Hekman Library: Classical Studies: Find Background Info

Recommended Reference Sources

The Classics Department maintains a comprehensive reference guide to classical studies on its website.

Classical Studies: A Guide to the Reference Literature by Fred W. Jenkins
Call Number: Z7016 .J4 2006 (reference)
Annotated bibliography of the best reference resources for classical studies. Coverage includes works on language, literature, art, archaeology, history, and philosophy.
The Oxford Classical Dictionary by Simon Hornblower (Ed.), et al.
Call Number: DE5 .O9 2012 (reference)
An authoritative one-volume guide to all aspects of the ancient classical world, with entries that include bibliographies.
Brill's New Pauly Encyclopaedia of the Ancient World by Hubert Cancik
Call Number: DE5 .N4813 2012 (reference)
An updated English edition of a standard work covering classical studies. Currently 15 volumes of a projected 20 volume set are available.

Dictionary of Classical Mythology by Robert E. Bell
Call Number: BL715 .B44 (Theol. Ref.)
Substantive entries on figures of classical mythology; includes bibliographies for entries in appendix.

Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World by Richard Talbert
Call Number: G1033 .B3 2000 (atlas case)
A comprehensive atlas of the Greek and Roman world from 1000 B.C. to A.D. 640.
The Cambridge Ancient History
Call Number: D57 .C252 (reference)
Authoritative multi-volume history with extensive topical bibliographies at the end of each volume.
L'Annee Philologique; Bibliographie Critique et Analytique de l'antiquite Greco-Latine by J. Marouzeau
Call Number: Z7016.M35 A (5th floor)
Key bibliographic index of articles and books covering the literature, history, and culture of the classical world. Print version covers 1928-present.
Atlas of Classical Archaeology by M.I. Finley
Call Number: G1046.E15 A8 1977 (reference)
Arranged by country, each chapter has an overview of a particular site, with map, site plan, photos, and bibliography.

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Perseus Project
The Classics Collection of the broader Perseus Project contains extensive and diverse resources, including primary texts (including English translations of primary texts) and secondary works, site plans, digital images, and maps related to the Greek and Roman world. Use the list of Greek and Roman Materials, or search the site, using the Perseus catalog .
Papyri.info
Papyri.info supports searching, browsing, and aggregation of ancient papyrological documents and related materials. The Papyrological Editor (PE) enables multi-author, version controlled, peer reviewed scholarly curation of papyrological texts, translations, commentary, scholarly metadata, institutional catalog records, bibliography, and images.
Diotima
An interdisciplinary resource on women and gender in the ancient Mediterranean world. The site is searchable and includes bibliographies, translated texts, essays, and images. It has full-text links to articles in Hekman Library's JSTOR collection.
Texkit: Greek and Latin Learning Tools
Textkit is the Internet's largest provider of free and fully downloadable Greek and Latin grammars and readers. There are also many other areas of Textkit, which can help you learn Greek and Latin.

Centurion - Defender of Rome
Try your hand at this retro MS-DOS strategy game. "Starting as a young Roman legionnaire in 275BC, your job is to conquer the known world through force or diplomacy, fighting on land and sea. Centurion: Defender of Rome is a turn-based strategy game. You start with one province, Rome, and one legion. To complete the game, you have to conquer all the provinces on the map" (website description).