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Mythology
Bulfinch's Mythology
The standard reference in English for Greek and Roman myths. Excellent site.Classical Myths
An impressive collection of ancient texts and images.Greek Mythology
Brown University has done an outstanding job here.Dionysos
The Greek god of wine and revelry (known to the Romans as Bacchus).Eleusinian Mysteries
All that can be told about the myth of Demeter and Persephone. "Though the physical changes form in a natural process, the spiritual lives eternally."
Hypertext Books on Ancient Greece
15 Ancient Greek Heroes from Plutarch's Lives
Abridged modern English hypertext edition of Plutarch's Lives, with notes, links, chronology, and a 1065 word clickable vocabulary base. The right vocabulary builder for SAT preparation or for foreign students of American business English.Plato's Crito (Jowett translation).
Thoughts of Socrates on the citizen's duty to an unjust state. This well-annotated edition in hypertext is the best way to read the Crito.The Last Days of Socrates (four dialogues from Plato)
Thorough hypertext edition aimed at philosophy students. Graphics and other glitzy features make this site a slow and awkward read. En espanol tambien.Xenophon's Memorabilia
Why Socrates was sentenced to death by the Athenians, from one who knew him well. Anecdotes and dialogues not found in Plato, such as Socrates on friendship, ingratitude, luxury, lawyers, leadership, ambition, feminine allure, political science, self-control, and a good death.The Iliad by Homer, translated by Samuel Butler
Grand and gripping, a book to stir the warrior's soul. Alexander the Great's favorite book. Down and dirty spear-fighting, glory in mortality, and the sport of spiteful gods.The Odyssey by Homer, translated by Samuel Butler
Long-suffering hero struggles home to his loyal wife, with a little help from his guardian goddess. Ladies may prefer this to the Iliad.History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides
(trans. by Richard Crawley)
Thucydides is the leading ancient authority on the war between Athens and Sparta (431 - 404 BC), and he is definitely worth reading even today. One of the top works in the classical canon. Xenophon completes the story of the defeat of Athens.
Thucydides Mythistoricus by Francis M. Cornford
He says that the real cause of the Peloponnesian War was the political dominance in Athens of the commercial interests, who expected a bonanza.
Collections of Texts, Etc.
MIT Classics Archive
Perseus Project
Comprehensive site, with over 15,000 pictures. If you are looking for the works of an ancient author, start here.
On Line Medieval and Classics Library
Another collection of texts, mostly medieval, but they do have Hesiod.Penguin Classics
The leading publisher in English, over 1600 titles.
Organizations
International Plutarch Society
A society of Plutarch's friends. Links to all things Plutarchean.National Junior Classical League
National Senior Classical League
American Classical League
If you're interested in dead languages, this has a good links page.
Classics Web Nodes
Ancient Greece Page
Annotated links for many topics, and discussion. Good place for research.The Classic Page
Lovingly compiled collection of links to interesting classical sites.Electronic Resources for Classicists
Comprehensive site for everything relating to classical studies.Cambridge Classics Page
The faculty of Cambridge has compiled this selection of classics links.Argos Search Engine for Classical Studies.
Classics Collections Page Very comprehensive, with lots of links.Ancient World Web Lots of links.
Other Interesting Sites
Plutarch's Lives
(Dryden translation (1686) as revised by A.H. Clough (1864))
The complete Lives, with the comparisons. Thanks to Project Gutenberg. The Lives is the greatest classic in Western literature, and the book that ignited the Renaissance of Western Europe. For an abridged, modern English version of the Greek lives, click here.Plutarch's Advice to Married Couples
From the Moralia, some ancient wisdom for domestic harmony.Chaironeia - Plutarch's Home on the Web
Good collection of information on Plutarch, maintained by Kenneth Mayer.Hesiod
Highly recommended reading. Mythology (Theogony) and wisdom (Works and Days).Homer Home Page
With lots of links. But to get to the Iliad and the Odyssey, see the MIT links above.The Herodotus Site
Herodotus was the first Western historian. His history of the victory of the Greeks over the Persians, and his contemporaneous description of the known world ~500 BC, has delighted readers for many centuries. This site assembles relevant information.Xenophon Home Page
Xenophon completes the story of the Peloponnesian War, taking up where Thucydides leaves off. The Anabasis tells the story of the march of the Ten Thousand out of Babylon back to Greece. Also very interesting are the Cyropaedia, which is the story of Cyrus, first king of Persia, and the Spartan Constitution.Old Oligarch (Pseudo-Xenophon) on the Athenian Constitution
Athens as seen by a contemporary observer of its heyday. Democrats will be offended.Alexanderama
And finally, the ultimate collection of links to Alexander the Great, by Tim Spalding.Plato's Republic (the Jowett translation)
Amazons Existed And here's the proof.
Sparta Links Lots of research here.
Hobbes on Thucydides
Archaic English, but worthy of attention. Hobbes was an important English writer on the social contract theory of states. Thucydides is the chronicler of the Peloponnesian War.Aristotle
Plato's most famous pupil was the tutor of Alexander and left a large body of work on many subjects.
Battle of Leuctra
Sparta's hegemony ended suddenly with one battle. This site compiles all sources.Atlas of Ancient Greece
Maps and place name locators.Trojan War
Summary of the events, with notes on the characters. Part of a comprehensive HTML Greek Mythology site, well done by Brown University.Atlantis
Solon and Plato were very interested in Atlantis, the lost civilization from 10,000 B.C. So here's a jumping off point for further research if you're interested, too.Who Killed Homer? (a Gergen dialogue, September 28, 1998)
Why no one reads the classics any more, despite a large volume of scholarship still being churned out. "Killed" is significant. Negligent or intentional Homercide is an open question.Loeb Classical Library
Where to buy classic Greek-English books.The Ancient Greek World
Archaeology is the main focus here, with many pictures of pottery fragments, etc.Greek Artifacts
Coins, daggers, etc. for sale. Birthday shopping for a classicist?
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