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Akroterion - Journal for the Classics in South Africa
Instructions to authors..../ Instructions aux auteurs....
Akroterion welcomes scholarly contributions on all
aspects of Greek and Roman civilization. Preference is given to
articles that will also appeal to the non-specialist. We
particularly encourage submission of articles dealing with the
influence and reception of the Classics.
When preparing a manuscript for submission, the following
should be kept in mind:
- Electronic submissions (as an attached file or on diskette)
are preferred. If submitting a hard copy (typed or printed),
three copies of each submission are required. Please send all
submissions to Prof J C Thom, The Editor, Akroterion,
Department of Ancient Studies, University of Stellenbosch,
Private Bag X1, Matieland, 7602, South Africa. Tel.: +27 (021) 808-3203; fax: +27 (021)
808-3480; e-mail: [email protected].
- Articles are refereed anonymously. Authors are asked to
prepare their manuscripts so that their identities are not
revealed to the referees. A title page should be attached, with
the title of the manuscript, the author's name, address,
telephone number and e-mail address (if available). An abstract (maximum 150 words) must accompany
the submission.
- Akroterion uses an author-date format for
bibliographical references. Each article should be accompanied by
a Bibliography, printed at the end, which must include all works
cited. Please note that titles use sentence style capitalization;
only proper nouns and adjectives, and the first words of the
title and of the subtitle are capitalized.
3.1 Books are listed in the Bibliography by author, date,
title, series (if applicable), place of publication and
publisher:
Nussbaum, M C 1994. The therapy of desire: Theory and
practice in Hellenistic ethics. Martin Classical Lectures
n.s. 2. Princeton: Princeton University Press.
3.2 Articles published in a journal are listed as follows:
Segal, C 1995. Classics, ecumenicism, and Greek tragedy. TAPA
125:1-26.
Abbreviate journal titles as in L'Année Philologique
except that P is substituted for Ph in English-language journals
(e.g. CP, not CPh). Please note that the titles of
articles are not enclosed in quotation marks.
3.3 Articles or chapters published in an anthology are listed
using the following format:
Grant, R M 1981. Charges of “immorality” against
various groups in Antiquity. In Van den Broeck, R &
Vermaseren, M J (eds), Studies in Gnosticism and Hellenistic
religions, 161-170. EPRO 91. Leiden: Brill.
If the anthology itself is cited more than once, it should be
given its own entry in the Bibliography, with cross-references to
this entry, e.g.:
Grant, R M 1981. Charges of “immorality” against
various groups in Antiquity. In Van den Broeck & Vermaseren
1981:161-170.
Van den Broeck, R & Vermaseren, M J (eds) 1981. Studies
in Gnosticism and Hellenistic religions. EPRO 91. Leiden:
Brill.
3.4 Reference to items in the Bibliography in the text or
footnotes of the article should use the author's surname, date
and, where relevant, inclusive pages, e.g.
Segal (1995:2-3) states ...
3 Segal 1995:2-3.
3.5 When more than one publication by an author is cited from
the same year, add `a', `b', `c', etc. to the year (in citations
as well as in the Bibliography) to distinguish them, e.g.
Nock (1952a:177) suggests ...
- When citing classical literature, the abbreviations listed
in the Oxford Classical Dictionary (3d ed., 1996) should
be used. Use Arabic numerals for all subdivisions of individual
works (e.g. Homer Od. 9.226-271).
- Quotations in foreign languages, including Greek and Latin,
should be accompanied by a translation.
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