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Greek Language Subject Guide


	Introduction Here are some helpful resources for the study of the Greek language. The Classics Department also maintains a more comprehensive reference guide to classical studies on their departmental home page. Research Databases Reference Materials Web Sources Search Hints Contact Librarian


	Research Databases (Consult this list for interdisciplinary databases) Thesaurus Linguae Graecae The Thesaurus Linguae Graecae online is a digital collection of most literary texts written in Greek from Homer to the fall of Byzantium in AD 1453. The aim of this project is to provide a comprehensive digital library of Greek literature from antiquity to the present era. TLG is updated quarterly and currently provides access to 3,700 authors and 12,000 works. View: Online


	Reference Materials Greek Grammar (Smyth) - PA254 .S6 1956 1956 edition of Herbert Weir Smyth's Greek Grammar. An online version of the 1920 edition is available through the Perseus Project Web site. View: In Print Greek Grammar of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature (BDF) - PA813 .B513 1961 A translation and revision of the classic grammar of F. Blass and A. De Brunner, by Robert W. Funk. View: In Print Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, 3d ed. (BDAG) - PA881 .D27 2000 The most recent revision of the standard lexicon for the study of the Greek New Testament, containing cross-references, textual references and extensive bibliographical references. View: In Print Greek-English Lexicon, 9th ed. - PA445 .E5 L6 1996 1996 edition of Liddell and Scott's classic lexicon, with a supplement (bound separately)incorporating new material. An online version of the 1940 edition is available on the Perseus Web site. View: In Print Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges - PA4209 .Z5 A9 1904 A handy, easy-to-use dictionary for reading Homer. View: In Print Patristic Greek Lexicon - PA445.E5 L3 Includes theological and ecclesiastical vocabulary of the Greek Christian authors from Clement of Rome (ca. 100) to Theodore of Studium (d. 826). View: In Print


	Web Sources Cambridge Gateway to Classics Resources on the Web A gateway to web resources in all areas of classical studies, arranged under six headings: literature; philosophy and science; history; art history and architecture; linguistics and philology; general. View: Online Intute: Arts and Humanities A major UK web portal for the finest Arts and Humanities web resources for education and research. More than 18,000 sites have been selected and evaluated by a network of subject specialists and made available through an intuitive search interface. View: Online Perseus Project The Classics Collection of the (now) broader Perseus Project contains extensive and diverse resources including primary and secondary texts, site plans, digital images, and maps related to the Greek and Roman world. View: Online Textkit: Greek and Latin Learning Tools Textkit is the Internet's largest provider of free and fully downloadable Greek and Latin grammars and readers. With currently 146 free books to choose from, Greek and Latin learners have downloaded 648,431 grammars, readers and classical e-books. There are also many other areas of Textkit which can help you learn Greek and Latin. View: Online

WebCat Search Hints

- Subject-specific hints for searching the library catalog

For a general guide to searching WebCat, the library's online catalog, see the library's guides Searching WebCat - Basic or Searching WebCat - Advanced. Here are some representative formats for subject headings relevant to the Greek language:

Greek language--Biblical--Grammar
Greek language--Study and teaching
Greek language--Syntax
Ionic Greek dialect
Paleography, Greek--Abbreviations

A good way to find specific LC Subject Headings is to look up the bibliographic record of a book on your topic in the catalog, and then read the description and information in that record. Near the end of that information several LC Subject Headings will be given as links. If you click on these, the catalog will call up other books on that topic in the collection.

You may want to start with a keyword search, then read the information provided in several of the bibliographical records for several books, and locate the subject headings given there. Then click on the subject heading link to discover other books on that topic.

Greek language--Biblical--Grammar
Greek language--Study and teaching
Greek language--Syntax
Ionic Greek dialect
Paleography, Greek--Abbreviations

Classics Subject Guide Librarian

Schemper, Lugene

Theological Librarian

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Additional Guides in the Area of Classics

Greek Language Subject Guide

Introduction

Research Databases

Reference Materials

Web Sources

Search Hints

Contact Librarian

Research Databases

Thesaurus Linguae Graecae

Reference Materials

Greek Grammar (Smyth)

Greek Grammar of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature (BDF)

Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, 3d ed. (BDAG)

Greek-English Lexicon, 9th ed.

Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges

Patristic Greek Lexicon

Web Sources

Cambridge Gateway to Classics Resources on the Web

Intute: Arts and Humanities

Perseus Project

Textkit: Greek and Latin Learning Tools

WebCat Search Hints

Classics Subject Guide Librarian

Schemper, Lugene