Parenthetically citing line numbers?

Question

I need to write a pretty long paper on a few epics (the odyssey for one). My Prof wants line numbers+Page numbers, but I’m not sure exactly how to go about doing that, especially since I will be using multiple books with line numbers. Any help would be much appreciated.

edit: Is it going to be something like "xcasdadasdasd" (Homer 11-12.63)? Really, I'm lost here :(

I will be using exactly three books, and I think my prof told us not to use footnotes.

Answer 1

Inform your prof that you will be referencing multiple books, note that fact in the bibliography, and (before the paper is turned in), ask the prof that since you are referencing so many books, if you can use a modified method.

If he says no, and he likely will...use footnotes. Whenever you have a reference mention, use a super-scripted number. You then have references in the footnotes on the bottom of the page. (I have personally seen pages in texts where 75% of the page was footnotes, the rest was the text generating the footnotes.) The footnotes will contain the reference cue (super-scripted number noted abve), the book you are referring to, author / publisher / editor, date published, the page and line numbers. So if you make several references to books with 20 word titles, your foot notes are gong to be rather big... ;)

Answer 2

Use a hanging indent.