Resources for Classicists & Historians of Antiquity
Internet Resources for Classicists & Historians of Antiquity
Greek & Latin Texts
Journals
Papyrology and Epigraphy
Organizations & Institutions
Other Useful Columbia Sites
Internet Resources for Classicists & Historians of Antiquity
- ABAC (Bibliographic atlas of classical antiquity) - A project out of Lille to design interactive maps of Graeco-Roman provinces. As of Fall 2007, only Britannia is completed.
- ABZU: Guide to Resources on the Study of the Ancient Near East
- AEB: Annual Egyptological Bibliography - Published by the International Association of Egyptologists in cooperation with the Netherlands Institute for the Near East.
- Aquae Urbis Romae: The Waters of the City of Rome - An interactive study of the relationships between Rome's water system and its urban development.
- Athenians: A Prosopography of Ancient Athens - The homepage of John Traill's project at Toronto to produce a new prosopography of ancient Athenians from the beginning of alphabetic writing to the Byzantine period. Searches of data from the published volumes can be done here.
- The Center for Computer-Aided Egyptological Research
Utrecht University in The Netherlands specializes in matters related to the application of computers in Egyptology. The Centre's activities concern developing general methods and programs, and providing world-wide advice and support. In this respect it coordinates the activities of the Computer Working Group of the International Association of Egyptologists.
- Classical Studies (sci.classics) FAQ - A list of frequently asked questions for the newsgroup sci.classics. There are bibliographies for the novice and for knowledgable students of classics, glossaries and compendia of mythological characters.
- Digital Roman Forum - A project of UCLA's Academic Technology Services, including timeline and citations in classical literature.
- Diotima: Materials for the Study of Women & Gender in the Ancient World
- Exploring Ancient World Cultures: An Introduction to Ancient World Cultures on the World-Wide Web - This site describes itself as "an on-line course supplement for students and teachers of the ancient and medieval worlds". There are essays and primary texts as well as a large quantity of visual materials.
- Gnomon: Bibliographische Datenbank This site provides tables of contents for the journals, Gnomon and Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik, and the ability to search the Gnomon bibliographic database, which is also published as a CD-ROM annually - the searching capabilities of the online version are less impressive, but the information is all there.
- IFAO - Institut française d'archéologie orientale
- The Internet Classics Archive - A collection of almost 400 classical Greek and Roman texts in English translation provided by MIT.
- Library of Congress Resources for Greek and Latin Classics
- Medicina Antiqua -- A guide to medicine in the Graeco-Roman world.
- Mythology in Western Art - A project prepared in the University of Haifa Library to create a collection of art images of mythological characters.
- The Oriental Institute - The University of Chicago
- Perseus Atlas- Part of a developing geographic information system for studying Classical Greece.
- The Perseus Project - A digital library for ancient Greece and Rome.
- Pompeii Forum Project - The Pompeii Forum Project is a collaborative venture that focuses on the urban center of Pompeii.There are three components to the project: documentation of standing remains; archaeological analysis; and urban study that seeks a) to interpret the developments at Pompeii in the broader context of urban history and b) to identify at Pompeii recurring patterns of urban evolution that can be applied to contemporary issues in American urbanism.
- Propylaeum - A German internet portal for Egyptology, Ancient History, Classical Archaeology, and Classical Philology.
- TOCS-IN - "Tables of Contents of Journals of Interest to Classicists"
- Trajan's Column - a searchable database of over 500 images of the column's sculptural decoration.
- WESSWeb's Classical Studies Page - Sources vetted by librarians for use in classics research.
Greek and Latin Texts
- Thesaurus Linguae Graecae (Columbia only) - A searchable digital library of Greek literature
- PHI CD-ROM 5.3 (CD-ROM available in Electronic Text Service, 305 Butler Library) - A database of virtually all Latin literature through 200 A.D.
- Project Libellus (Classical languages) - An assortment of public domain and donated texts.
- Internet Ancient History Sourcebook - An assortment of public domain texts for the Greek, Hellenistic, and Roman worlds, among others.
- Roman Law - A collection of legal texts from the western and eastern Roman Empires.
- MAJOR TEXT SETS
- Loeb Classical Library - The catalog of the complete collection, by author.
- Oxford Classical Texts (aka Scriptorum classicorum bibliotheca Oxoniensis) - The most recent publisher's catalog of the complete collection (as of 9/2007).
- Teubneriana (aka Bibliotheca scriptorum Graecorum et Romanorum Teubneriana) - The publisher's catalog of the complete collection.
- Collection Budé (aka Collection des Universités de France) - The publisher's catalog of the complete collection (links at bottom for Greek and Latin).
Journals
Classics Serials in Butler Library -- a guide to serials created by Prof. Eleanor Dickey.
Organizations
- The American Academy in Rome
- The American Classical League
- The American Philological Association
- The American Society of Greek and Latin Epigraphy
- The Ashmolean Museum of Art & Archaeology, Oxford University
- The Egypt Exploration Society - Information about the Society and its publications, including a price list for recent numbers of Excavation Memoirs, Archaeological Survey Memoirs, Texts from Excavations, Graeco-Roman Memoirs, Occasional Publications and Special Publications.
Other Useful Columbia Sites
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