Summer reading lists for some of our classics courses. Suggested preparatory reading for MSc programmes in ClassicsWe are looking forward to welcoming you to Edinburgh in September. We will be in touch with Offer Holders over the summer with details of course offerings and information about Welcome Week.If you have any questions about the programme you have signed up to attend, please do not hesitate to get in touch withMSc in Classics - Benjamin.Harriman@ed.ac.ukMSc in Ancient History - Benjamin.Harriman@ed.ac.ukMSc in Classical Art and Archaeology - Benjamin.Harriman@ed.ac.ukIn the meantime, and if you have not already filled up your summer with exciting fieldwork or trips around the Mediterranean, you might be keen to get stuck into some preparatory reading. Specific reading lists for courses in Semester 1 will be circulated closer to the start of the academic year, but here are some general suggestions for useful reading that might interest you.MSc in ClassicsHinds, S. (1998), Allusion and Intertext: Dynamics of Appropriation in Roman Poetry, Cambridge.Pelling, C. (1999), Literary Texts and the Greek Historian, London and New York. Princeton.Porter, J.I. ed. (2005), Classical Pasts: The Classical Traditions of Greece and Rome, Potter, D.S. (1999), Literary Texts and the Roman Historian, London and New York.Reynolds, L.D. (1983), Texts and Transmission: A Survey of the Latin Classics, Oxford. Schaps, D.M. (2010), Handbook for Classical Research, London and New York.Schmitz, T. (2007), Modern Literary Theory and Ancient Texts: An Introduction, Oxford.Tarrant, R. (2016), Texts, Editors, and Readers: Methods and Problems in Latin Textual Criticism, Cambridge.Wiseman, T.P. ed. (2006), Classics in Progress: Essays on Ancient Greece and Rome, Oxford.MSc in Ancient HistoryBodel, J. ed. (2001), Epigraphic Evidence: Ancient History from Inscriptions, London and New York.Crawford, M. (1983), Sources for Ancient History, Cambridge. London.Finley, M.I. (1985), Ancient History: Evidence and Models, London.Hedrick, C.W. (2006), Ancient History: Monuments and Documents, Oxford.Morley, N. (2004), Theories, Models and Concepts in Ancient History, London and New York. Morley, N. (2013), Writing Ancient History, Bristol.Pelling, C. (1999), Literary Texts and the Greek Historian, London and New York.Potter, D.S. (1999), Literary Texts and the Roman Historian, London and New York.Sauer, E. ed. (2004), Archaeology and Ancient History: Breaking down the Boundaries, Schaps, D.M. (2010), Handbook for Classical Research, London and New York. Oxford.Wiseman, T.P. ed. (2006), Classics in Progress: Essays on Ancient Greece and Rome, MSc in Classical Art and ArchaeologyAlcock, S.E. and Osborne, R. eds. (2012), Classical Archaeology (Blackwell Studies in Global Archaeology), 2nd edition, Oxford.Dyson, S. (2013), In Pursuit of Ancient Pasts: A History of Classical Archaeology in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, New Haven.Laurence, R. (2012), Roman Archaeology for Historians, Abingdon. London.Sauer, E. ed. (2004), Archaeology and Ancient History: Breaking down the Boundaries, Schaps, D.M. (2010), Handbook for Classical Research, London and New York. Oxford.Wiseman, T.P. ed. (2006), Classics in Progress: Essays on Ancient Greece and Rome, This article was published on 2024-08-01
