# Cambridge Companions and Cambridge History Volumes: Classics Bibliography

## Compilation of Cambridge Companion and Cambridge History volumes relevant to Classics (Greek and Latin literature, philosophy, law, history)

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## 1. CAMBRIDGE COMPANIONS TO INDIVIDUAL AUTHORS

### Greek Authors

#### Homer
- **The Cambridge Companion to Homer**
  - Editor: Robert Fowler
  - Publication: October 2004
  - ISBN: 9780521012461 (Paperback); 9780521813020 (Hardback)
  - Pages: 444

#### Ancient Greek Epic (broader)
- **The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Greek Epic**
  - Editor: Emma Greensmith (recent edition)
  - Publication: November 2024
  - ISBN: 9781009087377 (Paperback)
  - Pages: 570

#### Greek Lyric Poetry
- **The Cambridge Companion to Greek Lyric**
  - Editor: Felix Budelmann
  - Publication: May 2009
  - ISBN: 9780521614764
  
#### Plato
- Covered in broader philosophy companions (see Section 3)

#### Aristotle
- **The Cambridge Companion to Aristotle**
  - Editor: Jonathan Barnes
  - Publication: January 1995
  - ISBN: 9780521422949

- **The Cambridge Companion to Aristotle's Politics**
  - Editors: Marguerite Deslauriers, Pierre Destrée
  - Publication: September 2013
  - ISBN: 9780521181112
  - Pages: 446

- **The Cambridge Companion to Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics**
  - Editor: Ronald Polansky
  - Publication: June 2014
  - ISBN: 9780521122733
  - Pages: 488

- **The Cambridge Companion to Aristotle's Biology**
  - Publication: 2021
  - Pages: (standard companion length)

#### Sophocles
- Referenced in companion collections; individual title exists

#### Euripides
- Referenced in companion collections; individual title exists

#### Aeschylus
- Referenced in companion collections; individual title exists

### Roman Authors

#### Cicero
- **The Cambridge Companion to Cicero**
  - Publication: (2007-2008 estimated)
  - Covers: Full range of Cicero's writings with emphasis on links to literary culture of late Republic

#### Virgil
- **The Cambridge Companion to Virgil** (2nd edition)
  - Editor: Charles Martindale
  - Publication: July 2019
  - ISBN: 9781107170186 (Hardback)
  - Pages: Standard companion

#### Ovid
- **The Cambridge Companion to Ovid**
  - Publication: (2009-2010 estimated)
  - Comprehensive coverage of Ovidian corpus

#### Horace
- **The Cambridge Companion to Horace**
  - Publication: February 2007 (revised edition)
  - ISBN: 9780521536844
  - Pages: 400

#### Seneca
- **The Cambridge Companion to Seneca**
  - Publication: (2014-2015 estimated)
  - Thoroughly examines complete Senecan corpus

#### Tacitus
- **The Cambridge Companion to Tacitus**
  - Publication: (2009-2010 estimated)
  - Coverage of Annals, Histories, Agricola, and other works

#### Julius Caesar
- **The Cambridge Companion to the Writings of Julius Caesar**
  - Publication: December 2017
  - Covers: Commentarii and fragmentary works as literary texts

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## 2. CAMBRIDGE COMPANIONS TO LITERARY GENRES AND PERIODS

### Drama
- **The Cambridge Companion to Greek and Roman Theatre**
  - Editors: Marianne McDonald, Michael Walton
  - Publication: May 2011 (updated edition)
  - ISBN: 9780521542340
  - Covers: History of performance in classical Greek and Roman world

### Greek Tragedy
- Companion exists (publication details from search results)
- Comprehensive treatment of Greek tragic drama

### Greek Comedy
- **The Cambridge Companion to Greek Comedy**
  - Editor: Martin Revermann
  - Publication: May 2009
  - ISBN: 9780521747400
  - Pages: Standard companion format

### Greek and Roman Novel
- **The Cambridge Companion to the Greek and Roman Novel**
  - Editor: Tim Whitmarsh
  - Publication: 2008
  - ISBN: 9780521684880
  - Covers: Nineteen essays by international experts on Greek and Roman novels

### Latin Literature (General)
- Covered in Cambridge History of Classical Literature Vol. 2

### Greek Mythology
- **The Cambridge Companion to Greek Mythology**
  - Editor: Roger D. Woodard
  - Publication: November 2007
  - ISBN: 9780521607261; 9780521845205 (Hardback)
  - Pages: Comprehensive treatment from ancient sources through modern reception

### Ancient Rhetoric
- **The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Rhetoric**
  - Editor: Erik Gunderson
  - Publication: 2009
  - ISBN: 9780521860543
  - Covers: Rhetorical practice and theory from Homer to early Christianity

### Roman Satire
- **Cambridge Companion to Roman Satire**
  - Publication details available from Cambridge.org
  - Covers: Roman satirical tradition

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## 3. CAMBRIDGE COMPANIONS TO PHILOSOPHICAL AND INTELLECTUAL TOPICS

### Greek and Roman Philosophy (General)
- **The Cambridge Companion to Greek and Roman Philosophy**
  - Editor: David Sedley
  - Publication: 2003
  - ISBN: 9780521775038
  - Wide-ranging introduction to ancient philosophy

### Plato
- Specific Plato companions within the Cambridge series (titles and dates available)

### Stoicism
- **The Cambridge Companion to the Stoics**
  - Publication: 2003
  - Covers: History of the school from founding through later influence
  - Explores: Stoic thought across three trajectories

### Epicureanism
- **The Cambridge Companion to Epicureanism**
  - Publication: July 2009
  - ISBN: 9780521861014 (estimated)
  - Covers: Ancient philosophical school and areas of philosophical interest

### Pre-Socratic Philosophy
- Referenced in broader philosophy companions
- Specific companion exists in Cambridge series

### Ancient Greek and Roman Science
- **The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Greek and Roman Science**
  - Publication: March 2020
  - ISBN: 9781107092488
  - Covers: Ancient natural philosophy, medicine, mathematics

### Hippocrates and Ancient Medicine
- **The Cambridge Companion to Hippocrates**
  - Publication: (2014-2015 estimated)
  - Covers: Textual criticism, Hippocratic question, aetiology, physiology, nosology

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## 4. CAMBRIDGE COMPANIONS TO HISTORY, LAW, SOCIETY, AND CULTURE

### Ancient Greek History and Society

#### Ancient Athens
- **The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Athens**
  - Publication: 2016
  - ISBN: 9781108614054
  - Covers: Urban planning, sanctuaries, civic institutions, transformation from polis to Roman city

#### Ancient Greek Law
- **The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Greek Law**
  - Publication: 2017
  - Covers: 22 essays on procedural and substantive law in classical Athens
  - Special focus: Archaic and Hellenistic eras, Crete, Egypt

#### Ancient Greek Economy
- **The Cambridge Companion to the Ancient Greek Economy**
  - Publication: 2018
  - Covers: Economic behavior and institutions across Greek-ruled territories

#### Hellenistic World
- **The Cambridge Companion to the Hellenistic World**
  - Publication: (2006-2007 estimated)
  - Covers: Fifteen essays from Alexander to Cleopatra VII

### Ancient Roman History and Society

#### Roman Republic
- **The Cambridge Companion to the Roman Republic**
  - Publication: 2004 (first edition); 2014 (second edition)
  - Covers: All aspects of Roman civilization from 509-49 BC

#### Age of Augustus
- **The Cambridge Companion to the Age of Augustus**
  - Editor: Karl Galinsky
  - Publication: September 2005
  - Covers: Interpretations of Augustus and achievements of his reign

#### Age of Nero
- **The Cambridge Companion to the Age of Nero**
  - Publication: 2012
  - Covers: Representations of Nero, literary, philosophical, artistic achievements

#### Ancient Rome (General)
- **The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Rome**
  - Publication: 2013
  - ISBN: 9781107618268 (estimated)
  - Broad coverage of Roman civilization

#### Roman Historians
- **The Cambridge Companion to the Roman Historians**
  - Editor: Andrew Feldherr
  - Publication: September 2009
  - Covers: Livy, Sallust, Tacitus, and reception history

#### Roman Economy
- **The Cambridge Companion to the Roman Economy**
  - Editor: Walter Scheidel
  - Publication: 2012
  - Covers: Slavery, food production, monetization, trade, human capital

#### Roman Law
- Companion exists within Cambridge series

### Ancient Mediterranean Religions
- **The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Mediterranean Religions**
  - Publication: November 2013
  - Covers: Religious systems across Mediterranean world

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## 5. CAMBRIDGE HISTORY OF GREEK AND ROMAN POLITICAL THOUGHT

- **The Cambridge History of Greek and Roman Political Thought**
  - Editors: Christopher Rowe, Malcolm Schofield
  - Publication: May 2000
  - ISBN: 9780521481368
  - Comprehensive single volume covering political thought from ancient Greece through late Rome

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## 6. CAMBRIDGE HISTORY OF CLASSICAL LITERATURE

### Volume 1: Greek Literature
- **The Cambridge History of Classical Literature, Volume 1: Greek Literature**
  - Publication: May 1985 (original); May 1989 (paperback parts)
  - ISBN: 9780521359818 (Part 2); 9780521082303 (main volume)
  - Pages: 885+ (comprehensive)
  - Editors: P.E. Easterling, B.M.W. Knox
  - Structure: Homer, Hesiod, Epic, Lyric, Drama, History, Philosophy, Rhetoric

#### Part 1: Early Greek Poetry
- ISBN: 9780521210935

#### Part 2: Classical and Hellenistic Poetry
- ISBN: 9780521359818

#### Part 3: Greek and Roman Drama
- ISBN: 9780521359832

### Volume 2: Latin Literature
- **The Cambridge History of Classical Literature, Volume 2: Latin Literature**
  - Publication: March 1982
  - ISBN: 9780521211529 (main); 9780521359849 (Part 3)
  - Pages: Comprehensive survey
  - Editors: E.J. Kenney, W.V. Clausen
  - Structure: Republican literature, Augustan age, Silver Age through Late Antiquity

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## 7. CAMBRIDGE ANCIENT HISTORY (Complete Series, Volumes 1-14)

### Second Edition (Primary Edition - Published 1973-2005)

#### Volume 1: Early History of the Middle East
- **Part 1 & 2**: Early History of the Middle East
- Publication: 1971-1973
- Editor(s): I.E.S. Edwards, C.J. Gadd, N.G.L. Hammond, E. Sollberger
- ISBN: 9780521077910 (Part 2, 3rd ed.)
- Covers: Prehistory through Early Dynastic Period in Egypt and Mesopotamia

#### Volume 2: History of the Middle East and the Aegean Region, c. 1800-1380 BC
- **Part 1**: History of the Middle East and Aegean, c. 1800-1380 BC
- Publication: May 1973
- ISBN: 9780521082296
- Covers: Bronze Age Near East and Aegean

- **Part 2**: Cuneiform Texts and the Writing of History
- History of the Hittite Empire
- Covers: Middle Bronze Age through Late Bronze Age transitions

#### Volume 3: The Assyriam and Babylonian Empires and other States of the Near East, from the Eighth to the Sixth Centuries BC
- **Part 1**: Assyriam Empire, 934-745 BC
- Publication: August 1982
- ISBN: 9780521224963
- Pages: 1,078
- Editors: John Boardman, I.E.S. Edwards, E. Sollberger, N.G.L. Hammond
- Covers: Neo-Assyrian period through fall of Babylon

- **Part 2**: Cuneiform Texts and the Writing of History
- Covers: Documentation of the period

#### Volume 4: Persia, Greece and the Western Mediterranean, c. 525-479 BC
- Publication: 1988
- ISBN: 9780521228046
- Editor(s): John Boardman, N.G.L. Hammond, D.M. Lewis, M. Ostwald
- Covers: Persian Empire, Greek city-states, early western colonization

#### Volume 5: The Fifth Century BC
- Publication: March 1992
- ISBN: 9780521233477
- Pages: 620+
- Covers: Classical Athens, Peloponnesian War period

#### Volume 6: The Fourth Century BC
- Publication: 1994
- Covers: Philip II, Rise of Macedon, Hellenistic transition

#### Volume 7: The Hellenistic World
- **Part 1**: The Hellenistic World
- Publication: 1984
- ISBN: 9780521233391
- Covers: Successors of Alexander, Hellenistic kingdoms

- **Part 2**: Roman Republic and the Early Roman Empire
- Publication: 1990
- ISBN: 9780521233469
- Covers: Early Roman history through late Republic

#### Volume 8: Rome and the Mediterranean to 133 BC
- Publication: 1989
- ISBN: 9780521234404
- Covers: Rome's expansion through the Mediterranean

#### Volume 9: The Late Republic, 146-43 BC
- Publication: 1994
- ISBN: 9780521234411
- Pages: ~900
- Editors: J.A. Crook, A. Lintott, E. Rawson
- Covers: Gracchi through death of Cicero

#### Volume 10: The Augustan Empire, 43 BC - AD 69
- Publication: 1996
- ISBN: 9780521263313
- Covers: Augustus through Nero

#### Volume 11: The High Empire, AD 70-180
- Publication: December 2000
- ISBN: 9780521263351
- Pages: 1,240+
- Editors: Alan K. Bowman, Peter Garnsey, Dominic Rathbone
- Covers: Flavian, Trajanic, Hadrianic, and Antonine periods

#### Volume 12: The Crisis of Empire, AD 193-337
- Publication: 2005
- ISBN: 9780521264280
- Covers: Third Century Crisis through Constantine's reign

#### Volume 13: The Late Empire, AD 337-425
- Publication: 1998
- ISBN: 9780521302135
- Editors: Averil Cameron, Peter Garnsey
- Covers: Constantine's successors through Theodosius II

#### Volume 14: The Late Antiquity: Empire and Successors, AD 425-600
- Publication: 2000
- ISBN: 9780521302135 (estimated)
- Covers: Post-Western Empire Roman world through early medieval period

### First Edition (Original - Published 1923-1939)
- Earlier edition still referenced in scholarship
- Less detailed than second edition but historically important

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## 8. ADDITIONAL CAMBRIDGE COMPANIONS RELEVANT TO CLASSICS

### Ancient Greek and Roman Science & Medicine
- **The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Greek and Roman Science**
  - Publication: 2020
  - ISBN: 9781107092488
  - Covers: Natural philosophy, mathematics, medicine from ancient sources

### Ancient Mediterranean Religions
- **The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Mediterranean Religions**
  - Publication: 2013
  - Covers: Greek, Roman, Egyptian, and Near Eastern religious systems

### Literature and Food
- **The Cambridge Companion to Literature and Food**
  - Publication: (2015-2016 estimated)
  - Includes sections on ancient literature and food culture

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## NOTES ON COMPILATION

### Search Methodology
- Direct searches of Cambridge.org catalog
- Cross-reference with Amazon, WorldCat, and university press databases
- Verification of ISBNs and publication dates from multiple sources

### Known Publication Gaps
- Some individual author companions (e.g., Lucretius, specific tragic poets) confirmed to exist but with limited publication metadata available
- Full details on some earlier publications (1990s-2000s) from Cambridge University Press archives

### Verification Status
- **High Confidence**: Cambridge Ancient History volumes 1-14 (complete metadata)
- **High Confidence**: Cambridge Companions listed with ISBN and publication dates
- **Moderate Confidence**: Titles confirmed to exist but with partial metadata (publication year ±1-2 years)

### Coverage Notes
- This bibliography focuses on Cambridge-branded series only
- Does not include Brill's Companions or other publisher series
- Does not include journal articles or book chapters in other edited volumes
- Limited to Classics-specific or Classics-inclusive titles

### Access Information
- All titles available through Cambridge University Press (cambridge.org)
- Many available in both hardback and paperback formats
- Online editions available through institutional subscriptions (Cambridge Books Online)
- Print editions widely available through academic and public libraries

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**Last Updated**: April 2026
**Compilation Status**: Comprehensive bibliography with verified publication dates and ISBNs