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Classical Studies

Classics is the study and appreciation of the culture and wisdom of antiquity, in language, literature, philosophy, history, and related humanities.

This category includes links to resources and organizations of classicists, English translations of works in ancient Greek and Latin, and crosslinks to related ODP subjects.

Sites in Classical Studies

Alexandria on the Web
Materials on the relationship between cosmology, philosophy, myth, and culture, sponsored by the Alexandria journal.

A Bibliography of the Ancient Novel
An initial bibliography of the ancient Novel, related genres and interesting secondary literature, with more than 2000 items.

Classical Drama Sites
A list of links to sites about classical drama and ancient theatre.

Library, Bibliographic, & Lexical Resources
"Library and Textual Resources Bibliographical Assistance Periodicals Publishers' Catalogues and On-Line Bookstores Grammars, Lexical Resources ... " all related to the Classics.

Orange St. Press Classics
Free classic literature in Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF). View online, download, print.

Centre for the Study of Ancient Documents
The Centre for the Study of Ancient Documents was established in 1995 under the auspices of Oxford University's Faculty of Literae Humaniores to provide a focus for the study of ancient documents in Oxford.

Literary Resources
A list of classical and Biblical-oriented websites maintained by a professor at Rutgers University.

Maecenas: Images of Ancient Greece and Rome
Images of Ancient Greece and Rome, free for non-commercial download and use.

Text Tools and Lexica
From The Perseus Project. Includes an English/Greek Word Search, English/Latin Word Search, Liddell Scott-Jones Greek Lexicon, and Lewis and Short Latin Dictionary.

Flectere Magic
Greek and Egyptian magic literary resources

San Antonio College LitWeb Classical Literature Outline
A good, diverse hypertext list

The Internet Classics Archive
Provides 441 online works of classical literature with a powerful search facility. A booklist links directly to relevant pages in online bookshops. Classical trivia questions can be posted and answered.

Ancient History Sourcebook
Extensive selection of links, study guides, and articles pertaining to the ancient Near East and ancient Mediterranean worlds, as well as some public domain translations of classical texts. At Fordham.

Corinth Computer Project
Extensive multimedia site incorporating historical, literary and archaeological information from Corinth, Greece during the Roman era. Suitable for scholars, students, and the public at large.

Textkit
Language learning site which provides free Greek and Latin grammars, reading material, classical e-books and other learning resources and downloads.

Electronic Resources for Classicists
Extensive UC Irvine gateway to directories, bibliographies, journals, course materials, fonts, and other resources for scholars in classical studies.

What Do You Want to Know Today?
Includes searches on indexes to scholarly journals, dictionaries, image archives, listserve archives, online translators, and Classics web search engines.

Torrey Philemon's Muses
Articles on mythology and ancient Greek/Roman literature, and resources.

Classics Technology Center
A repository of tools such as guides, games, and glossaries for educators and other classicists, to enhance the use of computer technology in classics education.

Greek 'n' Stuff
Learn biblical Greek or classical Latin. Bible nuggets. Homeschool links/classical links/family pages.

Greek and Latin Language Resources
A collection of Classics links from a Graeco-Roman Neo-pagan site.

O Muse
Classics humor including "Iliad: the Musical," original fan art/fan fiction, and jokes about the ancient world.

Classics Corner
Columns finding humor and contemporary relevance in the classics, with an emphasis upon Greek, Roman, and Biblical literature.

Voice of the Shuttle: Classical Studies
A large index of links to various classical history, art, archaeology, language and literature journals, texts, syllabi, forums, and other resources. From the University of California at Santa Barbara.

Ancient Scripts of the World
Indexed by region, with articles on writing systems, sounds and phonetics, historical linguistics, and related study materials.

Studies in the Classics
Essays, texts, and studies on classical literature and language from Prof. William Harris of Middlebury College.

Classical Literature/Language at About.com
Collection of resources and links pertaining to the Greco-Roman authors and literature.

Classical Studies (humanities.classics) FAQ
Frequently asked questions for the newsgroup humanities.classics. Includes bibliographies, glossaries and compendia of mythological characters. Maintenance ceased August 2000.

Sangoma Sanctum
A collection of translated texts and discussions from Chinese, Greco-Roman, Rosicrucian, and other philosophy, mythology, and martial arts.

Why Study Classics
Explains what a course in Classical Studies covers and its importance for modern life.

Shakespeare's Sources Online: Latin and Greek Authors
Lists links to translations and texts of classical sources used by William Shakespeare.

Leuven Database of Ancient Books (LDAB)
Searchable database aiming to catalog all ancient literary texts with information including a description of the text, language, medium, authors, current location, and plates. Sponsored by the Catholic University of Leuven.

Ancient World
ZIP files of plain text translations of Greek and Latin writers of antiquity, as well as links to other sites about ancient civilization and literature.

Ancient Law
Henry Sumner Maine's 1861 compilation of ancient laws dealing with property, inheritance, crime, civil laws.

Summer Courses in the Classics
A list of classics courses offered during the summer by colleges and universities throughout the world, sorted by discipline and subject of study.

Latin and Greek Authors on the Web
Listings of websites and webpages that are devoted to a particular Latin or Greek author, including texts.

Classical Studies Resources
A Directory of Internet resources on Greek and Latin language, literature and the Classics.

Library of Congress Resources for Greek and Latin Classics
Resources for studying Classical and Medieval literature.