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The Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft, commonly called the Pauly–Wissowa or simply RE, or PW, is a German encyclopedia of classical scholarship. With its supplements, it comprises over eighty volumes.
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References
- Eduard Schwartz: Anigenes 10. In: Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft , vol. I.2, Stuttgart 1894, col. 2399.
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