Author guidelines
1. General
Tetradio comprises 3 sections:
- Texts based on lectures given for the centre
- Essays, mainly summaries of excellent theses that deal with a subject that is related to the themes that the centre studies
- Book reviews, with an emphasis on translated Byzantine and Modern Greek literature
The submitted texts are assessed by the editors according to two criteria: (1) does the subject fit within the design of the journal? (2) Does the text meet the guidelines below? Texts of content interest that are not linguistically or formally correct are returned with instructions for correction. The editors reserve the right to edit accepted texts. The author is always presented with an edited version in PDF format for approval before actual publication.
The target audience of Tetradio consists of both academics (classicists, Byzantinologists, neo-Hellenists) and interested laypeople. The contributions must therefore be of an academic level, but at the same time accessible to non-specialists. This implies, among other things:
- clear language in which technical terms are explained
- sparing use of footnotes
- a bibliography that is concise and, if possible, contains suggestions for accessible further reading
- that Greek terms and quotations are translated
2. Submissions
Tetradio is published once per academic year, usually in April.
- Manuscripts are expected in early November for publication in the volume of that academic year, unless otherwise agreed
- Manuscripts are submitted via openjournals.ugent.be/tetradio. To do this, you must first register. You can do this at the top right of the web page.
- In addition to the article itself, we also expect an English abstract of 5 to 10 lines and 3 lines about the author (academic affiliation and/or professional activity, scientific activity)
- Length: standard 7,000 to 10,000 words (including footnotes and bibliography). The size is negotiable in consultation with the editors: both shorter and longer manuscripts can be considered.
- Authors receive 1 presentation copy of the journal and the electronic reprint of their own article. You will be asked for your correspondence address.
3. Editorial guidelines
General
- Avoid formatting codes (formatting styles) and use plain text everywhere.
- Place the author's name (12 pt.) below the title (14 pt., bold), both centered and with one line in between; then leave two lines in between before the start of the actual text.
- Preferably use Times New Roman, 12 pt., 1 line spacing.
- For names, state the first and last name in full (if possible), in the following preferably only the last name.
Paragraphs and paragraphs
Leave blank lines between larger wholes or paragraphs (where you start at the margin), and start a new line to indicate paragraphs within it (where you start with a ‘tab’).
Titles
- Preferably do not include a reference to a note in titles and subtitles
- Titles and subtitles are not numbered, but distinguished by indicating the level [N] after each title as follows: [N1], [N2], [N3], etc. Try to limit the number of levels.
- Titles and subtitles are not in capitals
- Do not start the text with a (sub)title (for example ‘Introduction’)
- Use appealing and short (sub)titles.
Quotations
- Use “double quotation marks” for shorter quotations in the text (do not italicize).
- Longer quotations are placed between two blank lines, and indented with a ‘tab’; such ‘block quotations’ are not italicized or provided with quotation marks.
- For quotations within quotations, ‘single quotation marks’ are used.
Footnotes
- Use numbered footnotes (1, 2, 3, etc.), no endnotes.
- Numbering in superscript
- Numbering before a (semi)colon, but after a full stop
Emphasis
- Emphasis words and concepts from foreign languages are italicized.
- (Technical) concepts or common terms that are used in a different sense are given ‘single quotation marks’.
- Bold or underlining are generally not used unless absolutely necessary.
Greek text
- Greek fonts: use a Unicode font that is supported by recent common word processing software.
- Greek names and terms:
1. The transcription is done according to a system of your own choosing (but consistent).
2. The first time a name or term appears, you mention both the transcription (in the running text) and the Greek original (in brackets); in the rest of the text, you preferably use the transcription, unless the content requires otherwise.
- Greek titles: ditto, except that the transcription is replaced by the translation
- Greek quotations:
1. Shorter quotations in the text: the original is placed in the text between double quotation marks, the ve
rlation follows between brackets or in a footnote (also double quotation marks).
2. Longer quotations: the original and the translation follow each other as two ‘block quotations’.
- In principle, transcribed Greek is not provided with accents: exceptions to this are only possible on condition that it is done consistently.
Images
- The number of images is determined in consultation with the editors; we expect authors to provide good quality illustrations.
- Images are provided with a caption that contains the following information: title of the image and any source (museum, location, book, etc.).
- Provide a caption for each image
Reference system
Tetradio prefers parenthetical references:
- For bibliographic references, in principle the author's name and the year are inserted in the text between brackets, not separated by a comma; pages are placed after a colon: (Veloudis 1970), (Veloudis 1970: 68-70), (ibid.: 71-75), (Veloudis 1970: 68; my italics), (Beaton & Tziovas 2009), (Beaton, Mackridge & Tziovas 2009), (Veloudis 1970: 68, 75), (Veloudis 1970: 68; 1985: 51), (Veloudis 1970: 68; Beaton 2009: 57).
- Footnotes are only used when the author wants to add a comment.
Bibliography
- Add a list of consulted works at the end of the text under the heading ‘Bibliography’.
- Use the APA8 referencing system. You will find all the necessary information on this page.
- Set up the bibliography according to the examples below.
1. Alphabetically by last name (for Greek publications, the Latin alphabet is only used for author names), then chronologically
2. Indicate exact page numbers without additions such as pp., e.v. or ff.
3. If data is missing: S.l. (no place of publication), s.n. (no publisher), n.d. (no year of publication)
4. In the case of a reprint or revised edition: after the year of the consulted work, state the year of the original publication between [square brackets]
Examples:
Berry, J. (2000). Narrative and identity in Heliodoros’ Aithiopika. Ann Arbor.
De Temmerman, K. (2008). Over helden, schurken en mooie vrouwen. James Bond in de oudheid?. Tetradio, 17, 43-66.
Futre Pinheiro, M.P. (2006). Utopia and utopias: a study on a literary genre in antiquity. In S.N. Byrne, E.P. Cueva & J. Alvares (Eds), Authors, Authority and Interpreters in the Ancient Novel. Essays in Honor of Gareth L. Schmeling (Ancient Narrative. Supplementum 5, 147-71). Barkhouse.