Internet Resources for Classics

Topics in this page:

• Latin Language Aids
• Greek Language Aids
• Classics Resources Databases and Gateways
• Where Can I Find a Classics Job?
• Classics Departments and Organizations in the US and Abroad
• Classics Collection Page, Library West
  (This page is maintained by Dr. Blake Landor, the Classics collection manager for the Smathers Libraries. This is an excellent place to begin further research into classics on the internet.)
  

Perseus Project

Perseus is a continually growing digital library of resources for studying the ancient world. The library's materials include ancient texts and translations, philological tools, maps, extensively illustrated art catalogs, and secondary essays on topics like vase painting. Read more about the contents of Perseus and the project's aims.

• Perseus Project
• Primary Greek Text Index
• Liddel-Scott-Jones Lexicon of Classical Greek
• Lewis and Short Latin Dictionary

Diotima

Materials for the Study of Women and Gender in the Ancient World.
Diotima is intended to serve as an interdisciplinary resource for anyone interested in patterns of gender around the ancient Mediterranean and as a forum for collaboration among instructors who teach courses about women and gender in the ancient world.

Look It Up!

Look it up! Also available from Ross Scaife and University of Kentucky Classics is this very useful list of searching tools for subjects related to the ancient world and related languages. Some of the links may be outdated, but many still work.

Latin Grammar and Vocabulary Aids

• Introductory Latin Materials
  Developed by Claude Pavur at Saint Louis Univeristy including a Wheelock vocabulary grid:
  • Chapters 1-20 | Chapters 21-40
• Allen and Greenough's New Latin Grammar
• Anne Mahoney, Overview of Latin Syntax (Perseus)
• Latin Grammar Aid and Wordlist
  Help with Latin vocabulary and inflections based on the Words program developed by William Whitaker and the wordlist and grammar-aid files developed by Lynn H. Nelson.
• Wheelock Vocabulary List (Chapters 1-40)
• Cheiron: A valuable site for Latin Grammar materials.
  

Greek Grammar and Vocabulary Aids

• http://www.greek-language.com/
  Greek Language Gateway
• http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/resolveform
  Greek Dictionary
• http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0007
  Herbert Weir Smyth, A Greek Grammar for Colleges (Perseus)
• http://perswww.kuleuven.ac.be/~u0013314/greekg.htm
  Greek Grammar on the Web (Perseus)
• http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0074
  B.L. Gildersleeve: Syntax of Classical Greek (Perseus)
• http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0052
  Jeffrey A. Rydberg-Cox, Overview of Greek Syntax (Perseus)
• http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0065
  W.W. Goodwin, Syntax of the Moods and Tenses of the Greek Verb (Perseus: an invaluable aid for a better understanding of Greek syntax)
• http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/enggreek?lang=greek
  English to Greek (or Latin) word search
• http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/vor?lang=greek
  Greek Words in Context
• http://www.greece.org/gr-lessons/gr-english/
  A free introductory course in Modern Greek. Very suitable if you want to learn a bit of the language before your summer study or holidays in Greece.
  

Classics Databases and Gateways

• http://classics.mit.edu/Browse/index.html
  Internet Classics Archive: contains translations of many Greek and Roman Authors. A good alternative to Perseus.
• http://promo.net/pg/
  Gutenberg:  More Classical Authors
• http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/asbook07.html
  A great site with plentiful sources on the history of ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern Civilizations
• http://www.myriobiblos.gr/
  Myriobiblos: The electronic Library of the Church of Greece with many Patristic texts and interesting articles, available in Greek, English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Russian, Bulgarian, and Romanian.
• http://www.phil.uni-erlangen.de/~p2latein/ressourc/ressourc.html
  Kirke: German Gateway.
• http://pomoerium.com/
  Pomoerium: An important Classics Gateway
• http://www.tlg.uci.edu/~tlg/index/resources.html
  Electronic Resources for Classics: The second generation. Created and maintained by Maria Pantelia.
• http://www.sms.org/mdl-indx/internet.htm
  Plenty more of  resources.
• http://www.loc.gov/rr/main/alcove9/classics.html
  The Library of Congress Gateway
• http://www.rdg.ac.uk/Classics/Link/linst.html
  Reading Classics Gateway: Simple and easy to go around
• http://web.idirect.com/~atrium/
  Atrium (The page 'This Day in Ancient History' is fun)
• http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Styx/9585/thingscl.html
  Magister Keith's Index Rerum Classicarum. Lots of good materials.
• Romanrch: Roman Art and Archaeology http://acad.depauw.edu/romarch/index.html
• http://genesis.ee.auth.gr/dimakis/poetry.html
  A wonderful site with Modern Greek Poetry, some published here for the first time. (For Modern Greek Poetry translated into English click here). An absolute delight for everyone and a 'must see' if you can read Modern Greek.
• http://www.mythsearch.com/
  A great site on Myth worldwide, including but not limited to Greece and Rome.
• http://home.planetinternet.be/~giedoc/tino//moderngr.htm
  A pretty comprehensive list of what is available of Modern Greek Literature in English Translations.
• http://www.ccel.org/fathers2/
  Early Christian Authors
• http://www.dalton.org/groups/rome/RMap.html
  The Roman Empire by Provinces (maps and articles on important items of each province)
• http://www.geocities.com/ekeied/
  An important site on post-Byzantine Law by the Academy of Athens, with numerous links to Ancient Greek and Roman Law sites and resources too, maintained by Ilias Arnaoutoglou.
  

Where can I find a job as a classicist?

• http://grove.ufl.edu/~hmueller/floridalatin/
  The UF list of Classics Jobs in Florida maintained by Dr. Hans Mueller, our Distance Learning and Schools Co-ordinator.
• http://spectrum.troyst.edu/~acl/states.htm#FL
  American Classical League Job Listings for Schools in the US
• http://www.tesjobs.co.uk/
  Teaching jobs and career advice for schools  in the UK. (Type keyword 'Classics'. If you do not have an EU passport you may still be able to apply after making arrangements with your future employer).
• http://www.apaclassics.org/
  American Philological Association (Placement Service: University positions mostly in the US and Canada).
• http://www.jobs.ac.uk 
  University jobs and research posts mostly in the UK and Ireland (Type keyword 'Classics'. If you do not have an EU passport you may still be able to apply after making arrangements with the University).
• http://www.highercareers.com/
  HigherCareers.com Post your resume and search for jobs in higher education, science and research. Features jobs by email, resume search, and profiles of universities and research institutions in the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, United States and New Zealand. (Type keyword 'Classics').
  

Classics Organizations and Institutions

• http://www.phil.uni-erlangen.de/~p2latein/ressourc/us.html
  Kirke: List of Classics Departments in the USA
• http://www.phil.uni-erlangen.de/~p2latein/ressourc/europa.html
  Kirke: List of Classics Departments in Europe
• http://www.mit.edu:8001/people/cdemello/geog.html
  A more complete list of Universities around the world (but not specific to Classics Departments)
• http://www.williams.edu:803/Classics/Grad_Programs.html
  US Graduate Programs in Classics
• http://www.apaclassics.org/
  The American Philological Association (APA)
• http://www.aclclassics.org/
  The American Classical League
• http://www.archaeological.org/
  Archaeological Institute of America (AIA)
• http://www.camws.org/
  The Classical Association of the Middle West and South (CAMWS)
• http://www.trentu.ca/ahc/aah/welcome.shtml
  The Association of Ancient Historians
• http://www.humanities.uci.edu/classics/MGSA/
  Modern Greek Studies Association (MGSA)
• http://193.50.180.3/recherche/ehic/crsa/euroang.htm
  Eurosophia: The European Classical Association
• http://www.sas.ac.uk/icls/ClassAss/
  The Classical Association of Great Britain
• http://homepage.mac.com/classicseireann/
  Classics ùþireann: The Classical Association of Ireland
• http://www.trentu.ca/cac/
  The Classical Association of Canada
• http://www.arts.uwa.edu.au/classics/ascs/index.html
  The Australian Society for Classical Studies

Many more links to sites with topics related to Ancient and Modern Greece, Rome, Byzantium and other civilisations of the Near East can be found in the Links Pages of the Center for Greek Studies

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