New conspectus Use the following template to add a new work. You may download the resulting file or use share to share work in progress. The work Title * As it should read at the top of the page. This becomes the file name too. Also known as Optional, one per line. Other names the work is catalogued under. Slug * E.g. apollonius-argonautica. Sort as E.g. The Bacchae becomes Bacchae, The Wikidata search Wikipedia search Reading number * Carries on from #48, Metamorphoses. Starting * The first day reading begins for a work. Abstract * TODO: currently reading Fine to leave as "TODO". Usually left as a placeholder until we have finished reading a work. We are reading it in selection, not in full Results in an * next to it in the readings table. Chart progress Leave this off for anything read in selection or in one sitting — the chart has nothing to say about either. Units Its numbering starts partway in Starting from Where its counting begins — 216 for a dialogue paginated 216a to 268d. How long it is It divides into parts Its parts One per line, named then how long it is. Whatever a part is called here is what the chart calls it, so write it as you would say it. Parts whose numbering starts again at each one — a poem in books — are the reason the chart can tell where a session that ran across two of them got to. We are reading it now Results in a † next to it in the readings table. Taxonomy These come from the site's controlled vocabulary in data/vocab/. Author * Add author Worth adding to data/vocab/authors.toml as well, or the term gets no page of its own. Aeschylus Anonymous Antiphon Apollonius of Rhodes Aristophanes Aristotle Arrian Aurelius, Marcus Callimachus Demosthenes Diogenes Laertius Epicurus Euclid Euripides Hamilton, Alexander Homer Jay, John Lucretius Lysias Madison, James Menander Ovid Plato Plutarch Publius Shakespeare, William Sophocles Theocritus Theophrastus Thucydides Xenophon Zhuang Zhou Multiple are fine; first author is used in resulting conspectus file name. Literary form * Add literary form Worth adding to data/vocab/forms.toml as well, or the term gets no page of its own. admonition rebuke or reproof anecdote a remarkable story character sketch a portayal of individual dialogue conversation between two or more people drama a representative work meant to be performed essay piece of writing manifesting an author's point of view folktale a traditional story passed down orally frame story story told in nested narration letter written message from one person to another list a set of discrete pieces of information narrative an account of related events oration address delivered to an audience personal reflection writing in the form of the author's thoughts play a type of theatrical dramatic work poetry a representative form of literature that uses rhythm and other qualities of lanuage to evoke meaning treatise formal and systematic written discourse on some subject The structure or kind of a work. Genre * Add genre Worth adding to data/vocab/genres.toml as well, or the term gets no page of its own. admonition rebuke as didactic literature allegory a narrative used to deliver a broader message aphorism observation in few words that is broadly true autobiography biography written by the subject biography written account of someone's life comedy of intrigue humor from plot driven by intricate and ridiculous strategems comedy of manners humorous observation of the manners of high society comedy representative literature that is laughable complex tragedy tragedy marked by the use of reversal and recognition deliberative to exhort or dissuade, often in an assembly dialogue didactic poetry doctrine a codification of beliefs, or body of essential teachings epic the representation of an action divided into many episodes and performed by a single story teller epideictic to praise or blame, often in a ceremonial setting epigram a brief, memorable poem epistle letter written for a didactic purpose etiology an explanation of the origination of some thing and its causes exposition explanation of an idea or theory fable story that uses anthropomoprhization and teaches a moral fairy tale a type of folk tale featuring magic forensic defense the defense portion of forensic oratory forensic prosecution the prosecutorial portion of forensic oratory foresnic to accuse or defend, often in a court setting funeral oration historical fiction story that is set in the past during real, historical events historiography a body of historical work on a subject hymn a type of poem as a devotional song for the purpose of worship or prayer idyll short rustic poem myth traditional narrative that plays a fundamental role in society narrative poetry a type of poem that tells a story parable short didactic story which illustrates in metaphor a moral lesson philippic a fiery, damning speech condemning a political opponent romantic comedy blend of romance and comedy that is often lighthearted satire ridicule for the purposes of social commentary or observation Socratic dialogue a dialogue that has a questioner and answerer and uses the Socratic method of argumentation tragedy of character tragedy that focuses on how decisions reveal character tragedy of spectacle tragedy that focuses on spectacle tragedy of suffering tragedy that focuses on suffering tragedy a representation of a serious action that is intended to be performed by actors Thematic category based on a work's content Period * Add period Worth adding to data/vocab/periods.toml as well, or the term gets no page of its own. late Bronze Age heroic age Mycenaean Greece Archaic Greece 8th century BC Classical Greece Greek historical period from the beginning of Democracy in Athens to the death of Alexander the Great. 5th century BC Warring States period 4th century BC Theban hegemony Brief period where Thebes eclipsed Sparta in influence after the battle of Leuctra. Hellenistic Period The period of Hellenic hegemony following the death of Alexander the Great in his former empire. Roman Republic Roman imperial period Pax Romana 2nd century AD Islamic Golden Age English Renaissance Elizabethan Era Jacobean Era 18th century AD Confederation Period Sorted chronologically; It's typical to select multiple: one reflecting subject and another the period written or translated. Language * Add language Add this to data/vocab/languages.toml before you push. A language with no entry there doesn't just lose its page — it stops the site building. Ancient Greek Attic Greek Classical Arabic Classical Chinese Classical Latin Early Modern English English Homeric Greek Koine Greek The language it was written in. Arc * Magna I Metamorphoses III Metamorphoses II Memorabilia III Elementa I Metamorphoses I Memorabilia II Anabasis III Memorabilia I Nostoi I Anabasis II Anabasis I Theogony II Theogony I Year * 2026 2025 2024 2023 2022 Catalogued by * Spencer Scorcelletti The campaign the reading belongs to; carries over from Metamorphoses by default. Share Download Share puts everything filled in so far into this page's address, so you can send it on and someone else carries on from where you stopped. Download saves the file as {{ Author }} - {{ Title.md }}. Downloading needs JavaScript — a page can't hand you a file without it. Share still works: press it and the address picks up everything you filled in, ready to copy. The two “search” links go to Wikidata and Wikipedia rather than straight to a search.