Coniunctiones Quaedam
Resources for the Study of Classical Antiquity
©2001-2003 by Dr. Michael M. Fiveash
VARIA AUXILIA ELECTRONICA AD RES ANTIQUAS PERTINENTIA IN
USUM SCHOLASTICUM APUD AEDES LEXINGTON HIGH SCHOOL.

This page makes no claim to be anything like a complete listing of resources for the study of classical antiquity. Rather it is intended to give an idiosyncratic (and perhaps eccentric) overview of this wonderful area of study which may be of interest to students and their teachers.

Links to some areas of specialized study within the discipline of Classics. Papyrology: Papyrus was the medium of choice for many written documents and literary texts in the ancient world. Two sites which provide students with an introduction to this interesting and challenging area are La papyrologie et l'électronique and Duke Papyrus Archive. On the subject of writing and the production of texts in general see the two exhibits IN AEDIBVS ALDI--THE LEGACY OF ALDUS MANUTIUS AND HIS PRESS (on the great 16th century publishing house of Aldus Manutius and his successors) and (more generally) a really thought provoking exhibition on the technology of writing and text production from the Bibliothèque Nationale de France: Ecritures : matières et formes. The Prehistoric Aegean: An excellent survey (with images of sites and objects) is The Prehistoric Archaeology of the Aegean from Dartmouth College. Minoan civilization left an especially strong mark on later Greek culture, especially in myth, on which see Barbarians and Bureaucrats Title Page. Two sites relating to the Greek Bronze Age are of special interest to students of Greek myth since they involve two imposrtant "Homeric" places: on the archeology of ancient Troy see Project Troia and for Nestor's Pylos Pylos Regional Archaeological Project. The Etruscans: Etruscan Network: Internet Resources Ancient Medecine: The Asclepion is a site devoted entirely to the theory and practice of medecine in the ancient world. Dendrochronology: A technique for using-tree ring data to determine the age of wood used in ancient artifacts: Aegean Dendrochronology Project Alexander the Great: A very large site devoted to one of the most fascinating figures from the ancient world, with helpful (and sometimes brutally honest) annotations is Alexander the Great on the Web.

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Links to scholarly journals and publishers specializing in classical literature and history. There is a very large collection of links to publishers of books on classical antiquity at Library of Congress Classics Professional Resources. The list below is of sites of special merit or interest. Publisher's and University Presses Oxford University Press. Harvard University Press/Loeb Classical Library Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers. Cambridge University Press. Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites . Schoenhof's Foreign Books, Inc. Two Journals: Dedicated to the goal of "keeping the classics as a living force" Arion: Journal of Humanities and the Classics is always rewarding and thought provoking. Bryn Mawr Classical Review provides extensive and up-to-date reviews of scholarly on subjects related to classical antiquity. [N.B.: subscription is free.]

Links of special interest to secondary school students. Collections of On-Line Texts and Translations: Two comprehensive collections of Latin literary texts are the Forum Romanum's Latin Literature page and (especially recommended) The Latin Library As usual, the Library of Congress site (Greek and Latin Classics Texts) offers a functional and "no-frills" page of links. The "Roman Perseus" now boasts a section devoted to Latin literature (Texts in Perseus for Browsing: Latin) linked to Lewis and Short's Latin Dictionary. Some interesting and "out-of-the-way" texts can be found at Some Pompeian Inscriptions as well as Sententiae Latinae -- Latin Maxims. For literary texts and primary historical sources in translation see Folklore and Mythology Electronic Texts and the excellent Internet Ancient History Sourcebook: Main Page. An excellent site at Brown University (Greek Mythology Link, Home Page.) contains lots of textual material on Greek mythology as well as wide-ranging collection of images. See also: The Simpsons Archive. Latin Grammar: A very useful review of the fundamentals of Latin grammar and syntax, highly recommended for students at any level of proficiency: Individual Authors:  Apuleius     Apuleius, Apologia: seminar  Catullus    A very useful page of resources is catulluslinks , which contains information on meter, history and politics, images, etc. C. Valerius Catullus, Carmina (ed. E. T. Merrill) is a Hypertext edition of the poems of Catullus linked to a dictionary and commentary.  Cicero    Marcus Tullius Cicero Cicero: Excellent site from the University of Texas. Selections from Cicero's voluminous correspondence which are of special historiucal interest to students are conveniently gathered and translated at Select Letters, U. of Sask.  Lucretius     The Philosophy Garden , a site dedicated to Epicureanism and Epicurus, contains a great deal of interesting material as does the curiously titled What Lucretius Wrought. An Italian site ( De Rerum Natura - Index - IntraText CT) offers convenient access to an electronic text of the Latin text of the DRN. See also: Lucretius' On the Nature of the Universe.  Ovid      Univ. of Vermont, Hope Greenberg: Ovid/Project//////// Tenerorum lusor amorum An interesting and ambitious site from the University of Knetucky is Ovid, Metamorphoses: the Analytical Onomasticon Project (homepage)  Petronius    The Petronian Society Ancient Novel Web Page  Vergil      The Vergil Project and also virgil.org -- vergil resources Primarily Images: L'Histoire de l'Art et l'Archéologie du monde gréco-romain sur Internet is a generalized index of sites relevant to the art and archeology of the ancient world. There are of course many museums (especially recommended are the National Gallery of Art , The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Collections Overview: Antiquities (Getty Museum) ) whose collections include not only art objects from classical antiquity but also countless others of later date that imitate or are influenced in very interesting ways by their ancient prototypes, of which there are many examples in MYTHMEDIA - Mythology in Western Art. There are two especially useful archives of art and art-related links: AICT (Art Images for College Teaching ) and the easy to use and very comprehensive Artcyclopedia: The Guide to Museum-Quality Art on the Internet. A wonderful source for the images of the ancient objects themselves is the magisterial Perseus Project whose site is a marvel: Perseus Project Homepage. Maps and Atlases: There are beautifully drawn maps at The Interactive Ancient Mediterranean Project , which can be down loaded as PDF files. The Perseus Project ( Perseus Map Viewer) has an extensive atlas linked to its huge collection of texts and pictures. A page of links to maps connected with the study of Vergil's Aeneid can be found at Maps -- virgil.org. Special Examinations: The Advanced Placement Examinations in Classics present students with some unique challenges and opportunities. Two excellent resources for help in preparing for this exam are Internet Links for AP Latin and the College Board's own AP Latin - Latin Literature Free-Response Section. For the American Classical League's National Latin Exam (the exam adminsitered at LHS) there is the The National Latin Exam Undergraduate Programs in the Classics: Students considering majoring in classics or in studying the ancient world at the undergraduate level might think about consulting Library of Congress Classics in Universities, Colleges, Schools or the University of Michigan's Classics and Mediterranean Archaeology page.