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This list resolves or explains abbreviations of frequently cited ancient authors or their works, editions and translations of inscriptions, books, and journals. Ath. Pol . (1) Aristotle (some contributors who wish to indicate that they question his immediate authorship write Aristotelian or Pseudo-Aristotle or [Aristotle]) Constitution of Athens (Athenaion Politeia); normally, Ath. Pol . without author's name refers to this treatise (2) [Xenophon] or Pseudo-Xenophon (i.e., the work was transmitted amongst the genuine ones by Xenophon but wrongly ascribed to him in antiquity) Constitution of Athens (Athenaion Politeia); often referred to as ‘The Old Oligarch’ Athenaios Athenaios (or Athenaeus) The Learned Banquet (Deiphnosophistai) Diodoros Diodoros (or Diodorus Siculus) Historical Library (Bibliotheke Historike) Hdt. Herodotos (or Herodotus) Histories Lak. Pol . Xenophon Constitution of Sparta (Lakedaimonion Politeia) Polyainos Polyainos (or Polyaenus) On Stratagems (Strategemata) Suda Byzantine period lexicon (sometimes, erroneously, referred to as the author Suidas) Thuc. Thucydides History of the Peloponnesian War Diels-Kranz Diels, H. (1951–2) Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker ed. W. Kranz, 3 vols (numerous repr.) (Berlin: Weidmann; now Hildesheim: Olms) FGr Hist Jacoby, F., et al. (1923-) Die Fragmente der griechischen Historiker [in progress], parts A and ... log in or subscribe to read full text