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Classical Studies: Print and Online Resources at Penn: Subject Headings and Call Numbers

Guide to finding resources in the area of literature and languages of Ancient Greece and Rome

History

Numismatics and inscriptions

  • CJ 301-CJ 1291: Numismatics: Greek, Roman, Byzantine
  • CN 340-CN 730:Inscriptions: Classical languages

History

  • DE 1-DE 100: Greco-Roman World, Mediterranean. Classical Antiquities
  • DE 46-DE 70: History of the Greco-Roman world--Antiquities. Civilization. Culture, archaeology
  • DF 10-DF 289: Ancient Greece
  • DF 75-DF 134: History of Greece--Ancient Greece--Antiquities. Civilization. Culture
  • DF 221.5: Troy
  • DF 501-DF 649: Medieval Greece. Byzantine Empire
  • DF 895-DF 95: Greece: Local history
  • DG 11-DG 365: Ancient Italy
  • DG 11-DG 9802: History of Italy--Ancient Italy. Rome to 476
  • DS 155-DS 156l: History of Asia--Asia Minor [before 1453, including Greek city-state and colonies]
  • DG 401-DG 537: Medieval Italy. Renaissance Italy
  • DG 600-DG 999: Italy: Local history (inc. Malta)
  • DS 41-DS 66: Middle East, Ancient Orient, Near East, Soutwestern Asia, Arab east, antiquities,         archaeology
  • DS 69-DS 80: Iraq Antiquities
  • DS 80-DS 90: Lebanon
  • DS 92-DS 99: Syria
  • DS 101-DS 111: Jerusalem, Antiquities
  • DS 155-DS 156: Asia Minor
  • DS 201-DS 248: Arabian Peninsula
  • DS 260-DS 262: Iran, Antiquities
  • DT 56-DT 70: Egypt, Antiquities
  • DT 154: Sudan, Antiquities
  • DT 168-DT 170: North Africa, Carthaginian period

Social History

  • HQ 1127: Women in the ancient world
  • HQ 1134: Women in ancient greece
  • HQ 1136: Women in ancient rome 
  • HT 863: Slavery--History--Ancient, Slavery--Greece, Slavery--Rome, Slaves--Greece, Slaves--Rome
  • HT 979: Slave Trade--Greece, Slave Trade--Romen

Military and War

  • U 33-U 35: Military Science: Greece & Rome
  • U 805: Weapons: Ancient
  • V 37-V 39: Naval Science: Greek & Roman
  • VM 16: Naval Architecture: Ancient, Greek, Roman, Egyptian

Art and Architecture

  • HT 114: Archaeology of Ancient Cities, Cities and towns, ancient, City and townlife, Rome, Greece, Extinct Cities

Music

  • ML 164-ML 169: Ancient music, Music, Greek and Roman, music--to 500, Music, Egypt--to 500, Music in the Bible, Jews--Israel, Music--to 500

Art

  • N 5300-N 5896: Classical art; Art, Greek--Greece, Art, Roman
  • N 5350-N 5351: Art, antiquities, monuments, Egyptian
  • N 7582: Portraits, Egyptian
  • N 7832-N 7840:  Visual arts: Early Christian
  • N 7585-N 7589: Portra, Greek & Roman
  • N 7760-N 7763: Visual arts--Mythology
  • NA 260-NA 373: Architecture: Greek, Roman, Early Christian, Byzantine
  • NA 3340-NA 3370   Architectural decoration: Greek, Roman
  • NA 3760-NA 3780: Mosaic. Tesselated work. Terrazzo work--Ancient, Early Christian, Byzantine
  • NA 215-NA 216: Architecture: Egypt
  • NA 3335: Architectural decoration: Egyptian
  • NA 9092: City planning and beautifying--History--Ancient
  • NB 75: Sculpture: Egyptian
  • NB 85-NB 169: Sculpture, Ancient; Sculpture, GreeK; Sculpture, Roman; Sculpture, Egyptian; Sculpture, Minoan
  • ND 75: Painting: Egyptian
  • ND 100-ND 135: Painting: Greek, Roman, Early Christian, classical, Hellenistic       
  • ND 2560-ND 2575: Mural painting: Ancient
  • ND 2752-ND 2754: Mural painting: Greece; Mural painting: Rome
  • NK 4640-NK 4654: Vases: Greek & RomaN;  Vase painting

Philology, Literature, and Philosophy

Philosophy and religion

  • BL 700-BL 820: Classical religion & mythology
  • BL 2441-BL 2455: Egyption religion and mythology

Philology

  • PA 1-PA 199: Classical Philology
  • PA 201-P 899: Greek philology and language
  • PA 1000-PA 1044: Medieval Greek language
  • PA 2001-PA 2915: Latin philology and language

Literature

  • PA 3000-PA 3049: Classical literature
  • PA 3050-PA 4449: Greek literature, ancient
  • PA 6000-PA 6971: Roman literature, ancient
  • PA 8001-PA 8595: Medieval Latin literature, individual Medieval authors,
  •      Medieval Christian literature, romances
  • PJ 1001-PJ 1989: Egyptology
  • PJ 1091-PJ 1109: Egyptian Writing
  • PJ 1111-PJ 1439: Egyptian language
  • PJ 1481-PJ 1989: Egyptian literature
  • PJ 2401-PJ 2594: Cushitic languages
  • PJ 3001-PJ 3097: Semitic philology and literature
  • PJ 3101-PJ 3971: Language, literature, and inscriptions: Assyriology, Akkadian,
  • PJ 4001-PJ 4091: Sumerian
  • PJ 4101-PJ 4197: West and North Semitic languages
  • PJ 4171-PJ 4197: Phenician-Punic
  • PJ 4501-PJ 5192: Hebrew
  • PJ 4543-PJ 4937: Hebrew Language (Biblical and modern)
  • PJ 4951-PJ 5000: Medieval Hebrew
  • PJ 5001-PJ 5060: Hebrew Literature
  • PJ 5201-PJ 5329: Aramaic
  • PJ 5401-PJ 5909: Syriac
  • PJ 6690-PJ 6697: Ancient Arabic      
  • PJ 6950-PJ 6981: ancient South Arabian
  • PJ 9001-PJ 9101: Ethiopic (Geez)
  • PJ 9201-PJ 9269: Amharic
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