Publications Standards

Submissions to Grecorromana. Revista Chilena de Estudios Clásicos must be original and unpublished, with the exception of source editions or new translations; in both cases, they must not be under consideration by other journals or publication venues.

Book reviews are evaluated by members of the editorial or scientific board. When necessary, external review may be requested. In all cases, revisions may be required.

All articles are subject to a double-blind peer review process, ensuring the anonymity of both authors and reviewers.

 

Reviewers may request revisions to submitted articles. In cases of conflicting evaluations, a third review will be commissioned to resolve the process. Evaluation is conducted according to the journal’s internal assessment guidelines, which consider both formal aspects (title, abstract, keywords, length, style, and format) and substantive aspects (relevance, originality, research question and hypothesis, use of primary sources, bibliography, and theoretical and methodological framework).

Following evaluation, submissions may be:

 

  1. Accepted as submitted or with minor revisions.
  2. Accepted subject to major revisions.
  3. Rejected.

 

Final publication decisions are made by the editorial board on the basis of reviewers’ reports.

 

The journal publishes research articles, translations, documentary sources, and book reviews. It also accepts Dossier submissions, which must be proposed to the Editor-in-Chief and coordinated by at least two scholars. Dossiers are subject to the same evaluation and editorial procedures as individual articles.

 

Grecorromana. Revista Chilena de Estudios Clásicos accepts contributions in Spanish, English, Italian, Portuguese, and French.

 

Submissions must be made through the journal’s online submission platform. Authors may also, optionally, notify submission via email: revistagrecorromana@gmail.com

 

 

Manuscript Preparation

 

1.   Articles

 

1.1. Formal Requirements

 

Submissions must be original and not under consideration elsewhere. Articles should present the results of research in any field of Classical Studies (History, Philosophy, Literature, Philology, Archaeology, Art, etc.) and should not exceed 30 pages, including bibliography (unless otherwise approved by the editorial board). Manuscripts must be formatted on letter-size pages, with margins of 2.5 cm (top and bottom) and 3 cm (left and right), in Times New Roman 12-point font, with 1.5 line spacing.

 

Footnotes must be placed at the bottom of the page, consecutively numbered, in Times New Roman 10-point font and single-spaced.

 

Foreign terms should be italicized, except for Greek terms.

 

Classical sources must be cited in the original language within the main text. Translations may be provided either in footnotes or immediately following the original text.

 

Authors are responsible for obtaining permissions for images, figures, tables, maps, or similar materials, and must indicate their source. Materials produced by the author must be explicitly identified as such.

 

1.2. Structure of Articles

 

1.2.1. Contributions to Grecorromana must begin with a centered, bold title in both the original language of the text and in English. This should be followed by the author’s name, institutional affiliation (one only, the primary affiliation), contact email, and ORCID.Where applicable, a footnote should indicate the context in which the manuscript was produced (research project, ongoing or completed research) and its sources of funding.

 

1.2.2. All articles must include an abstract in both the original language of the work and in English (150–300 words). The abstract should present the research topic, its objectives, the proposal or hypothesis, a general statement of the results, as well as the originality and specific contribution of the study and, where appropriate, the stages of its development. Additionally, 4 to 5 keywords must be provided in both languages. Care should be taken to avoid repeating terms already used in the title.

 

1.2.3. Sections of the article must be identified using Arabic numerals, beginning with 1. Both sections and subsections should follow consecutive numbering (e.g., 1; 1.1; 1.2; 2; etc.). Each new paragraph must begin with an indentation of 1.25 cm (Word format) and include spacing.

 

1.2.4. All contributions must include a bibliography at the end of the article. References must distinguish between primary sources (e.g., literary, epigraphic, numismatic, archaeological catalogues or reports, papyrological materials, etc.) and secondary literature.

 

To this end, the subsections Sources and Works Cited should be used accordingly. In both cases, the first line should not be indented, while subsequent lines should employ a hanging indent.

 

2.   Sources and New Translations

 

In terms of formal requirements and structure, critical editions of sources and new translations must adhere to the same guidelines as research articles and must include both the original language of the text and its translation. Authors must specify the edition used, the relevant corpus, or, where applicable, the authorship of the photographic or textual record of the original.

 

3.   Book Reviews

 

3.1   Formal Requirements

 

The Reviews section comprises texts that assess and discuss relevant and recent publications in the field of Classical Studies or their reception. It includes reviews of general, collective, or monographic works, as well as re-editions of sources, in any of the languages accepted by the journal. Publications reviewed should normally not exceed five years since their publication.

 

Re-editions of older works may also be considered; in such cases, the date of the original edition must be indicated in parentheses following the date of the reviewed edition. In the case of translations, the translator must be identified after the title of the work, using the abbreviation trans. by.

 

Reviews must not exceed five pages and must comply with the same formal requirements as research articles.

 

3.2   Structure of Reviews

 

Reviews must begin with the following bibliographic information: author(s) of the work, title of the book under review (in italics), publisher, place of publication, year of publication, and total number of pages.

 

At the end of the review, the reviewer must include their name, institutional affiliation (primary), contact email, and ORCID.

 

Example:

David Braund, Greek Religion and Cult in the Black Sea Region, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2018, 314 pp.

 

Re-edition with translation:

Vincent Azoulay and Paulin Ismard, Atenas 403. Una historia coral, trans. by Susana Prieto Mori, Madrid, Ediciones Siruela, 2023 (2020), 477 pp.

 

4.   Citation and Bibliography Format

 

All explanatory notes must be placed in footnotes. Bibliographic references should preferably also appear in footnotes; however, when direct reference to an author is warranted by the discussion, the citation may be incorporated into the main text.

 

 

5.   Footnotes and Bibliographic References (Harvard Style)

 

Footnotes and bibliographic references must follow the Harvard referencing system.

References should be cited as follows:

 

5.1. Books

 

In footnotes or in the main text:


Surname year, page(s).

Example: Azoulay and Ismard 2023, pp. 307–347.

 

In the bibliography:

 

Surname, Name year: Title of the work (in italics), place of publication.

Example:
Azoulay, Vincent and Ismard, Paulin 2023: Atenas 403. Una historia coral, trans. by Susana Prieto Mori, Madrid.

 

If an author has more than one work in the same year, a lowercase letter should follow the year:

 

Iglesias-Zoido 2007a, pp. 141-159.

Iglesias-Zoido 2007b, pp. 107-120.

 

Hence, in the bibliography:


Iglesias-Zoido, J. 2007a: “The Battle Exhortation in Ancient Rhetoric”, Rhetorica 25(2), pp. 141–159.
Iglesias-Zoido, J. 2007b: “Historiography and rhetorical instruction: the example of the military harangue”, in Fernández, J. et al. (eds.), School and Literature in Ancient Greece, Montecasino, pp. 107–120.

 

5.2. Journal articles or book chapters:

 

5.2.1. Book Chapter

 

Surname, Name year: “Title of the article” (in quotation marks), in Surname and initials of the editor(s) (eds.), Title of the book (in italics), place of publication, pages.

Example:
Gianfrotta, Piero 2013: “Pirateria e archeologia sottomarina: rinvenimenti, luoghi e circonstanze”, in Álvarez-Ossorio, A., Ferrer Albelda, E. and García Vargas, E. (eds.), Piratería y seguridad marítima en el Mediterráneo Antiguo, Seville, pp. 51–66.

 

5.2.2. Journal articles


Surname, Name year: “Title of the article” (in quotation marks), Journal title (or its abbreviation, in italics) volume, issue, pages.


Example:
Castro, Pablo 2017: “La construcción narrativa de Lactancio: una aproximación a la intención historiográfica en De Mortibus Persecutorum (4th c. AD)”, Talia Dixit. Revista Interdisciplinar de Retórica e Historiografía 12, pp. 39–66.

 

All quotation marks must be standard double quotation marks (“ ”). Spanish quotation marks (« ») should not be used.

 

Abbreviations such as op. cit. or similar are not permitted. All references, whether in footnotes or in the main text, must strictly follow the Harvard format outlined above.

 

5.3. Classical Sources

 

5.3.1. Literary Sources

 

Abbreviations for classical sources must follow those established in the Oxford Classical Dictionary or, alternatively, in L’Année Philologique.

Examples:
Arist. Pol. 3.1280a20
Cic. Off. 1.12.37
Eur. Heracl. 130–134
Thuc. 2.35–46

 

5.3.2. Epigraphic Sources

 

For epigraphic sources, abbreviations must follow the standards established by the Association Internationale d’Épigraphie Grecque et Latine.

 

Examples:
IG II² 5034
CIL III 315
Migeotte, Souscriptions, no. 33
Moretti, ISE II, 103
Sherk, RDGE, no. 30

 

5.3.3. Numismatic Sources

 

Numismatic Journals. In the general bibliography, journal title abbreviations should follow those used in L’Année Philologique, or alternatively those of Revue Numismatique and, as a complement, The Numismatic Chronicle.

 

Certain reference works, particularly volumes of the Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, should be cited as follows:

 

Examples:
Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum – Deutschland: Sammlung von Aulock, 19 fascicles, Berlin, 1957–1981.
Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum – Deutschland: Münzsammlung der Universität Tübingen, Munich, 1981–.
Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum – Finland: The Erkki Keckman Collection in the Skopbank, I: Caria, Helsinki, 1994.
Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum – Great Britain, XII: The Hunterian Museum, University of Glasgow, 1, Roman Provincial Coins. Spain–Kingdoms of Asia Minor, Oxford, 2004.

 

For other numismatic sources, the following guidelines must be observed:

 

-          Auction Catalogues. References to coin auction catalogues must include, in this order and where possible: the name of the auction house, the city where it is based (in parentheses), the sale number, the date of the sale (day, month, year, also in parentheses), and the lot number of the coin.

 

The following formats are recommended:

 

Examples:
J. Hirsch (Munich), 13 (15 May 1905), lot 253.
Numismatik Lanz (Munich), 117 (24 November 2003), lot 312.

In the case of online sales, the designation Electronic Auction must be included:

Example:
Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction (Lancaster and London), 215 (29 July 2009), lot 138.

 

-          Collections and Corpora. To avoid unnecessary length in footnotes, standard abbreviations should be used for major reference collections. Catalogue item numbers must follow the abbreviation “no.” to prevent confusion with pagination. If a coin is cited from a work other than a catalogue, its location should be indicated by page number and, where relevant, by item number (e.g., “p. 150” or “p. 150, no. 18”).

 

Common reference formats include:

 

·         Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum (London). Abbreviation: BMC, followed by the relevant region (e.g., BMC Mysia; BMC Ionia).

·         Coin Hoards (London). Abbreviation: CH, followed by the volume number (e.g., CH II).

·         Coins of the Roman Empire in the British Museum. Abbreviation: BMC Roman Coins or BMCRC, followed by the volume number (e.g., BMCRC III).

·         The Roman Imperial Coinage (London). Abbreviation: RIC, followed by the volume number (e.g., RIC IV.1; RIC VIII).

·         Roman Provincial Coinage (London and Paris). Abbreviation: RPC, followed by the volume number (e.g., RPC I; RPC VII.1).

·         Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum. Abbreviation: SNG, followed by the collection name and, where appropriate, the region of issue (e.g., SNG von Aulock, no. 2512; SNG München, Caria, no. 210).

 

5.3.4. Papyrological References

 

For references to papyri, ostraca, and tablets in Greek, Latin, Demotic, and Coptic, authors must follow the conventions established in the Checklist of Editions of Greek, Latin, Demotic, and Coptic Papyri, Ostraca, and Tablets.

 

5.3.5. Material Sources

 

When using material sources, authors must follow the guidelines below:

 

5.3.5.1. Museum Objects

 

References should include: author (where applicable), title of the work, date, technique or medium, holding institution, inventory number, and city.

 

5.3.5.2. Museum Texts

 

  • Museum labels. Indicate “museum label”, followed by: author, title of the work, museum, city, and date (optionally including the name of the exhibition or other relevant information).
  • Panels and brochures. Indicate “museum/exhibition brochure”, followed by the name of the gallery or exhibition, museum name, city, and page number(s) of the brochure.
  • Exhibition catalogues. Author or editor, title of the catalogue, place of publication, publisher, and year.

 

 

6.   Editorial Conventions for Classical References and Greek Transliteration

 

In the citation of classical works, the use of Roman numerals for book divisions should be avoided wherever possible, with preference given to Arabic numerals. Distinctions between books, sections, and paragraphs should employ full stops rather than commas. Passages incorporated into quotations should be delimited by an en dash.

If the article includes characters from the Greek alphabet or other scripts, a standard Unicode font available through open-access platforms—such as Gentium (http://scripts.sil.org)—must be used.

Greek terms or concepts incorporated into the body of the text must be transliterated according to the following criteria:

  • χ → ch
  • υ → y
  • ε and η → e
  • ο and ω → o
  • ξ → x
  • Iota subscript is not represented in transliteration
  • Acute and grave accents are retained
  • Circumflex accent is rendered as ^
  • Rough breathing is rendered as h; smooth breathing is not represented
  • γ before κ is transliterated as n

These conventions must be applied consistently throughout the manuscript.

7.   Translations and Online Sources

If translations of sources are the author’s own, this must be explicitly indicated. In all cases, full bibliographic details of the referenced editions must be provided.

When published translations are used, the bibliography must include complete editorial information, as well as the name of the translator, in the following format: Author year, Title of the work, trans. by [translator], place of publication, year of publication.

Example:
Homer 1982, Iliad, trans. by E. Crespo, Madrid.

8.   Online Documents

 

Documents obtained from the internet must include the exact URL and the date of access. The full webpage address from which the information is drawn should be provided.

 

Example:
Sallust, Bellum Catilinae, available at:
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A2008.01.0002%3Atext%3DCat. (accessed [date])

 

9.   Note on Quotation of Modern Scholarship

 

When quoting modern scholarship, the original language of the cited text should be preserved wherever possible. If an author provides their own translation, this must be indicated in a footnote.