Publication Guidelines
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Manuscripts should conform to CADMO guidelines as outlined below.
Acceptability of articles for publications is carefully considered through a
double-blind peer-review process.
1. Text Format and manuscript contents:
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the
original
manuscript
should
be
submitted
by
email
([email protected]) in Microsoft Word (.doc or .docx) format in
one of the following languages: Portuguese, English, French, German, Italian or
Spanish;
the title should be in the text language and in English;
the author's name should be followed by the current institutional filiation;
two abstracts (in English and in the language used in the text), no longer than
200 words each, and followed by no more than five keywords, should be
provided;
the text should not exceed 15 pages (A4);
a short bio blurb, no longer than 70 words, should be included;
input format for the body text:
o font: Times New Roman;
o size: 12;
o line spacing: 1.5 lines;
input format for footnotes:
o font: Times New Roman
o size: 10
o line spacing: single;
input of non-latin characters (such as greek and hebrew) should be in UNICODE
when available;
non-latin characters should be reserved for long quotations, while single words
or short expressions which require such characters should be transliterated with
the latin alphabet without diacritics (eg. Ἀδύνατον → adynaton);
italic is reserved for titles, transliterations of non-latin characters, quotations in
latin, translations from Ancient sources quoted or inserted in the body text, and
foreign terms and concepts;
do not use italic in latin abbreviations (op. cit., loc. cit., cf., ibid., in ...).
2. Quotations:
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long quotations in the body text should be inserted as block quotations with the
same input format as footnotes;
modern works quotations should be made in between quotation marks (“ … ”);
latin quotations and translations of Ancient sources quoted in the body text
should be in italic.
3. References:
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references should appear in footnotes according to the following short version:
o Author (Year) pages;
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o eg. Shaw (2003) 123-125.
references to ancient sources should be made in footnotes.
3.1 Abbreviations
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editor, editors, coordinator and coordinators should be abbreviated as ed., eds.,
coord. And coords. respectively;
latin numerals and other numbering systems should not be used (eg. Hom. Od.
1.1 and not Hom. Od. α.1 or Hom. Od. I.1);
spaces between numbering should be avoided (eg. Paus. 5.15.5 and not Paus. 5.
15. 5.);
journal titles should follow the indexes of L’Année Philologique, Biblica and
The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology;
abbreviations of biblical authors and books should follow the norms in La Bible
de Jérusalem (Paris, Editions du Cerf);
greek sources should follow the norms of the Liddell-Scott-Jones Greek-English
Lexicon completed by the lists of Diccionario Griego-Español;
latin sources should follow the norms of the Oxford Latin Dictionary;
3.2. Footnotes:
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Should be brief and directly related to the contents of the body text, and can be
used to introduce clarifications or to point out specific considerations and
questions.
4. Final bibliographical references:
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bibliography is required, albeit limited to essential studies for the essay and
quoted works;
references should be organized by the alphabetical order of authors, and by
chronological order for a series of studies from the same author, as follows:
V. Pirenne-Delforge (2005), “Des épiclèses exclusives dans la Grèce polythéiste?
L'exemple d'Ourania” in N. Belayche et al. eds. Nommer Les Dieux. Théonymes,
épithètes, épiclèses dans l'Antiquité. Turnhout, Brepols, 271-290.
_____ (2008a), Retour à la source. Pausanias et la religion grecque, Liège, Centre
International d'Étude de la Religion Grecque Antique.
_____ (2008b), “Le lexique des lieux de culte dans la Périégèse de Pausanias”, ARG 10
143-178.
C. B. Polt (2013), “The Origin of the Idaean Dactyls (Apollonius Argonautica 1.1129–
31)”, CPh 108/4, 339-346.
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authored volumes:
o Shaw (2003), The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt, Oxford, University
Press.
 footnote: Shaw (2003) 123-125.
authored paper in journal:
o M. Toher (2003), “Nicolaus und Herod”, HSPh 101, 427-447.
 footnote: Toher (2003) 431.
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authored paper in edited volumes:
o O. Murray (1994), “Sympotic History” in O. Murray, ed. Sympotica. A
Symposium on the Symposion, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 3-13.
 footnote: Murray (1994) 10.
subsequent editions should be presented as follows:
o A. P. Oppenheim (21977), Ancient Mesopotamia, Chicago, University of
Chicago Press.
 footnote: Oppenheim (1977) 41.
reprint editions should be presented as follows:
o J. Frazer (1922), The Golden Bough. A Study in Magic and Religion.
Abridged Edition, London, Macmillan (repr. 1978).
 footnote: Frazer (1922) 169-170.
editors should only be referenced as authors of an edited volume if relevant to
the essay; they should be presented as follows:
o A. B. Lloyd, ed. (2014), A Companion to Ancient Egypt, Oxford, Wiley
Blackwell.
 footnote: Lloyd (2014).
translations and editions of Ancient sources:
o collective works of an author:
J. L. Burnouf (1861), Oeuvres Complètes de Tacite, trad., intr. et notes, Paris, Hachette.
R. A. B. Mynors (1969), P. Vergili Maronis. Opera, intr. et ed., Oxford, Clarendon
Press.
o translations or editions in a series of volumes, should be presented by
translator or editor as follows:
P. Wuilleumier (1975), Tacite. Annales, vol. II (livres IV–VI), ed., trad., Paris, Les
Belles Lettres (repr. 1990).
_____ (1976), Tacite. Annales, vol. III (livres XI–XII), ed., trad., Paris, Les Belles
Lettres.
_____ (1978a), Tacite. Annales, vol. I, ed., trad., Paris, Les Belles Lettres.
_____ (1978b), Tacite. Annales, vol. IV (livres XIII–XVI), ed., trad., Paris, Les Belles
Lettres.
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Footnote, when quoting the editor or the translator: Burnouf (1861) 10.
5. Inclusion of non-textual elements:
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non-textual elements can included either in the body text or at the end of the
article in a properly identified annex;
images should be sent separately, and their location in the body text should be
properly identified and numbered;
o images will be printed in grayscale;
o non-published photographs should have their author identified;
o photographs and pictures of ancient iconographical sources should be
referenced as follows:
 figure number – image description. object category, date range,
material and technique, collection location, collection number,
bibliographical reference
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eg. Fig. 15 – Birth of Athena from the head of Zeus, with Posidon
and Hephaestus nearby, with four smaller female companions.
Excalepitron, c. 560 BC, black-figure attic pottery, Louvre, CA
616, LIMC (1984) 743.
o images should be sent in an electronic format (preferably in .jpeg format), with a
minimum resolution of 200 p.p.;
o the author is responsible for obtaining any copyrights needed for publication,
and for providing official documentation testifying that the images are license
free or purchased for academic publication purposes;
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tables and graphics should be sent in the body text and editable in Microsoft Word
(.doc or .docx) format; elements in other formats will not be considered.
6. Annexes:
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Annexes, properly identified by letters, can be included at the end of the text;
o eg. “Annex A: Photographs”; “Annex B: Maps”.