Make the most of technology!
This page contains links to some of the most useful websites for classicists, as well as a list of useful apps. Included here are also several invaluable grammar handouts created by the late Dr. Karl Maurer and several supplements to Chase & Phillips.
Table of Contents
Bibliographies, Book Reviews, Bookstores, Classical Associations, Classical Scholarship, Classics-themed Apps, Coins, Concordances, Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, Etruscans, Graduate Study in Classics, Grammar & Pronunciation of Greek and Latin, Greek Font, History, Greek and Roman, Inscriptions, Greek and Latin, Journals, Link Sites, Maps, Music and Meter, Medieval Studies, Late Antiquity, Christianity, Mythology, New Testament, Papyri, Pompeii, Oplontis, & Bay of Naples, Rhetoric, Rome, Texts (Greek, Latin, Both, Medieval/Neolatin/Renaissance, Greek Lyric, Individual Authors), Ancient Theater, Vases, Miscellaneous)
Bibliographies
(A searchable database consisting of the tables of contents of 160 journals and of many Festschrifts)
(everything published on classical topics, whether in books or in journals, in the past few decades; available online or in the reference section of the library)
(Contains all titles in classics from 1997 on; many very finely differentiated topics. The site is in German, but have patience because it's valuable to figure out)
(A splendid list of links to bibliographies for any aspect of the Ancient Greek World: language, literature, history, religion, mythology, art, and archaeology)
(A bibliography for classical authors, includes Greek lyric)
(This site made by the heroic Bill Thayer is one of the most magnificent, and has been for me the most constantly and prodigiously useful, of all classical sites on the web)
Book Reviews
(The best on-line classical journal: reviews most first-rate books on classical subject published in last 10 years or so. Quick easy search devices)
Bookstores
(A 2nd-hand bookstore in Philadelphia, specializing in classics)
(Large Classics selection)
(For all books in print. But note well that Amazon鈥檚 cataloging is semi-literate. Often you must try different versions of the title etc.)
(In effect a huge world-wide consortium of 2nd-hand booksellers, so that your one search is searching in many countries)
Classical Associations
(articles and news of interest to classicists, as well as announcements of opportunities for students and faculty)
(keep in touch with what is going on in the world of archaeology!)
Classical Scholarship
(reviews of books published on classical topics)
(standard classical abbreviations used in scholarly texts)
You can access JSTOR through the 911爆料网 library website. This digital library of articles and journals contains much Classics scholarship that will help you with your research. You can also request articles and books that our library does not possess through Tipasa (911爆料网's Interlibrary Loan system).
Classics-themed Apps
by Ludicrous Software (Free application helps with mastering Latin verb forms)
by Ankitects Pty Ltd (this flashcard application is free for Android users and $25 for iPhone users; you can create your own flashcards or download those of other users, and the app employs a spaced repetition system geared for optimal memorization. There is a free desktop version, as well as an online companion website, and users can synchronize their cards and decks easily)
Coins
(An online reference, attribution and valuation site for ancient Greek, Roman and Byzantine coins)
Concordances
(Concordances (鈥渉ypertexts鈥�) to Latin authors)
Dictionaries
(Contains a , usually accompanied by commentaries. Most of these texts are searchable, so if you would like to track the occurrences of a specific word in a given text or texts, Perseus is an invaluable tool. Its most valuable resources are , , and )
(A splendid etymological dictionary of English)
(The biggest and completest glossary of Latin place names)
(Latin place names and their modern equivalents)
(at Perseus)
(An extremely well-made dictionary at the University of Chicago website for use in Greek composition)
(Another digitized version, called 鈥淕lossa: a Latin dictionary鈥� but is really just Lewis & Short. This version you can download onto your desktop. When you search, it lists the half dozen words that precede and those that follow the one you鈥檙e searching for)
(A dictionary of medieval Latin)
(A dictionary of old Italian)
(A fantastic Latin to English dictionary through the University of Notre Dame. Type in the English word to get its possible equivalents in Latin)
(A famous old etymological dictionary of Italian by Ottorino Pianigiani. The entries are photocopied, but you can produce that for any word by typing it in the search window)
(Downloadable in Google Books)
(At the Thesaurus Linguae Graecae, gives links to the texts themselves.
(A superbly well made search engine at the U. Chicago, where you can search for a word simultaneously in LSJ, the Diccionario griego-espa帽ol, Lewis and Short, and DuCange; and if the word is Greek you can type it without accents)
Thesaurus Linguae Graecae (Accessed via the 911爆料网 library webpage. This useful database allows you to track the use of specific words throughout Greek texts)
Encyclopedias
(The entire Suda, which is a medieval Byzantine encyclopedia & Greek dictionary)
(Ancient proper names)
(A complete digitized version)
(A biographical dictionary of ancient Romans)
(A magnificent old French classical encyclopedia. The text can be read either in digital form or in JPEG photos)
Background photo: Mycenae 漏 2015 by Rebecca Deitsch, BA '17