Description: This Encyclopedia is the first comprehensive reference work treating all of the languages of antiquity.
Brief description: Roger D. Woodard is the Andrew V. V. Raymond Professor of the Classics at the University of Buffalo. Among his other books are Greek Writing from Knossos to Homer: A Linguistic Interpretation of the Origin of the Greek Alphabet (1997, Oxford); Ovid's Fasti (with A. J. Boyle, 2000, Penguin); and On Interpreting Morphological Change (1990, Gieben).
Review Quotes: "Woodard has done the scholarly world a great service. [...]This book fills a distinct void...Highly recommended." Library Journal