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Citation Examples: Reference

Article in a Dictionary or Encyclopedia:

Dräger, Paul.  “Circe.” In Brill's New Pauly: Encyclopaedia of the Ancient World, Vol. 3, eds. Hubert Cancik and Helmut Schneider, 347-349. Leiden: Brill, 2002.

Last name of article author, First Middle. “Title of the Article.” In Title of Reference Book, Vol. #, ed. First & last name of first editor and First & Last name of second editor, page ##-##. City of publisher: Name of publisher, year.

Citation Examples: Ancient Sources

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