It’s The First New Ancient Greek-English Dictionary In 178 Years, And Victorian Euphemisms Are Gone

Having decided that the old reference works, still in use in English schools and universities, were too “antiquated” to work from, the editors of the new Cambridge Greek Lexicon spent 23 years going over virtually every surviving piece of ancient Hellenic writing back to Homer and up to circa 120 AD. “The new dictionary’s editors ‘spare no blushes’, [lead editor James] Diggle said, when it comes to the words that ‘brought a blush to Victorian cheeks’.” – The Guardian