoint of aclassicist. It was one of a series of reference works onclassical antiquity byWilliam Smith, the others covering persons and places. It runs to well over a million words in any edition, and all editions are now in thepublic domain.^[1]

• Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography
• Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology

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•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain: Smith, William, ed. (1890). "Preface to the Third Edition".Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities. London: John Murray.

• 1870 edition, OCR at Ancient Library
• 1875 edition atLacusCurtius (about 50% of it: the Roman articles)
• 1890 edition atPerseus Project

Also theInternet Archive has a derivative work:

• Smith, William (1854).A School Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities abridged from the larger dictionary. New York: Harper & Brothers.
• Smith, William (1874).A Dictionary of Roman and Greek Antiquities with Nearly 2000 Engravings on Wood from Ancient Originals illustrative of the industrial arts and social life of the Greeks and Romans. New York: D Appleton & Co.
• Smith, William (1884).A Smaller Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities. London: J. Murray.
• Warre Cornish, Francis; Smith, William (1898).A Concise Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities based on William Smith's larger dictionary, and incorporating the results of modern research. London: Murray.

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