Guidelines
Publication Guidelines 1. General Guidelines NEO - Classics Students Journal accepts only original paper proposals on Classical history and Classical culture. Every proposal will be carefully considered through a double-blind peer-review process. By submitting to NEO Classics Students Journal, you are affirming that this is an original work, with all authors being appropriately credited, all references appropriately cited according to the guidelines, and that the work has not been published elsewhere. The paper should be sent to the following email: neoclassicsjournal@gmail.com NEO Classics Students Journal is an English language publication, and only papers written in English will be considered. The paper should be around 5000 words in length not including the bibliography. Any proposal that unreasonably exceeds or falls short of this number may not be considered. The paper must be identified with the author s name, email address and institutional filiation (if there is one). An abstract with no more than 200 words is required. A short biography, maximum 100 words, is required. Please provide an English translation for any non-english words or phrases, and transliterate or translate any text that does not use Latin script (e.g. Greek). 1
2. Author Eligibility Undergraduate students* Undergraduate students are required to attach a letter of recommendation from a lecturer/ senior researcher/ supervisor. This additional requirement seeks to aid our undergraduate authors in the selection of suitable papers through contact with, and by acquiring feedback from, a scholar within their own institution. Current Master s students Recent graduates of Master s programmes Doctoral students 3. Text format 3.1. Text and footnotes format Text font Text size Text line spacing Times New Roman 12 1,5 Footnote font Footnote size Footnote line spacing Times New Roman 10 Single spacing 3.2. Non Roman characters The input of non-latin characters, such as Greek, should be in UNICODE when available Greek characters should only be used for long quotations, however single words and short quotations should be transliterated to Latin characters. 3.3. Quotations Short quotations (up to three lines) should be inserted in the body of the text. Short quotations in the text should be marked by quotation marks. followed by the respective reference. Long quotations (more than three sentences) should be highlighted from the text in block, by advancing the paragraph line and reducing the font to 10. Example: (Body of the text) Quotation (bibliographical reference). (Body of the text) 2
Long quotations do not require quotation marks. The quotation must end with the bibliographic reference, according to the Guidelines specified in the following pages. Quotations in ancient or foreign languages using Latin alphabet should be in italic. 3.4. Foot notes Footnotes should be used for addition information relevant to the text and NOT bibliographic references which should be cited in the text body. 3.5. Abbreviations When referencing ancient authors and texts, please use the standard scholarly abbreviations, such as used by the Oxford Classical Dictionary and the Liddell-Scott-Jones Greek-English Lexicon. A list of the standard abbreviations can be found here: http://classics.oxfordre.com/staticfiles/images/orecla/ocd.abbreviations.pdf Example: Mt. 3,2. Quotation of the Bible should include information on the Book, chapter and verse. 4. Bibliographical references All books and articles cited should be listed in alphabetical order. Example: Deacy, S. (2008) Athena, London: Routledge. Fischler, S. (1994) Social Stereotypes and Historical Analysis: The Case of the Imperial Women at Rome, In: Archer, L.; Fischler S.; Wyke, M. (eds.) Women in Ancient Societies: An Illusion of the Night, London: Macmillan Press. 117-121. Hallett, J. P. (1977) Perusinae Glandes and the Changing Image of Augustus. American Journal of Ancient History. 2(2). 151-171 Books by the same author should be ordered chronologically, from the oldest to the most recent. Note that the author s name should only be mentioned in the first reference. Example: Blanshard, A. J. L. (2010) Sex: Vice and Love from Antiquity to Modernity. Oxford: Wiley Blackwell. (2015) Fantasy and the homosexual orgy. Unearthing the sexual scripts of ancient Athens. In: Masterson, Mark; Rabinowitz, Nancy Sorkin; Robson, James (eds.) Sex in Antiquity: Exploring gender and sexuality in the Ancient World. London: New York: Routledge. 99-114. 3
If some of the works by the same author are published in the same year, use letters after the publication year to distinguish between them. Example: Cairns, Douglas L. (1996) Off with Her ΑΙΔΩΣ : Herodotus 1.8.3-4. CQ. 46(1). 78-83. (1996a) Hybris, Dishonour, and Thinking Big. The Journal of Hellenic Studies. 116. 1-32. 4.1. Formatting references for different resources: Classical texts Author. Title of the Ancient Text. Translated by Translator (year). Place of Publication: Publisher. Example: Marcus Aurelius. Meditations. Translated by Heins, C. H (1930). London: Harvard University Press. Religious texts Editor (ed.) (Year) The Bible/Qur an/torah: edition. Place of Publication: Publisher. Example: Carrol, R.; Prickett S. (eds.) (1997) The Bible: Authorised King James Version with Apocrypha. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Single author books Author (Year) Title of Book. (Edition - if not first edition.) Place of Publication: Publisher. Example: Dodds, E. R. (1951) The Greeks and the Irrational. Berkeley: University of California Press. Books with two or three authors Author; Author; Author (Year) Title of Book. (Edition - if not first edition.) Place of Publication: Publisher. Example: Adrados, F. R.; Bernabé, A.; Mendoza, J. (1996) Manual de lingüística indoeuropea. Madrid: Clásicas. Edited books Editor (ed.) (Year) Title of Book. (Edition - if not first edition.) Place of Publication: Publisher. Example: Carpenter, T. H.; Faraone, C. A. (eds.) (1993) Masks of Dionysus. New York: Cornell University Press. Chapters in edited books Author (Year) Title of chapter. In: Editor (ed.) Title of Book. (Edition - if not first edition.) Place of Publication: Publisher. Pages. Example: Robson, J. (1997) Bestiality and bestial rape in Greek myth. In: Deacy, S.; Pierce, K.F. (eds.) Rape in Antiquity: Sexual Violence in the Greek and Roman Worlds. London: Duckworth. 65-96. Electronic books (ebooks) Author (Year) Title of Book. (Edition - if not first edition.) Place of Publication: Publisher. Available at: URL (date accessed). Example: Deacy, Susan (2008) Athena. London: New York: Routledge. Available at: https://www.dawsonera.com/readonline/9780203932148 (Accessed: 03/07/2017). 4
Translated work Author (Year of translated version [Year of original work]) Title of Book. Translated by Translator. Place of Publication: Publisher. Example: Burkert, Walter (1993 [1977]) Religião e Mitologia Grega no Período Clássico e Arcaico. Translated by Simões Loureiro, M. J. Lisboa: Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian. Articles from printed journals Author (Year) Title of article. Title of Journal. Volume(Issue). Pages. Example: Bernabé, A. (2002) La toile de Pénélope: a-t-il existé un mythe orphique sur Dionysos et les Titans? Revue de l'histoire des religions. 219(4). 401-433. Articles from electronic journals* Author (Year) Title of article. Title of Journal. Volume(Issue). Pages. Available at: URL (date accessed). Example: Hayward, Anwen (2017) Between bodies: the transformation of Iphis sex in Ovid's Metamorphoses. NEO - The Classics Students' Journal. 1. 19-35. Available at: http://www.neojournal.co.uk/uploads/7/0/3/5/70359899/neo_1 2017_.pdf (Accessed: 03/07/2017) * This formatting is for journals that are solely electronic. Articles found on Jstor, for example, should be quoted like they were read in printed format. Journal articles with two or more authors Author; Author (Year) Title of article. Title of Journal. Volume(Issue). Pages. Example: Deacy, S.; McHardy, F. (2013) Uxoricide in Pregnancy: Ancient Greek Domestic Violence in Evolutionary Perspective. Evolutionary Psychology. 11(5). 994-1010. Individual entries in a dictionary/encyclopedia Author (Year) Title of Entry. In: Title of the Book. Volume. Place of publication: Publisher. Page. Example: Distelrath, G. (2008) Saturnalia. In: Brill s New Pauly: Encyclopaedia of the Ancient World. 13. Leiden: Brill. 26-27. Thesis/Masters, PhD online Author (Year) Title of Work. Type of Thesis. Name of Institution. Available at: (Accessed dd/mm/yy). Example: Villing, A. C. (1992) The Iconography of Athena in Attic Vase-painting from 440 370. Master s Thesis. University of Oxford. Available at: http://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/propylaeumdok/36/1/thesis.pdf (Accessed: 04/07/2017 5
5. Non-textual elements 5.1. Images The insertion of images is permitted either in the body of text or in annex. Every image should be clearly identified with the following pieces of information (considering that all are known): Title, Year (period), Artist; Material, Size specifications, Place of provenance, Actual location, Font of the image The author assumes total responsibility for obtaining any copyrights needed for publication and, if so requested, to provide official documentation attesting that the images are license free or purchased for academic purposes. 5.2. Graphics and Tables The insertion of graphics and tables should be done in the body of the text, with the proper identification (Table 1 Title; Graphic 1 Title). 6