Classical Studies Resources

This page has been designed to help you find materials related to Classical Studies. Keep in mind that neither the I.D. Weeks Library collection nor the World Wide Web resources are limited to the works listed here. Please feel free to ask at the Reference Desk (phone: 677-6085, email: weeksref@usd.edu) if you need help with your research.

Print Resources

Reference Materials

Journals

Archaeology
Classical antiquities
Classical philology
Greek & Roman civilization
Greek philology

Research Databases

World Wide Web Resources

Language Resources

Latin
Greek

Electronic Texts

Electronic Journals

Image Collections and Museums

Classics Subject Guides at Other Universities and Institutions

Print Resources

Reference Materials

The following is a sample list of reference materials available at the I.D. Weeks library. To find additional resources search our Library Catalog (PALS) or ask at the Reference Desk (phone: 677-6085, email: weeksref@usd.edu)

Ancient writers : Greece and Rome

Chronicle of the Roman emperors : the reign-by-reign record of the rulers of Imperial Rome
REFERENCE 1ST FLOOR DG274 .S28 1995
It is a reign-by-reign record of the rulers of Imperial Rome with 328 illustrations (111 in color). The chronicle contains detailed essays about each emperor and the history of Rome during his reign

Civilization of the ancient Mediterranean : Greece and Rome
REFERENCE 1ST FLOOR DE59 .C55 1988
Includes 97 essays on the geography of the area, the physical appearance of its inhabitants, their politics and religions, their languages, arts, and technologies, their social and economic activities, and their personal lives. The essays are organized topically. Chronological survey of the period is included.

Classical scholarship : a biographical encyclopedia
REFERENCE 1ST FLOOR PA83 .C58 1990
Contains entries for 50 scholars through whose lives and work some idea of the history of classical scholarship in the modern period could be gained. Gives full accounts of the lives of these scholars.

Classical scholarship : an annotated bibliography
REFERENCE 1ST FLOOR DE59.Z9 H35 1986
Includes materials published since 1980, with a few exceptions. The entries are organized by topics. Includes subject and author indexes.

Crowell's handbook of classical drama
REFERENCE 1ST FLOOR PA3024 .H35
Provides an explanation for every proper name in the complete extant plays, with some minor exceptions. The explanations themselves are slanted toward drama.

An encyclopedia of the history of classical archaeology
REFERENCE 1ST FLOOR DE5 .E5 1996
Focuses on the studies of the visual remains of the ancient classical lands, Greece and Italy. Includes information about the study, interpretation, and imitation of antiquity by artists and scholars of the later periods.

Encyclopedia of the Roman Empire
REFERENCE 1ST FLOOR DG270 .B86 1994
Covers the most important personalities, terms and sites that played a pert in Roman evolution from the period of Julius Caesar and the Gallic Wars (59-51 B.C.) to the fall to the fall of the Empire in the West (476 A.D.). Includes timeline covering major events that are treated in the text, as well as a brief glossary of terms and words.

Fodor's Greece.
LAST VOL IN REFERENCE 1ST FLOOR DF716 .G742
3RD FLOOR DF716 .G742
Good traveling guide.

Greek and Latin authors, 800 B.C.-A.D. 1000 : a biographical dictionary
REFERENCE 1ST FLOOR PA31 .G7
Lists 370 authors. Each entry includes account of the writer's life, description of the titles and contents of his/her works, and critical commentary on the nature of these works. Some entries provide brief discussion on the influence of an author's works on later literature. Appendix gives a chronological list of authors by century.

Literature of the world in English translation: a bibliography
The Greek and Latin literatures
REFERENCE 1ST FLOOR PA 3017.9 .P37x
This source attempts to list all the English translations of Greek and Latin works. It has very good geographical, time, and topic divisions.

A new topographical dictionary of ancient Rome
REFERENCE 1ST FLOOR DG68 .R5 1992
Includes all significant sites, monuments, and building from the earliest occupation of Rome to the onset of the Middle Ages in the sixth century, with the exception of most Christian churches and tombs. Some entries include bibliographical references to the relevant literature.

The Oxford classical dictionary
REFERENCE 1ST FLOOR DE5 .O9 1996
The Oxford classical dictionary (OCD) is an authoritative one-volume guide to all aspects of the ancient world. It offers detailed factual materials and bibliographies covering the whole range of the study of the ancient world.

Place-names in classical mythology : Greece
REFERENCE 1ST FLOOR DF16 .B45 1989
Covers roughly 1000 place-names. Geographical scope of this book is the political boundaries of modern Greece. The ancient places of Greece are listed alphabetically with the modern name, if known.

The Princeton encyclopedia of classical sites
REFERENCE 1ST FLOOR DE59 .P7
This is a one-volume source that provides information on sties that show remains from the Classical period (c. mid 8th century B. C. - c. 6th century A.D.). Includes detailed maps with the locations of the sites.

Journals

Archaeology
Classical antiquities
Classical philology
Greek & Roman Civilization
Greek philology

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Research Databases

The list of Arts and Humanities databases is available from the Research Databases page. A number of Multidiscipline databases could be a good source as well.

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World Wide Web Resources

Language Resources

Latin

Latin - English Dictionary
http://humanum.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/Lexis/Latin

English to Latin to English Dictionary
http://www.histopia.nl/onldict/lat.html

Allen and Greenough's New Latin Grammar online - from the Perseus Project
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/text?lookup=ag+gram.+toc

Latin Dictionary and Grammar Aid
http://www.nd.edu/~archives/latgramm.htm

Morphological analysis of Latin forms - from the Perseus Project.
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/morphindex?lang=Latin

Lingua Latina - free Windows program which drills users on the basics of Latin grammar.
http://www.ucc.uconn.edu/~hasenfra/wlatin.html

Greek

Greek-English-Greek Dictionary
http://www.kypros.org/cgi-bin/lexicon/

Herbert Weir Smyth Greek Grammar - from Perseus Project
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/text?lookup=smyth+toc

Jeffrey A. Rydberg-Cox Overview of Greek Syntax - from Perseus Project
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/text?lookup=jrc+gksyn+toc

Liddell-Scott-Jones Lexicon of Classical Greek - from Perseus Project
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/lexindex?entry=fe/rw

Alphabetic Numerals
http://132.236.125.30/numcode.html

Greek Names of the Gods
http://www.cs.utk.edu/~mclennan/OM/GNG.html

Electronic Texts

Bulfinch's Mythology: The Age of Fable or Stories of Gods and Heroes
http://www.webcom.com/shownet/medea/bulfinch/welcome.html

Perseus Project
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/
The Perseus Project is an evolving digital library of resources for the study of the ancient world and beyond. Contains classical texts in Greek, Latin, and English translations. Includes numerous visual materials, contemporary essays, and more.

The Internet Classics Archive
http://classics.mit.edu/
Contains 441 works of classical literature by 59 different authors. Mainly Greco-Roman works (some Chinese and Persian), all in English translation.

Armarium Labyrinthi: Labyrinth Latin Bookcase
http://www.georgetown.edu/labyrinth/library/latin/latin-lib.html

Internet Ancient History Sourcebook
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/asbook.html

Electronic Journals

Arachnion: a Journal of Ancient Literature and History on the Web
http://www.cisi.unito.it/arachne/arachne.html

Bryn Mawr Classical Review
http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/bmcr/

Classical Ireland
http://www.ucd.ie/~classics/ClassicsIreland.html

Image Collections and Museums

List of museums from the Hellenic Ministry of Culture
http://www.culture.gr/2/21/toc/museums.html

University of Mississippi Museums: David M. Robinson Collection
http://www.olemiss.edu/depts/classics/museums.html

Classics Subject Guides at Other Universities and Institutions

Brown University Department of Classics: Internet Resources for the Classics
http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Classics/Links.html

Council for British Archaeology
http://www.britarch.ac.uk/

Electronic Resources for Classicists: The Second Generation
http://www.tlg.uci.edu/~tlg/index/resources.html

Harvard University Department of Classics: Sites of Interest to Classicists
http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~classics/sites.html

Library of Congress Greek and Latin Classics Internet Resources
http://lcweb.loc.gov/global/classics/claslink.html
The most comprehensive collection of Classical Studies resources on the Internet.

Society for Late Antiquity
http://www.sc.edu/ltantsoc/

University of Cambridge: Faculty of Classics
http://www.classics.cam.ac.uk/Faculty/links.html

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Classical Studies Resources

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Print Resources

Reference Materials

Journals

Archaeology

Classical antiquities

Classical philology

Greek & Roman Civilization

Greek philology

Research Databases

World Wide Web Resources

Language Resources

Latin

Greek

Electronic Texts

Electronic Journals

Image Collections and Museums

Classics Subject Guides at Other Universities and Institutions