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The ___MASK79___ of Greek and Roman ___MASK2___ , first published in 1854 , was the last of a series of classical dictionaries edited by the English scholar William Smith ( 1813 -- 1893 ) , which included as sister works A ___MASK79___ of Greek and Roman Antiquities and the ___MASK79___ of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology . As declared by Smith in the Preface : `` The ___MASK79___ of ___MASK2___ ... is designed mainly to illustrate the Greek and Roman writers , and to enable a diligent ___MASK46___ to read them in the most profitable manner '' . The book stays up to the description : in two massive volumes the dictionary provides detailed coverage of all the important countries , regions , towns , cities , ___MASK77___ features that occur in Greek and Roman literature , without forgetting those mentioned solely in the Bible . The work was last reissued in 2005 . Classical antiquity ( also the classical ___MASK14___ , classical period or classical ___MASK59___ ) is a term for a long period of cultural history centered on the Mediterranean Sea , comprising the interlocking civilizations of ancient Greece and ancient Rome , collectively known as the Greco - Roman world . It is the period in which Greek and Roman society flourished and wielded great influence throughout Europe , North Africa and Southwestern Asia . The ___MASK79___ of Greek and Roman ___MASK51___ and Mythology ( 1849 , originally published 1844 under a slightly different title ) is an encyclopedia / biographical dictionary . Edited by William Smith , the dictionary spans ___MASK24___ volumes and 3 , 700 pages . It is a classic ___MASK41___ of 19th - century lexicography . The ___MASK41___ is a companion to Smith ' s " ___MASK79___ of Greek and Roman Antiquities " and " ___MASK79___ of Greek and Roman Geography ". A ___MASK79___ of Greek and Roman Antiquities is an English language encyclopedia first published in 1842 . The second , improved and enlarged , ___MASK17___ appeared in 1848 , and there were many revised editions up to 1890 . The encyclopedia covered ___MASK100___ , religion , architecture , warfare , daily life , and similar subjects primarily from the standpoint of a classicist . It was one of a series of ___MASK64___ works on classical antiquity by William Smith , the others cover persons and places . It runs to well over a million words in any ___MASK17___ , and all editions are now in the public domain . A biographical ___MASK79___ is a type of ___MASK82___ ___MASK87___ to biographical ___MASK73___ . Many attempt to cover the major personalities of a country ( with limitations , such as living persons only , in " Who ' s Who ", or deceased people only , in the " Dictionary of National Biography "). Others are specialized , in that they cover important names in a subject field , such as architecture or engineering . Lexicography is divided into ___MASK70___ separate but equally important groups : An ___MASK78___ or encyclopaedia ( also spelled encyclopædia , see spelling differences ) is a type of ___MASK37___ or compendium holding a comprehensive summary of information from either all branches of knowledge or a particular branch of knowledge . Encyclopedias are divided into articles or entries , which are usually accessed alphabetically by article name . Encyclopedia entries are longer and more detailed than those in most dictionaries . Generally speaking , unlike dictionary entries which focus on linguistic information about words , ___MASK78___ articles focus on factual information concerning the subject for which the article is named . The ___MASK94___ public domain has two senses of meaning . Anything published is out in the public domain in the sense that it is available to the public . Once published news and ___MASK73___ in books is in the public domain , although they ___MASK95___ also be copyrighted . In the sense of intellectual property , works in the public domain are those whose exclusive intellectual property rights have expired , have been forfeited , or are inapplicable . For example , the works of Shakespeare and Beethoven , and most of the early silent films , are all now in the public domain by either being created before copyrights existed or leaving the copyright ___MASK94___ . Examples for works not covered by copyright which are therefore in the public domain , are the formulae of Newtonian physics , cooking recipes and all software before 1974 . Examples for works actively dedicated into public domain by their authors are reference implementations of cryptographic algorithms , NIH ' s ImageJ , and the CIA ' s " World Factbook ". The ___MASK94___ is not normally applied to situations where the creator of a work retains residual rights , in which case use of the work is referred to as " under license " or " with permission ".