Liddell and Scott: The History, Methodology, and Languages of the World’s Leading Lexicon of Ancient Greek

The Greek-English Lexicon of Liddell and Scott is one of the most famous dictionaries in the world, a constant and indispensable presence in teaching, learning, and research on ancient Greek throughout the English-speaking world and beyond. The present volume brings together essays by twenty-two scholars on all aspects of the history, constitution, and problematics of this extraordinary work, in order to better understand its significance for both Greek studies and the theory and practice of lexicography.