Revue des études grecques

Revue des études grecques
Title	Revue des études grecques
Discipline	Classics; Hellenic studies
Language	French
Abbreviation	Rev. étud. gr.
Publisher	Société des études grecques (or historical publisher)
Country	France
Frequency	Quarterly
History	1888–present

Revue des études grecques is a quarterly French scholarly journal devoted to classical Greek literature, philology, history, epigraphy and archaeology. Founded in the late 19th century, the journal has published articles on Homeric poetry, Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Aristophanes and later Hellenistic and Byzantine authors, engaging with scholarship from Paris, Berlin, Oxford, Cambridge and Athens. It has been cited alongside periodicals such as Journal des Savants, Hermes (journal), Classical Quarterly, Mnemosyne (journal), and L'Année philologique in international bibliographies.

History

The journal was established during the Third Republic amid institutional developments linked to the École française d'Athènes, the Collège de France, the Sorbonne, the Bibliothèque nationale de France and the French academic milieu that included figures associated with the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres. Early contributors drew on methods pioneered by scholars from Heinrich Schliemann's circle, the German Archaeological Institute, and the philological traditions of Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, Wilhelm Dittenberger, Theodor Mommsen and Friedrich Nietzsche's classical readings. Throughout the 20th century the journal intersected with debates in comparative work linked to Richard Bentley, Johann Joachim Winckelmann, A. E. Housman, Bernard Knox and the textual criticism practiced by editors of editions at Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press and Teubner. In the interwar and postwar periods it published studies responding to findings from excavations at Knossos, Delphi, Olympia and Pella, and to epigraphic corpora assembled by teams from British School at Athens, American School of Classical Studies at Athens, Deutsche Archäologische Institut, and École Pratique des Hautes Études.

Scope and Editorial Policy

The journal's remit covers lyric and epic poetry including work on Homer, Hesiod, and the Homeric Hymns; tragedy and comedy through studies of Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, and Aristophanes; historiography in analyses of Herodotus, Thucydides, Xenophon and Polybius; philosophy with papers on Plato, Aristotle, Epicurus and Stoicism; and philology addressing manuscripts such as Codex Venetus, Codex Parisinus and papyrological finds from Oxyrhynchus. Editorial policy emphasizes peer review by specialists affiliated with institutions like the Université Paris-Sorbonne, Université de Strasbourg, University of Oxford, University of Cambridge, Harvard University, Princeton University and the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. The journal solicits critical editions, textual emendations, commentary on scholia, and interdisciplinary work that bridges classical philology with archaeology tied to sites like Athens, Sparta, Corinth and Miletus.

Publication and Indexing

Issues are produced on a quarterly schedule and distributed through academic presses historically connected to French learned societies and university presses. It is indexed in major bibliographies such as L'Année philologique, listed in catalogs of the Union Catalogue of French Research Libraries, and abstracted in databases used by scholars at JSTOR and national libraries including Bibliothèque nationale de France and the British Library. Libraries that hold long runs include the Bodleian Library, the Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève, the Library of Congress and the holdings of the Institut de France. Publication formats have evolved from print to digital aggregations used by researchers at King's College London, Columbia University, Yale University and the University of Chicago.

Notable Contributors and Articles

Throughout its history the journal has published work by or on eminent figures such as Jules Marouzeau, Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff (in discussions), Gilbert Murray, Jean-Pierre Vernant, Paul Mazon, Henri Weil, Emile Bénichou and André Aymard. Landmark articles have addressed textual problems in editions associated with August Schleicher, the reconstruction of fragments of Sappho and Simonides, commentary on manuscript traditions linked to Venetus A, and epigraphic analyses of decrees from Delos and inscriptions from Thasos. The journal has also hosted debates on hermeneutics influenced by scholarship of Friedrich Schleiermacher, Wilhelm von Humboldt, Ernst Robert Curtius and reception studies involving the appropriation of Greek antiquity by figures like Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Gustave Flaubert.

Reception and Impact

Scholars in classical studies, comparative literature and intellectual history have regarded the journal as a venue for rigorous philological research comparable to Philologus, Gnomon, Rheinisches Museum für Philologie and Classica et Mediaevalia. Its articles have informed critical editions produced by Oxford Classical Texts, influenced archaeological reports coordinated with the Hellenic Ministry of Culture and shaped curricular readings in departments at institutions such as Université Lyon, Université Toulouse‑Jean Jaurès, Brown University and Princeton University. Citation networks show influence on work about Homeric composition, Athenian democracy studies connected to Pericles and Cleisthenes, and historiographical reassessments of Alexander the Great and Persepolis studies.

Access and Availability

Back issues are held in print in research libraries including the Bibliothèque nationale de France, the Bodleian Library, the libraries of the École normale supérieure and the University of Athens; digital access is available through academic platforms used by researchers at Harvard Library, Yale Library, Columbia University Libraries and national consortia. Subscription and individual issue access are arranged through learned societies and university presses, and the journal's holdings appear in union catalogs such as the SUDOC and international bibliographic services used by the International Federation for Public Libraries and Information Services.

Category:Classics journals Category:French-language journals Category:Academic journals established in 1888