Classics Web

Web Resources

1. Gateways
2. Electronic Texts
3. Learning Greek & Latin
4. Ancient History
5. Art and Archaeology
6. Individual Sites
7. Related Topics

Gateways

• Reading Classics Gateway
• Resources on the Internet from K. Kinzl at Trent
• Voice of the Shuttle: Classical Studies
• Electronic Resources for Classicists
• Classics and Mediterranean Archaeology
• Roman Sites by Bill Thayer
• British Academy Classical Antiquity Portal
• Humbul Humanities Hub: Classics
• Kirke Internet Classics Resources (German)

Electronic Texts

• Perseus Digital Library - texts in Greek and English
• Thesaurus Linguae Graecae - Greek texts
• Project Gutenberg - texts out of copyright, in plain format
• Internet Classics Archive from MIT
• Ancient History Sourcebook - some free (out of copyright) texts and links to others

Learning Greek & Latin

• Perseus Project
• Ancient Greek Tutorials from Berkeley
• Learn Greek Interactively with the Open University
• Greek Grammar Resources
• Centre for the Study of Ancient Documents

Ancient History

• De Imperatoribus Romanis (On the Roman Emperors)
• Website Attica (Persons of Ancient Athens)
• Illustrated History of the Roman Empire
• Olympic Games exhibit at Perseus
• Ancient Olympics Virtual Museum (registration required)

Art and Archaeology

The following sites make available images on a variety of sites and subjects. Some have absolute restrictions on reproduction and redistribution. Other sites encourage re-use for educational and/or non-commercial purposes (with appropriate citation). It may be useful to read this statement on copyright law as it applies in the UK (from the Arts and Humanities Data Service).

• Beazley Archive
• Perseus Digital Library
• ArtServe, including the Popolo Project on Classical Rome
• Digital Imaging Project by Mary Ann Sullivan at Bluffton College. Use for educational purposes encouraged.
• Art Images for College Teaching, with useful collections on Ancient Greece and Rome. Use for educational purposes encouraged.
• Dr. J's Illustrated Guide to the Ancient World by Dr. Janice Siegel. Use for educational purposes encouraged
• Maecenas. Over 2000 images by Leo C. Curran. Use for non-commercial purposes encouraged.
• Roman Art and Architecture from the University of Colorado
• Greek Art and Architecture from the University of Colorado
• World Heritage List from Unesco and partners. The Greek sites are particularly useful
• THAIS. Architecture image database from Italy, though not restricted to Italian images
• Index of Architecture on the Web from the University of Oregon. Useful list of sites.

Individual Locations or Sites

• The Ancient City of Athens by Kevin T. Glowacki and Nancy Klein at Indiana University. Educational use encouraged.
• Skenotheke by John Porter at the University of Saskatchewan. Images and resources for the ancient theatre, plus further links
• Pompeii Forum Project, from the University of Virginia
• Trajan's Column, from the Trajan Project at McMaster

Related Topics

If Greece and Rome is not your primary interest, we can not supply information on the following topics, but these links may be of some help.

• Egyptology Resources
• ABZU Guide to the Ancient Near East
• Indo-European Linguistics
• Byzantine Studies
• Online Reference Book for Medieval Studies
• History of Christianity and Judaism