Classics

The languages, cultures, discoveries, disciplines, histories, literature, and ways of life of the "Classical" Greek, Hellenistic, Carthaginian, and Roman/Roman-allied civilizations; covering a period of time approximately from 600 BC to AD 600. n.b. This will, of necessity, not include prior civilizations in the same area (such as Phoenicia in its heyday, Pharaonic Egypt, the Etruscans, Archaic Greece, etc.) The one notable exception will be several works of literature composed in the gap between Mycenean Greece and Classical Greece, which heavily influenced the direction of the following society, namely Homer, Hesiod, and the Homeric Hymns.

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Alcove 9: Classical and Medieval History
http://www.loc.gov/rr/main/alcove9/classics.html

The Library of Congress's annotated list of reference websites for classical and medieval history.

Bibliomania: Free Online Literature and Study Guides
http://www.bibliomania.com/

Free e-texts of world's greatest literature, including fiction, poetry, drama, and limited non-fiction and reference sources. Includes study guides for students and teachers and bulletin board for posting opinions and queries.

Bibliotheca Classica Selecta
http://bcs.fltr.ucl.ac.be/BCS.html

A French-language introductory site to classical studies. Contains titles of journal articles, links to electronic resources, translations of classical works into French, and a thematically organized catalogue (bibliographie d'orientation).

The Classics Pages
http://www.classicspage.com/

Includes information on art, mythology, Greek and Latin literature, social history, and archeology. Also features games and links to webpages with more specific information on each topic.

Exploring Ancient World Cultures
http://eawc.evansville.edu/

Online course supplement for students and teachers of the ancient and medieval worlds, featuring its own essays and primary texts. Covers eight areas of interest: "The Near East, India, Egypt, China, Greece, Rome, Early Islam and Medieval Europe". Associate site of the Argos Project (http://argos.evansville.edu/about.htm).

Greek Civilization for Middle Schoolers
http://www.historyforkids.org/

"These pages have been designed by Portland State sophomores primarily for the use of middle school students (ages 11-14) investigating Greek civilization of the Classical period. They include appropriate information and maps, links to other relevant sites on the World Wide Web, and suggestions for further reading."

Interactive Ancient Mediterranean
http://iam.classics.unc.edu/

"IAM is an on-line atlas of the ancient Mediterranean world designed to serve the needs and interests of students and teachers in high school, community college and university courses in classics, ancient history,geography, archaeology and related fields."

Rassegna degli strumenti informatici per lo studio dell'Antichita Classica
http://www.rassegna.unibo.it/index.html

Rassegna degli strumenti informatici per lo Studio dell'Antichita Classica is a guide to electronic resources for Classics. It is posted in the electronic pages of the Department of Ancient History, University of Bologna by Professor Alessandro Cristofori and includes detailed descriptions (in Italian) and hyperlinks to numerous resources, such as literary texts, epigraphy, papyri, numismatics, archaeology, electronic journals, bibliographies, discussion groups, museums and software archives.

Table of Contents of Journals of Interest to Classicists
http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/amphoras/tocs.html

Journals' tables of contents in Classics, Archaeology, Religion and Near Eastern Studies, and Miscellaneous. A small percentage of articles have links to abstracts or full-text. But some require a subscription - university or otherwise.