About Scholia

Scholia features critical and pedagogical articles and reviews on a diverse range of subjects dealing with classical antiquity, including late antique, medieval, Renaissance and early modern studies related to the classical tradition; in addition, there is news about museums and articles on classical artefacts in museums in New Zealand and the J. A. Barsby Essay.

Scholia and its companion electronic journal Scholia Reviews (volumes 1-15) have published 670 contributions by 296 scholars and academics at 149 universities and institutions in 30 countries, namely Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Cyprus, Democratic Republic of Congo, Cyprus, Finland, France, Germany, Ghana, Greece, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Malawi, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Poland, Russia, Senegal, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States and Zimbabwe. Scholia has been distributed to individuals, universities and libraries in 43 countries in Australasia, Africa, North America, Europe, South America and Asia and has been been exchanged with 110 other journals.

Scholia is archived in ProQuest and Informit, indexed and abstracted in L’Année Philologique, indexed in Gnomon and TOCS-IN, and listed in Ulrich’s International Periodicals Directory. The articles and other sections of Scholia are also available from the British Library Document Supply Centre (BLDSC no. 8092.54348). Scholia is listed in the Australian Department of Education, Science and Training Register of Refereed Journals and is recognised by the South African Department of Education for research output subsidy.

Manuscripts

Potential contributors should read the Notes for Contributors and follow the suggested guidelines for the submission of manuscripts. Articles on the classical tradition are particularly welcome. Submissions are usually reviewed by two referees. Time before publication decision: 2-3 months.

Subscriptions (2009)

Individuals

North America, Europe and Asia USD30/NZD50 (except Africa); Africa NZD30.

Libraries and Institutions

North America, Europe and Asia USD50/NZD80 (except Africa); Africa NZD50.

Institutional and personal cheques should be made out to ‘Scholia / University of Otago’. For credit card payments, which are preferred, see Subscriptions. Foreign subscriptions cover air mail postage and bank charges on institutional and personal cheques. Payments from Africa, however, must be made with an international bank draft or by credit card in New Zealand currency because of foreign exchange regulations in many countries. After initial payment, a subscription to the journal will be entered. Back numbers are available at a reduced price and may be ordered from the Business Manager.

Editing and Managing Address

Articles and Subscriptions

W. J. Dominik
Editor and Manager, Scholia
Department of Classics
University of Otago
P. O. Box 56
Dunedin 9054
New Zealand
Tel: +64 (0)3 479 8710
Fax: +64 (0)3 479 9029
Email: william.dominik@otago.ac.nz

Reviews Address

Review Articles and Reviews

J. L. Hilton
Reviews Editor, Scholia
Programme in Classics
University of KwaZulu-Natal
Durban 4041
South Africa
Tel: +27 (0)31 260 2312
Fax: +27 (0)31 260 2698
Email: hilton@ukzn.ac.za

New Series

Scholia was conceived as a scholarly journal in 1991 and was first published a year later. Information about the journal is available on the world wide web at http://www.otago.ac.nz/classics/scholia/index.html. Scholia Reviews, an electronic journal that features the pre-publication versions of reviews that appear in Scholia, is available on the world wide web at http://www.classics.ukzn.ac.za/reviews.

Cover Illustration

Drawing by E. A. Mackay (University of Auckland) based on an Attic black-figure fragment (inv. L.1989.K) in the Museum of Classical Archaeology, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban (on permanent loan from A. Gosling).