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Classics
Barrington Atlas
of the Greek and Roman World
Provides a graphical overview and background information
on the Barrington Atlas, a reference work that "recreates the entire
world of the Greeks and Romans from the British Isles to the Indian subcontinent
and deep into North Africa."
The atlas is in the atlas case of Simpson Library at
the end of the Reference Collection (call number CASE G 1033 .B3 2000). The
two-volume supplement, a map-by-map directory, is on the shelves of the Reference
Collection (REFB G 1033 .B3 2000 Suppl.).
The Classics
Page at Ad Fontes Academy
Contains many Latin and medieval texts. Sections of the website include Latin Texts (see especially the numerous authors represented in The
Latin Library), Classical Links of General Interest, Classical Associations & Groups, Classical Journals, Special Sites and Homepages, Discussion Lists, Images of the Ancient World, Latin Resources, Books & Software, and Certamen Resources.
The Classics Pages
Covers the life, mythology, literature, archaeology,
and art of the ancient world of Greece and Rome. Subdivisions of the webpage
include Entertainment, Philosophy, Art, Greek Mythology, Harry Potter, Greek
Literature, Latin Literature, Social History, Archaeology, and Education.
Diotima: Materials for
the Study of Women and Gender in the Ancient World
Focuses on women and gender issues among Roman, Greek,
Egyptian, and other cultures around the ancient Mediterranean. The site includes
"course materials, the beginnings of a systematic and searchable bibliography,
and links to many online resources, including articles, book reviews, databases,
and images."
Dr. J's Illustrated
Guide to the Classical World
A collection of images, texts, lectures, and other
resources that illustrate the history, mythology, art, and archaeology of the
ancient Greek and Roman world.
The Internet Classics Archive
Among the 59 authors included in this searchable collection
of 441 classical full texts are Aeschylus, Aesop, Marcus Aurelius, Augustus,
Julius Caesar, Cicero, Confucius, Euclid, Hippocrates, Homer, Horace, Omar Khayyam,
Livy, Ovid, Plato, Sophocles, Thucydides, Virgil, and Xenophon. Most of the
works are Greek and Latin, although there are a few Chinese and Persian texts;
all are English translations.
LacusCurtias: Into the Roman World
This major resource on ancient Rome includes primary
and secondary texts, translations, a photo-gazetteer of Roman towns and monuments,
topographical works, classical dictionaries, maps, and links to related sites.
The Online Medieval
& Classical Library
Users can browse this searchable collection of over
30 "of the most important literary works of Classical and Medieval civilization"
by title, author, genre, and language. Over a dozen anonymous texts are included,
as well as representative works by Geoffrey Chaucer, Chretien de Troyes, Homer,
and John Gower.
Perseus Digital Library
An evolving digital library of resources for the study
of the ancient world. The extensive collection includes primary and secondary
texts, translations, digital images, maps, and site plans.
Pinax
Online: An Annotated List or Web Bibliographies on the Ancient Greek World
Online bibliographies cover language, literature, history,
religion, mythology, art, and archaeology of the ancient Greek world.
Tables
of Contents of Journals of Interest to Classicists
“TOCS-IN,” as this site is called, provides the tables
of contents of selected journals in Classics, Religion, and Near Eastern Studies.
The project began to archive current tables of contents in 1992, and now contains
ca. 185 journals, and over 45,000 articles.” Pre-1992 journals are also being
added. Use the search engine at Searching
TOCS-IN to access this invaluable research.
Philosophy
BEARS
Maintained by faculty members in the philosophy department
at Brown University, the Brown University Electronic Article Review Service
(BEARS) publishes short-approximately 1,000 words-reviews of articles in moral
and political philosophy.
The
Ecole Initiative
The Early Church On-Line Encyclopedia (Ecole)
Initiative is a cooperative effort among scholars around the world "to
establish a hypertext encyclopedia of early Church history (to the Reformation)
on the World Wide Web."
The encyclopedia includes documents (translations of
Judaeo-Christian and Islamic primary sources to 1500), a glossary (short essays
or "glosses"), articles (long essays), images (Judaeo-Christian iconography
and religious art), and a chronology (a timeline with a geographical cross-index).
Guide
to Philosophy on the Internet
Peter Suber of the Philosophy Department at Earlham
College maintains this comprehensive guide to online philosophy resources. His
numerous links are arranged by categories in an easy-to-navigate table of contents
and include Guides, Journals, Bibliographies, Topics, Dictionaries, Quotations,
Etexts, and Associations.
The Hippias search engine allows keyword searching
of all of the sites to which he links.
The
Philosophy Pages
Dieter Kohler's "1000+ links to philosophy sites
on the Internet" are organized into the categories Material (such
as philosophers, philosophy subjects, philosophy schools, philosophy history),
Discussion (online journals, text and audio archives, discussion forums,
mailing lists), Investigation (search engines, libraries, publishers,
bookshops), and Research and Teaching (university departments, institutes,
philosophical societies).
Major Religions Ranked by Size
Philosophy Dictionaries and Glossaries
Dictionary
of Philosophy of Mind
"The Dictionary of Philosophy of Mind is intended
to serve as a reference work suitable for use by professionals and students
interested in the philosophy of mind." Produced with the sponsorship of
Washington University in St. Louis.
Ecole
Initiative
The Early Church On-Line Encyclopedia (Ecole) Initiative
is a cooperative effort on the part of scholars across the internet to establish
a hypertext encyclopedia of early Church history (to the Reformation) on the
World-Wide Web. Contains documents, glossary, articles, images, and chronology.
Internet Encyclopedia
of Philosophy
Sources for the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
are: (1) adaptations from public domain sources, (2) adaptations of material
written by the editor for classroom purposes, and (3) original contributions
by professional philosophers around the internet.
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Encyclopedia of Philosophy. REFB B41 .E5
Encyclopedia of Religion. BL31 .E46 1986
An Intelligent Person's Guide to Philosophy / Roger Scruton. BD21 .S38x 1996
Philosophy : A Guiide Through the Subject / edited by A.C. Grayling. BD21 .P47 1995
The Quotable Spirit: A Treasury of Religious and Spiritual Quotations from Ancient Times to the Twentieth Century. Compiled and edited by Peter Lorie and Manuela Dunn Mascetti. REFB BL 48 .Q48 1996.
Research Guide to Philosophy / Terrence N. Tice and Thomas P. Slavens. B52 .T5 1983
Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy . REFB B51 .R68 1998
World Philosophers and Their Works/ editor, John K. Roth. REFB B104 .W67 2000
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