Submissions

Author Guidelines

In accordance with our mission of propagating knowledge about ancient culture among Polish readers, the language of publication in “Meander” is Polish.

1. We accept only original articles, translations, literary works, reviews and memoirs that have not been published elsewhere. We ask authors to send their submissions as an e-mail attachment to the editorial board’s email address (meander@inbox.com), we will however also accept submissions in other forms. The editorial board does not return the submitted materials. All scholarly works published in “Meander” undergoe external review and all publications a thorough editing process. The author will receive an author’s copy and an electronic version of their article (in pdf format). Please remember to leave a contact address (preferably an e-mail address).

2. The font in the main text should be Times New Roman, 12 pt, 1,5 spacing. Quotes from modern authors should be placed in quotation marks, words in foreign languages and Latin quotations in the main text should be in italics, Greek words and quotations do not need to be italicized. Please use Unicode for the Greek. Longer quotations (Latin, Greek, and translations) should be placed in a separate paragraph and written in a smaller font (10 pt), without quotations marks. Footnotes should be placed below the main text. In the main text try to refrain from using abbreviations and digits. The text should include short abstracts and key words in Polish and English. An argumentum in Latin is also welcome but not mandatory.

3. References should take the following form:
Th. A. Schmitz, Moderne Literaturtheorie und antike Texte. Eine Einführung, Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, Darmstadt 2002, p. 126–154.
M. Cary, H. H. Scullard, Dzieje Rzymu. Od czasów najdawniejszych do Konstantyna, trans. by J. Schwakopf, vol. II, Państwowy Instytut Wydawniczy, Warszawa 1992, p. 424–440.
K. Kumaniecki, Nad prozą antyczną, [in:] O sztuce tłumaczenia, ed. by M. Rusinek, Wrocław 1955, p. 99–109.
M. Campbell, Three Notes on Alexandrine Poetry, Hermes 102, 1974, p. 38–46.

The name of the publishing house can be omitted if the referenced work was published more than 50 years ago. Please avoid the abbreviations “f.”, “ff.”, referencing instead the exact pages or verse numbers. References to works that have already been quoted should take the form: Campbell, op. cit., p. 42. If more than one work by a given author has been referenced, “op. cit.” should be replaced with an abbreviated form of the title. Please include a bibliography containing all the works mentioned in the footnotes.

4. References to ancient works should be reasonably abbreviated, as is the common practice:
Hom. Il. I 1; Pind., fr. 58 Snell-Maehler; Soph. Oed. Col. 103; Pl. Men. 70 b – 73 c; Aristot. Metaph. IV 1007 a 21–26; Cic. De or. III 93–95; Quint. Inst. VIII 6, 44.