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- ↑ "TLG – Home". Thesaurus Linguae Graecae: A Digital Library of Greek Literature. University of California, Irvine: Thesaurus Linguae Graecae. 2017. Retrieved December 10, 2017.
- ↑ "About". Thesaurus Linguae Graecae: A Digital Library of Greek Literature. University of California, Irvine: Thesaurus Linguae Graecae. 2017. Retrieved December 10, 2017.
- ↑ "Statistics" (PDF). Thesaurus Linguae Graecae: A Digital Library of Greek Literature. University of California, Irvine: Thesaurus Linguae Graecae. 2017. Retrieved December 10, 2017.
