TABLE 1. Sources of transcripts of ancient Greek and Roman literature, with abbreviations of titles in parentheses. Titles of Latin works are given in Latin, and titles of Greek works are given in English.
| Author, title, and abbreviation | Source |
| Aelian (Claudius Aelianus), On the Characteristics of Animals (ChA) | Scholfield 1958 |
| Ammianus Marcellinus, Rerum Gestarum | Perseus 2012 |
| anonymous, Hymn to Apollo | West 2003 |
| Apollodorus, Library | Perseus 2012 |
| Aristotle, History of Animals (HA) | Remacle 2012 |
| Arrian, Indika | Perseus 2012 |
| Augustine of Hippo, On Psalm 148 | Schaff 2012 |
| Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae | Perseus 2012 |
| Berossus, collected surviving works | Cory 1828 |
| Cicero (Marcus Tullius Cicero), De Natura Deorum | Stickney 1881 |
| Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica | Perseus 2012 |
| Florus (Lucius Annaeus Florus), Epitome Rerum Romanorum | Perseus 2012 |
| Herodotus, Histories | Hare 2010 |
| Hesiod, The Shield of Herakles | Perseus 2012 |
| Hesiod, Theogony | Perseus 2012 |
| Homer, Iliad | Perseus 2012 |
| Isidore of Seville, Etymologiae | Thayer 2003 |
| John of Damascus, On Dragons | Migne 1865 |
| Josephus (Flavius Josephus), Jewish Antiquities | Perseus 2012 |
| Justin (Marcus Junianus Justinus), Historiarum Philippicarum (HPh) | Latin Library 2012 |
| Orosius (Paulus Orosius), Historiae Adversum Paganos | Latin Library 2012 |
| Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia (NH) | Perseus 2012 |
| Plutarch, Alexander | Perseus 2012 |
| Pomponius Mela, De Chorographica | Parthey 1867 |
| Quintus Curtius Rufus, Historiae Alexandri Magni (HAM) | Perseus 2012 |
| Sextus Empiricis, Adversus Mathematicos I | Blank 1998 |
| Solinus (Gaius Julius Solinus), De Mirabilibus Mundi (MM) | Latin Library 2012 |
| Strabo, Geography | Perseus 2012 |
| Valerius Maximus, Factorum et Dictorum Memorabilium | Perseus 2012 |
