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The Classical World: Greece & Rome
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Reference Desk (413) 774-1509 |
Selected Reference Sources
Use reference sources to choose a topic, understand terminology, locate background information, and identify good search terms.
Historical Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, and Handbooks
- Civilization of the Ancient Mediterranean: Greece and Rome (R 938 C582)
- A Dictionary of Classical Antiquities: Mythology, Religion, Literature, Art (R 938 S419di)
- Encyclopedia of Ancient Civilizations (R 930 E56)
- Encyclopedia of the Ancient Greek World (R 938 S121en)
- Encyclopedia of the Ancient World (R 930 E56an)
- Handbook to Life in Ancient Greece (R 938 A236h)
- Harper's Dictionary of Classical Literature and Antiquities (R 913.38 P366h)
- Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Classical World (R 938 A959il)
- Oxford Classical Dictionary (R 913.38 O98c)
- The Oxford Companion to Classical Civilization (R 938 O98)
- The Oxford Companion to Classical Literature (R 913.38 H342 1989)
- The Oxford History of the Classical World (R 913.38 O98h)
- Who Was Who in the Greek World (R 937.03 W628)
- World Eras: Classical Greek Civilization 800-323 B.C.E. (R 938 C614)
Classical Mythology
- The Dictionary of Classical Mythology (R 398.03 G861d)
- The Facts on File Encyclopedia of World Mythology and Legend (R 398.03 M553f)
- Gods and Mortals in Classical Mythology (R 398.03 G762go)
- Gods, Goddesses, and Mythology (R 398.03 G589)
- Larousse World Mythology (R 398.09 G8611a)
- The Oxford Dictionary of Classical Myth & Religion (R398.03 O98cl)
Historical Geography
- Atlas of Classical History (R 930 G762at)
- Hammond Times Concise Atlas of World History (R 912 B269c)
- The Harper Atlas of World History (R 912 H293)
- Oxford Atlas of World History (R 909 O98)
- Rand McNally Historical Atlas of the World (R 912 R187h)
Finding Books in the Online Catalog
Use the following subject headings to search by subject for books on the classical world.
- Civilization--Ancient
- Civilization--Classical
- Classical dictionaries
- Classical literature
- Geography, Ancient--Maps
- Greece--Biography
- Greece--Civilization
- Mythology
- Mythology, Classical
- Rome--Civilization
Reference books can be identified by the following subheadings: dictionaries, encyclopedias, handbooks:
- Use these words in a keyword search with another term to locate only reference books on that topic
- Example: greece and (encyclopedias or dictionaries or handbooks)
- See Boolean Logic to learn more about using "and" and "or" to refine the search
Finding Articles in Research Databases
(go to DA Orgs/Library for off-campus access)
- History Study Center
Consists of digitized primary and secondary sources, reference sources, historical images, video clips, and links to reliable web sites--Topic Search provides Study Units that include sources organized and edited by historians and History Guides on various topics such as:
Ancient Greece
The Romans
The Origins and Growth of Christianity
All Study Units for European History to 1450 - History Reference Center
Contains the full text of over 750 historical encyclopedias and other non-fiction books and at least 60 leading history periodicals--includes over 55,000 historical documents; over 40,000 biographies of historical figures; over 10,000 historical photos and maps; and over 80 hours of historical film and video
HINT: Search the terms Greece or Rome (or Greeks or Romans) and limit the search using the Timeline - Grove Art Online (full text)
Online access to the full text of The Dictionary of Art (1996) and The Oxford Companion to Western Art (2001)--includes images, drawings, links to image databases (Art Resource, Bridgeman Art Library), and selected links to thousands of images on museum and gallery websites around the world
HINT: Search articles for Greece, ancient and Rome, ancient for information on the arts and architecture of these cultures - Encyclopaedia Britannica Online
- General databases will also have articles on ancient Greece and Rome
Selected Internet Resources
(Websites should always be evaluated for authorship, accuracy, and currency)
Directories
- Classics Resources (Louisiana State U.)
Includes general a specific resources, Greek and Latin texts, images, dictionaries, and links for electronic journals - Electronic Resources for Classicists (U. of California)
Includes gateways and links to classical resources, collections of images, K-12 resources, and more - Greek Mythology Link
- Pomoerium: Classical Resources
Includes both English and foreign languages sites - Voice of the Shuttle: Classical Studies (U. of Oxford)
Includes general resources, language resources, archaeology, history & culture, literature, mythology, philosophy, electronic journals, course syllabi, and more
Art
- Art Collections from Diotima
- Beazley Archive: Classical Art Research Center
(U. of Oxford)
Includes thousands of quality photographic images of both classical archaeology and art - Greek Mythology: Images
- Kelsey Museum of Archaeology (U. of Michigan)
View a selection of the 100,000 objects in this museum under Galleries - Perseus Art and Architecture Browser (Tufts)
Limit this search to architecture, coins, gems, sculpture, vases. or sites - Roman Mythology: Images
Language
- Greek and Latin Language Resources
Includes dictionary, phrase tool, pronunciation guide, Latin grammar aid, and Latin word lists - Perseus Language Tools
- Textkit: Greek and Latin Learning Tools
"The Internet's largest provider of free and fully downloadable Greek and Latin grammars and readers."
Literature (text collections)
- Forum Romanum (a collaborative academic project)
"An up-to-date catalogue of all Latin texts that are currently available online" including translations--the digital library is searchable by author, title, genre, or date - Internet Classics Archive (MIT)
Contains over 441 works from 50 classical authors - The Latin Library
A collection of Latin texts by more than 50 authors--see Forum Romanum for translations - Perseus Digital Library (Tufts)
Includes over 400 classical texts in Greek and Latin plus over 100 secondary sources on classical studies - Virgil.org
Biographical information, Virgil's works, and links to translations and other Virgil sites
History
- Ancient History Sourcebook (Fordham U.)
Focuses on the ancient and classical periods including Greek civilizations, Hellentistic World, Rome, late antiquity, and Christian origins--includes full text documents for art, literature, history, philosophy, and religion for each time period - Diotima
Provides resources for the study of women and gender in the ancient world - Maps (from Virgil.org)
Provides links to maps of the ancient green and Roman world--provides maps that associate literary references with geographic locations - Best of History Websites: Greece
- Best of History Websites: Rome
- Ancient Greece (British Museum)
- WWW-VL: Greece
Philosophy/Religion
- Early Church Fathers (Calvin College)
Provides the full text of the major writings of early church leaders and religious thinkers - Encyclopedia Mythica
Covers mythology, folklore, and religion - Philosophy Around the Web: Individual Philosophers
Online Publications
- Bryn Mawr Classical Review
Reviews of current scholarly work in the area of classical studies - Leeds International Classical Studies
Articles on all aspects of Greek and Roman studies--archives back to 2002
See also the Countries & Cultures Research Guide and the World History Research Guide
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