Classics at Princeton: Websites

Web Resources in Classics: Princeton and Beyond

Library Catalogs
Princeton Web
Article Indexes & Research Databases
Online Journals
Texts
Dictionaries and Encyclopedias
Scholarly Resources on the Internet
Classics Departments
Museums, Institutes, Societies, and Libraries
Publishers

Library Catalogs

Princeton Library's Main Catalog
Ambrosia: The AMerican BRitish Online Search In Athens (Union Catalogue of the Blegen and Gennadius Libraries of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens and the Libraries of the British School at Athens).
Unione Romana Biblioteche Scientifiche Union catalogue of a few research libraries in Rome, including the library of the American Academy in Rome and the Vatican Library.

Princeton Web

Department of Classics, Princeton University
Princeton University Art Museum
A Desciptive Inventory of the Princeton University Collection of Papyri
Digital Images of Select Princeton Papyri
The Numismatics Collection in the Rare Books Division
The Vergil Collections in the Rare Books Division, Princeton University
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections at Princeton University (MASC) A searchable database for the holdings of the Manuscript Division. Its holdings include, for example, Islamic, Byzantine, medieval and Renaissance manuscripts, cuneiform tablets from the Near East, Akkadian and Sumerian seals, papyri from the Pharaonic, Ptolemaic, Roman, Byzantine, and Islamic periods in Egypt, and c. 3000 Greek and 6000 Roman coins.

Article Indexes & Research Databases

l'Année Philologique, 1959-2003 The chief index to all aspects of classical studies, including language, literature, history, art, archaeology, law, science, philosophy. Covers all of the regions of the Roman Empire. Indexes monographs, journal articles, Festschriften, conference proceedings, published doctoral theses, book reviews. Vols. 30-74.
Arts & Humanities Citation Index (Web of Science)
Aufstieg und Niedergang der römischen Welt index
Bibliotheca Classica Selecta (BCS): Une introduction bibliographique aux des classiques Jacques Poucet's comprehensive bibliographic guide to the discipline.
Diotima Bibliographies A bibliography of classical bibliographies, with a searchable interface.
Dumbarton Oaks Hagiography Database Includes information from the Greek vitae and martyria of one hundred nineteen saints of the 8th-10th centuries, accounts of the translations of their relics, and collections of miracles, as well as notices from the Synaxarion of Constantinople (a 10th-century liturgical collection of brief hagiographical notices).
Dyabola (art and archaeology) Searches the subject catalogs of the German Archaeological Institute in Rome, the Bibliography of Iberian Archaeology from the German Archaeological Institute in Madrid, and the Archaeology of Roman Provinces from RGK Frankfurt.
Gnomon Bibliographic Database Bibliographic database for classical antiquity. Selections from the CD-ROM version. By Jürgen Malitz, Katolische Universität Eichstätt.
In Principio Incipits covering Latin literature from its origins to the Renaissance. Particularly useful in identifying texts in manuscripts.
Index of Christian Art Princeton University. The Index records works of art produced without geographical limitations from early apostolic times up to A.D. 1400 (extended in the case of the Morgan and Princeton Library projects to include manuscript holdings up to the end of the sixteenth century).
Index to Classical Dissertations and Theses in Progress or Recently Completed in North America and Great Britain By Paul Naiditch, UCLA
International Medieval Bibliography Dates of coverage: 400-1500. All subjects relating to the Middle Ages are included. Geographical areas covered are Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa.
Iter: Gateway to the Middle Ages and Renaissance Dates of coverage: 400-1700. Indexes journals pertaining to the Middle Ages and the Renaissance.
Nestor: Bibliography of Aegean Prehistory and Related Areas
Patrologiae Graecae Contains Greek material relevant to the study of the history of the Christian Church from its beginnings through the Council of Florence in 1439. Includes both the Eastern "Fathers" and those Western Christians who wrote before the Latin takeover of the West in the third century.
Patrologia Latina Dates of coverage: 200-1216. PL comprises of the works of the Church Fathers from Tertullian in 200 CE to the death of Pope Innocent III in 1216. All prefatory material is included as well as the critical apparatus and indexes.
Philosopher's Index, 1940-.

Online Journals

Texts

Acta Sanctorum Latin. A collection of documents examining the lives of saints, organized according to each saint's feast day, and covers the two January volumes published in 1643 to the Propylaeum to December published in 1940.
Alex: A Catalogue of Electronic Texts on the Internet via the Oxford Text Archive English translations of Latin, particularly in philosophy.
Anselm: Opera Omnia (Past Masters) Latin. Edited by F.S. Schmitt.
Aristotle (Past Masters) English. Based on the Revised Oxford Translation of the Complete Works of Aristotle, edited by Jonathan Barnes and published by the Princeton University Press in 1984.
Armarium Labyrinthi: Labyrinth Latin Bookcase Latin Vulgate and other Bibles, liturgical texts and Greek and Latin texts, mostly in translation.
Augustine: Opera Omnia Based on Corpus Augustinianum Gissense. Edited by Cornelius Mayer.
Bibliotheca Augustana Classical, Medieval and Neo-Latin; presented as bitmap images.
The Chicago Homer Greek, English, German
Corpus Scriptorum Latinorum Latin. "This collaborative project aims to create a digital library of the entire body of Latin literature, spanning from the earliest epigraphic remains to the Neo-Latinists of the eighteenth century." Includes a catalogue of Latin texts currently available online. From forumromanum.org.
Internet Ancient History Sourcebook Greek and Latin
Internet Classics Archive English. A searchable archive of 441 Greek and Roman texts in English translation. The list of texts may be searched by author, title, date or translator and the works themselves are searchable by word or phrase.
The Latin Library at Ad Fontes Academy Latin
The Online Medieval and Classical Library (OMACL) Latin, Old English, Middle English, Old French, Middle High German, Icelandic, Italian, Spanish
Peitho's Web Greek and Latin
Perseus Digital Library Greek, Latin, English. A multimedia interactive database on Ancient Greece and Rome, including literature, history, art, archaeology. Available through this Web site are texts in Greek and Latin and in translation, catalogue entries and images of pottery, sculpture, coins, buildings, sites, as well as an atlas and a dictionary.
Plato: Collected Dialogues (Past Masters) English. The Edith Hamilton and Huntington Cairns edition of Plato: The Collected Dialogues and the Benjamin Jowett 4th edition of the Dialogues.
Thesaurus Linguae Graecae Greek. Includes most ancient Greek literary texts from Homer (8th century BCE) to the fall of Constantinople in 1453 CE. The aim is to include all of Greek literature to the present.

Dictionaries & Encyclopedias

Concise Oxford Companion to Classical Literature Offers reference to the classical world and its literary heritage. Based on the Oxford Companion to Classical Literature. Edited by Margaret Howatson and Ian Chilvers. Part of “Oxford Reference Online.”
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Lexikon des Mittelalters Dates of coverage: 300-1500. A standard encyclopedia for medieval studies. Covers all of Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa.
Oxford Classical Dictionary One-volume encyclopedia to all aspects of classical antiquity. 3rd ed. 1996. Edited by Simon Hornblower and Antony Spawforth.
Oxford Companion to Classical Civilization Provides a survey of the Greek and Roman worlds in all their aspects. Edited by Simon Hornblower and Antony Spawforth. Part of “Oxford Reference Online.”
Pocket Oxford Latin Dictionary: English-Latin and Latin-English
Who's Who in the Classical World A dictionary of ancient biography, covering Greek and Roman history and politics, literature, philosophy, science, and art. Part of “Oxford Reference Online.”

Scholarly Resources on the Internet

The American Society of Greek and Latin Epigraphy
Ancient Art, Mythology, and Archaeology Resources Links from the University of Kentucky Department of Classics.
Ancient World Mapping Center Cartography and geography of the ancient world. Davis Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
APIS (Advanced Papyrological Information System) Images of papyri from the collections at Princeton, Columbia, Duke, Michigan, UC Berkeley, and Yale
Burrowing in Classical Antiquity: A Selective Guide to Internet Resources An extensive list of classics resources on the Web (classics departments, electronic texts, electronic journals, discussion groups, bibliographies). By Blake Landor, University of Florida Libraries, Gainesville.
Cambridge School Classics Project For beginning students of Latin and their teachers.
Centre for the Study of Ancient Documents Oxford University's epigraphical archive.
Classical Studies Greek Drama and Poetry Database Project Focuses on performances of Greek plays in the original and in adaptations, as well as on influences of Greek texts, images and myths on English poetry.
The Classics Page of Pomoerium A collection of internet resources for the study of classical antiquity by the publisher of Pomoerium.
De Imperatoribus Romanis: An Online Encyclopedia of Roman Emperors DIR is an on-line encyclopedia on the rulers of the Roman empire from Augustus (27 BC-AD 14) to Constantine XI Palaeologus (1449-1453)
Diotima: Materials for the Study of Women and Gender in the Ancient World Visual images, course materials, essays, reviews, bibliographies on the study of women and gender in the ancient world. By Ross Scaife and Suzanne Bonefas, University of Kentucky.
Duke Papyrus Archive Electronic access to texts and images of 1373 documentary papyri from ancient Egypt at Duke University.
Electronic Resources for Classicists: The Second Generation One of the most extensive and well-annotated collections of classics resources on the Web. By Maria C. Pantelia, University of California, Irvine.
Épigraphie latine From Bibliotheca Classica Selecta (BCS), a bibliographic guide to classics resources (epigraphy, papyrology, etc.). By Jacques Poucet, Facultés universitaires Saint-Louis, Brussels.
Epigraphik-Datenbank Clauss An in-progress database aiming at compiling all inscriptions in Latin.
Epigraphische Datenbank Heidelberg Allows for keyword searching of inscriptions from l'Année Epigraphique.
Exploring Ancient World Cultures Essays and resources on the major civilizations of antiquity, including Greece and Rome. Some translations of ancient text are included. Intended for general readers and undergraduate students.
Forum Romanum Links to language resources, historical outlines, a geneaology of the gods, and other offerings.
Gnomon Online This allows you to search select titles from the 1999- issues of Gnomon: Kritische Zeitschrift für die gesamte klassische Altertumswissenschaft.
KIRKE: Katalog der Internetressourcen für die Klassische Philologie A comprehensive collection of Classics resources via Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. By Ulrich Schmitzer.
Late Antiquity Bibliographies and Web links for Late Antiquity by Michael Johnson, Classics Department, Rutgers University.
Links to Classical Material Extensive and nicely arranged list of Internet resources on the Greek, Roman, Egyptian and Near Eastern civilizations. By David Rosenbloom, Victoria University of Wellington.
Literary Resources--Classical and Biblical Searchable database of literary resources. By Jack Lynch, Rutgers University. Contains basic information on ancient literary texts dating from the fourth century B.C.E. to C.E. 800.
Maecenas: Images of Ancient Greece and Rome A large collection of high-quality photos from France, Italy, and Greece. Maintained by Leo Curran, University of Buffalo.
Papyrology Home Page from the University of Michigan Links to papyrus collections at many institutions. By John D. Muccigrosso, University of Michigan.
Perseus Project Home Page Searchable digital library of ancient texts and translations, maps, art catalogs, and essays on various topics related to Greek antiquity. By Tufts University. Parts of the Perseus image collections are restricted to the Tufts community. Searchable list of the full names of persons accompanied by the volume number in the print edition for each entry.
Rassegna degli Strumenti Informatici per lo Studio dell'Antichita' Classica A compilation of various types of resources, including literary, papyrological, archaeological, and epigraphical, maintained by Alessandro Cristofori of the University of Bologna. Annotations are in Italian.
Rhetoric: Glossary and Examples A useful compilation from the University of Kentucky.
Roman Law The home page for the Roman law branch of the Law-related Internet project at the University of Saarbrücken. By Thomas Rüfner.
Roman Law Resources Texts, directories, discussion groups. Ernest Metzger, University of Aberdeen.
Silvae Rhetoricae A guide to the terms of classical and renaissance rhetoric. Gideon Burton, Brigham Young University.
Software Directory for the Classics
Stoa.org: A Consortium for Electronic Publication in the Humanities Views of geographic locations in the ancient world and Retiarius, a web-based journal in Latin.
The U.S. Epigraphy Project The goal of the U.S. Epigraphy Project is to gather and distribute information about ancient (mainly, but not only) Greek and Latin inscriptions preserved in the United States. The project is coordinated by the Department of Classics, Rutgers University.
University of Kentucky Classics Department Home Page A comprehensive site, including information for aspiring Latin teachers. The "Libraries" category provides links to literary, textual, and bibliographical resources.

Classics Departments

Museums, Institutes, Societies, and Libraries

Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
Bodleian Library, Oxford
Brooklyn Museum
The Getty
The Louvre
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Princeton University Art Museum
The American Academy in Rome
The American School of Classical Studies at Athens
British Academy Overseas Institutes and Societies
American Classical League
The American Numismatic Society
American Philological Association.
American Society of Greek and Latin Epigraphy
Archaeological Institute of America
Association of Ancient Historians
Classical Association of the Atlantic States (CAAS)
Classical Association of the Middle West and South (CAMWS)
Classical Association of New England
Classical Association of the Pacific Northwest (CAPN)
The National Junior Classical League
Oxford Centre for the Study of Ancient Documents
Professional Organizations and Directories via TLG
The Women's Classical Caucus

Publishers

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