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| 870 | Latin literature |
| 876 | Latin letters |
| 879 | Medieval and modern Latin literature |
| 880 | Greek literature |
| 886 | Greek letters |
| 889 |
Medieval (Byzantine) and modern |
| 913 & 930.1 | Archeology |
| 930 | Ancient History |
| 180 | Philosophy |
| 184 | Plato |
| 185 | Aristotle |
| 200 | Religion |
| 292 | Greek and Roman religion and mythology |
| 400 | Language |
| 470 | Latin language |
| 480 | Greek language |
| 700 | The arts |
| 722.7 | Roman architecture |
| 722.8 | Greek architecture |
| 733 | Classical sculpture |
Aeschylus 882.1
Aristophanes 882.4
Aristotle 185 & 888.5
Art, Greek (general) 709.38
Art, Roman (general) 709.37
Catullus 874.2
Cicero 875.1-875.4 & 876.1
Cinema 791.43
Demosthenes 885.6
Epicureanism 187
Euripides 882.3
Greek ethics 170.938
Greek dictionaries 483
Greek grammar 485
Greek language textbooks 488
Greek literature (general) 880
Greek oratory 885
Greek poetry 881-884
Greek satire and humour 887
Herodotus 888.1
Hesiod 883.2
Historiography 907.2
History, Egypt, Greco-Roman period 932.02
History, Greek 938
History, Roman 937
Homer 883.1
Horace 874.5
Inscriptions, Greek 481.7 Inscriptions, Latin 471.7
Juvenal 877.7
Latin dictionaries 473
Latin grammar 475
Latin language, Medieval & modern 479.3
Latin language textbooks 478
Latin literature (general) 870
Latin oratory 875
Latin poetry 871-874
Latin satire and humour 877
Literary theory 801
Livy 878.4
Menander 882.6
Ovid 871.2
Painting, Greek 759.938
Painting, Roman 759.937
Paleography 417
Pindar 884.5
Plato 184.1 & 888.4
Pliny the Younger 876.2
Plutarch 888.8
Pre-Socratic Greek philosophy 182
Religion & mythology, Classical 292
Sallust 878.2
Scepticism, Ancient 186
Science, Greek 509.38
Sculpture, Classical 733
Seneca 188.6 & 872.6 & 878.5
Slavery, Greek 326.938
Slavery, Roman 326.937
Sophistic and Socratic philosophy 183
Sophocles 882.2
Stoicism 188
Tacitus 878.6
Thucydides 888.2
Virgil 873.1
Warfare, Greek 355.0938
Warfare, Roman 355.0937
Women, Greek 396.0938
Women, Roman 396.0937
Xenophon 888.3
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