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UC BERKELEY CLASSICS 28
SUMMER 2008
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the texts for the course and the Reading Schedule
Exams
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to convert 'Classical Mythology' 8th edition pages to CM 7th edition
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WRITING RESOURCES
Resources for Writers
Guide to Grammar & Style
How to Get an A
English Usage
Mark Israel's inimitable compendium of information and advice
McGraw-Hill's English Writers' Community
Grammar & Writing FAQ
Prof. Darling's list of most commonly asked grammar and writing questions - and writing and composition guide
UC Berkeley Libraries
 

 

DICTIONARIES, ENCYCLOPEDIAS
Oxford Classical Dictionary
[UC Berkeley only]
Seyffert's Dictionary of Classical Antiquity
no history or geography, & to be used with caution, in view of its age: but surprisingly full, & it was revised by Nettleship & Sandys
Smith's Dictionary of Greek & Roman Biography & Mythology
Old but very useful & full reference work
Dictionary of Greek & Roman Antiquities
Smith's dictionary of 'everything that isn't a person or place'
Wiki Classical Dictionary
the 'open house' dictionary
 

 

AUTHOR RESOURCES

Many Greek authors and texts are to be found (Greek & English versions) on Perseus. Listed below is a supplement: texts or authors not on Perseus, additional versions of particular interest, & language tools & resources.

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Aesop's Fables

Apollonius of Rhodes Argonautica
Seaton's prose translation

Aristotle
Chris Howard's remarkably comprehensive, yet still growing, site on Aristotle & all his work. Includes online translations of all works, as well as essays & plenty of other resources.

Aristotle & Plato
Authoritative English translations [UC Berkeley only]

Early Church Fathers

Early Church Fathers II
Irenaeus, Eusebius, Gregory, Photius etc. etc.

Euripides
Useful synopses of plays, evidence for dating etc.
Herodotus on the Web
a major collection of quality resources (200+) of all kinds on one of the key historians
Homer: the Chicago Homer
a very useful resource: all of Homer & Hesiod, with Greek & English line by line, linked to word & phrase frequency data, scholia & papyri
Homer's Iliad
Martin Mueller's useful monograph
Homer's Odyssey
Samuel Butler's fine prose translation
Odyssey Resources
mostly different translations to compare, helpfully arranged book by book
Plutarch - Chaironeia
'Plutarch's Home on the Web': texts, biographies, bibliography, influence etc.

Polybius
the only translation online of the whole of Polybius (the Loeb version).


Corpus Scriptorum Latinorum
full list of online texts
(part of David Camden's excellent forum romanum project)
Fonti Letterarie
a full and very useful list of online texts and tools for Latin authors.
Greek Authors Online
the UBasel database - texts & links
Latin Authors Online
the UBasel database - texts & links
Latin & Greek Authors on the Web
The Latin Library
A large collection of Latin texts (Classical & post-Classical) online.
Library of Ancient Texts Online
A full catalog of Greek texts available online (in Greek & English)
The Little Sailing
Agelos Perdikouris' collection of (mostly ancient) Greek texts, in Greek & translation
Patrologia Latina
Migne online (UCB only)
Philoctetes
Presocratics & Zeno in Greek & English
The Roman Law Library
Texts in translation online
the MIT Internet Classics Archive
 

 

BOOKS ONLINE
Ancient Library: Bookshelf
various interesting & rare works (mostly secondary & reference)
Athena
links to more than 10,000 literary & historical texts online from all periods - Greek, English, French, Russian...
Dodds: the Greeks & the Irrational
a classic groundbreaking work, available online for members of UC
Electronic Text Archive
list of numerous sites offering texts online
eScholarship editions
Books online from several presses, including more than 90 in Classics - mostly accessible only to UC with CalNet ID
Project Gutenberg
More than 13,000 texts freely available as eBooks, including many Classical authors.
 

 

BIBLIOGRAPHIES
L'Année Philologique
(UCB only)
Books & Writers
Huge list of authors, ancient to modern, with very full, informative biographies, bibliographies etc.
Classical Folklore Scholarship
Adrienne Mayor's useful bibliography (April 2000) of material on Greek & Roman myths and legends of potential interest to folklorists
Costume
Heracles: a bibliography
History Journals Guide
Liber Antiquus
general bibliography of the ancient book
Pinax Online
Marc Huys' list of web bibliographies on the ancient Greek world
TOCS-IN
searchable tables of contents of 185 journals 'of interest to classicists' (mostly since 1992)
Traditio Classicorum
Charles Lohr's bibliography of works on the fate (fortuna) of Classical authors down to 1650

eBooks @ Adelaide
List of writers, ancient to modern, with brief biographies, lists of e-texts etc.

 

 

 

MAJOR SEARCH RESOURCES
GENERAL
Perseus
THE primary collection and catalog of resources of all kinds for the ancient world  
Perseus - Berlin mirror
Perseus - Chicago mirror
Perseus - Oxford mirror
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Thesaurus Linguae Graecae
almost every Greek text there is, available online (UCB only)
MYTH
Greek Mythology Link
Carlos Parada's comprehensive site for Greek Myth, with refs. to sources and material helpfully arranged into (sub-)categories by theme etc.
Theoi Project
Aaron Atsma's Guide to Greek Gods, Spirits & Monsters: a very useful collection of texts, iconography, family trees, maps etc., with extensive citation of sources
Smith's Dictionary of Greek & Roman Biography & Mythology
Old but very useful & full reference work
Who Was Who in Mythology
brief but useful entries for a wide range of characters
Genealogies
Peter Hawlina's genealogical charts - go to the list of names & click on a name
 
LIBRARIES
UCB Pathfinder Search
UCB Art History-Classics
 
UB Karlsruhe Virtual Katalog
search catalogs of German, Austrian, Swiss, English, French etc. libraries & booksellers
 
British Library
 
LINKS CATALOGS
Ancient Greek (Hellenic) Links
Cambridge U. Classics Resources on the Web
Classics/Med Links
Cultural Map of Hellas
the 'official' site of the Greek Ministry of Culture with links to their individual websites for museums, sites etc. - a mixed bag, but very useful.
 
Diotima: Women & Gender in the Ancient World
Electronic Resources for Classicists
very full list of all kinds of resources (UC Irvine)
 
Graeca im Internet
rich & systematic collection of material on all aspects of Ancient Greece
Latin Link Lexikon
Hellenic Resources Network
Humbul Humanities Hub
catalog of online humanities resources
Kapatija: Aegean Information Sites
 
A Journey Through Ancient Greece
extensive coverage, by an enthusiast, of all aspects of Greece, with full sections on religion, cults, myth

 

 

GEOGRAPHY/TOPOGRAPHY
Google-Greece
Greece & Mediterranean on Google - adjustable (places, zoom in etc.)
Greece & W. Asia Minor
a clear map with most places, names of mountains etc.
Greek Travel Places
large dynamic directory - very rich in information, images, links etc. - difficult to find things, but search first by region, place etc. & then select information categories ('archaeological', 'ancient', 'mythology' etc.) & poke around
Leake: Travels in Northern Greece
e-text of Leake vol. II
Satellite Pictures
Courtesy NASA
Map of Athens in the time of Pericles
rich in supplementary information on the principal sites, figures, history etc. as well as additional maps & plans
Maps of the Ancient Mediterranean
Maps
Detailed maps of modern Greece
Maps of Greece
Directory of country & city maps of different kinds [EmbassyWorld]

Links to Historical Maps
a huge collection of links to maps of all kinds for all periods for all parts of the world

 

ARCHAEOLOGY RESOURCES
Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites
American Journal of Archaeology
Archaeology Magazine
Archäologie Online
the most complete index of archaeological sites & resources
Archaeology Web Sites
Forum Archaeologiae
the Vienna journal of Classical Archaeology
Metis: Archaeological Sites
interactive - click on the picture for each site & the buttons below it for instructions & to get different views
Prehistoric Archaeology of the Aegean
a very detailed & scholarly course of lectures and supporting material (including many photos)
 

The Illicit Antiquities Resource Centre, Cambridge, UK

 

 

USEFUL TOPIC RESOURCES
Classical Athens, Culture & Society
high quality survey, from FHW, of society, economy, politics, religion etc. of ancient Athens.

the Ephebeia
some docs misreferenced, but a good overview of the institution
Marriage
Ancient Weddings
Greek & Roman Weddings
Jennifer Powers' MA thesis
Death

THEATRE
Ancient Theatre Archive
Thomas Hines' virtual reality tour of numerous theatre sites in Greece, Italy, Turkey etc. - still under development, but very useful.
Didaskalia
Dr.J's Illustrated Theater
Skenotheke
a full collection of images of theatres, vase-paintings, monuments etc.
Overview & Sites
numerous sites -click on the map dots

ORACLES
Overview & Sites
click on the dots on the map

RELIGION
Ancient Divination & Astrology
a selection of major online resources
Ancient Goddesses
a useful review survey
Animal Sacrifice Database
Eleusinian Mysteries (Beck)
a very full collection (& citation) of the texts
Eleusinian Mysteries (Beach)
essay and bibliography by Edward Beach.
Halliday's Greek Divination
Herms
Hero Cults
Heroines in Myth & Cult
the complete text of Deborah Lyons' book
Minoan Religion
Mycenaean Religion

Satyrs & Maenads
Nikosthenos Painter - Hermitage

 

ART - ICONOGRAPHY
Hartmann's KunstLexikon

Beazley Archive: Pottery
images of many of the major pieces of Greek pottery (vase painting) - sort by divinity, theme, site etc.
Beazley Archive: Sculpture
a collection of many of the major pieces of Greek sculpture - sort by divinity, theme, site etc.
Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum
more than 100,000 vases, catalogued by museum, type, period etc. & searchable
Theoi Project
useful selection of images & info

Athena
a useful collection of images, links, texts etc. for the iconography & numerous sanctuaries of Athena
Centaurs
catalog of centaurs in vase painting

Olympian Gods in Vase Painting

the Trojan War
images of the causes, the War, and homecomings (incl. Odyssey)
 

 

ART & ARCHITECTURE
Architecture: terms, types, plans
Greek Art & Architecture
rich photographic resources from U Colorado for main sites & art
Greek Vase Types

 

 

MEDIEVAL & MODERN ART
The Abduction of Hippodameia
Musée Rodin

Art Gallery
Renaissance & later artists influenced by Greek Mythology

Web Museum Paris
large and informative gallery of artists from the middle ages on

 

MODERN INSPIRATIONS
The Abduction of Hippodameia
Musée Rodin
Classics in Contemporary Culture
an ongoing blog, with often intriguing reports, news items etc.
 

 

HISTORY
Alexander the Great
In the Footsteps of Alexander: the Michael Wood TV documentary recreation of the journey of Alexander, here very fully presented in website form by Maryland Public TV
Alexander the Great (JJP)
John Popovic' very full site (texts, maps, primary sources, cross-references, illustrations etc.
Alexander the Great on the Web
1,000+ resources of all kinds on Alexander

Ancient History Sourcebook
huge collection of texts by period

Ancient World
a sound & lively comprehensive history by an unusual author
Cyprus - a history
The History Channel
Late Antiquity Bibliography
(Neue Forschungen zur Spätantike) from the Freie Universität, Berlin: Bibliography (1990 - 2002) and links of topics, emperors, authors etc.
Marcus Aurelius
Bibliography and links of MA and his times (Freie Universität, Berlin)
The Peloponnese
Good historical accounts, with good photos, of all the districts of the Peloponnese.
Sparta
a good collection of texts & resources on the history & society of Sparta
Sparta II
a selection of material on Spartan history, religion, culture etc.
 

 

MUSEUMS

Ashmolean Museum, Oxford: Classical Archaeology (Beazley)
an important site for all study of all types of material remains

Athens, Acropolis Museum
Athens, Acropolis Museum
additional photos
Athens Metro Museums
finds from excavations during extension of the Athens Metro
Athens, National Arch. Museum
Athens, Museum of Cycladic Art
London: British Museum
London: British Museum: Compass
The BM's online database - first-rate images, scholarly texts, references
Moscow: Hermitage
Moscow: Hermitage -
Ancient Greek Pottery
Moscow: Hermitage -
Greek & Roman Sculpture
Munich Antikensammlung
many famous vases
Munich Glyptothek
home of the Aegina Aphaia temple sculptures
Oriental Institute UChicago
Paris: Louvre
Metropolitan Museum, NY
UPennsylvania Museum
Corinth
Delos
Delphi
Dodona
Martina Dieterle's extensive 1998 doctoral dissertation (in German) on the origins & religious & historical development of the sanctuary of Zeus
Herakleion, Crete
Lamia including the 'Artemis Locheia' relief
Nemea
Olympia
Samos
Sparta
Tegea

Vatican Museums

 

 

 

MYTHIC THEMES
Achilles: the Real Achilles
some observations in view of recent portrayals of Achilles in movies
the Argonautic Expedition
Atlantis
Centaurs
a catalog of centaurs in vase painting [neat!]

Flood Stories from around the World

Heracles
an index of ancient references

Heracles: a bibliography

Heroines in Myth & Cult
the complete text of Deborah Lyons' book
Psyche
A brief encyclopedia article account of the famous lover of Cupid
the Trojan War
images of the causes, the War, and homecomings (incl. Odyssey)
 
Troy: Was There a Trojan War?
an article by the most recent excavator at Troy, Manfred Korfmann († 2005).
Troy
the site, the historicity of the war...
 
 

 

DIVINITIES
Zeus: texts - images
Hera: texts - images
Athena: texts - images
Hephaestus: texts - images
Poseidon: texts - images
Hades: texts - images
Apollo: texts - images
Artemis: texts - images
Aphrodite: texts - images
Demeter: texts - images
Dionysus: texts - images
Ares: texts - images
Hermes: texts - images
 
Athena
a useful collection of images, links, texts etc. for the iconography & numerous sanctuaries of Athena
Dionysus
two movies on a Dionysus vase by the Art Institute of Chicago: brief and light, but fun.

Olympian Gods in Vase Painting

 

 

AUTHOR RESOURCES

Many Greek authors and texts are to be found (Greek & English versions) on Perseus. Listed below is a supplement: texts or authors not on Perseus, additional versions of particular interest, & language tools & resources.

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Ancient Greek Online Library
author biographies and texts

Apollonius of Rhodes Argonautica
Seaton's prose translation

Aristotle
Chris Howard's remarkably comprehensive, yet still growing, site on Aristotle & all his work. Includes online translations of all works, as well as essays & plenty of other resources.
Early Church Fathers
Early Church Fathers II
Irenaeus, Eusebius, Gregory, Photius etc. etc.
Euripides
Useful synopses of plays, evidence for dating etc.
Herodotus on the Web
a major collection of quality resources (200+) of all kinds on one of the key historians
Homer: the Chicago Homer
a very useful resource: all of Homer & Hesiod, with Greek & English line by line, linked to word & phrase frequency data, scholia & papyri
Homer's Iliad
Martin Mueller's useful monograph
Homer's Odyssey
Samuel Butler's fine prose translation
Odyssey Resources
mostly different translations to compare, helpfully arranged book by book
Plutarch - Chaironeia
'Plutarch's Home on the Web': texts, biographies, bibliography, influence etc.

Polybius
the only translation online of the whole of Polybius (the Loeb version).


LATIN AUTHORS
Corpus Scriptorum Latinorum
full list of online texts
(part of David Camden's excellent
forum romanum project)
Fonti Letterarie
a full and very useful list of online texts and tools for Latin authors.
The Latin Library
A large collection of Latin texts (Classical & post-Classical) online.
 
Latin & Greek Authors on the Web
Library of Ancient Texts Online
A full catalog of Greek texts available online (in Greek & English)
Texts in translation online
the MIT Internet Classics Archive
 

 

HISTORY
Alexander the Great
In the Footsteps of Alexander: the Michael Wood TV documentary recreation of the journey of Alexander, here very fully presented in website form by Maryland Public TV
Alexander the Great on the Web
1,000+ resources of all kinds on Alexander

Ancient History Sourcebook
huge collection of texts by period

Ancient World
a sound & lively comprehensive history by an unusual author
BBC History: the Greeks
Good essays on Democracy & Atlantis
The History Channel
Sparta
a good collection of texts & resources on the history & society of Sparta
Sparta II
a selection of material on Spartan history, religion, culture etc.

 

ANCIENT SITES
Acheron, Oracle of the Dead
Aegina, Temple of Aphaia
Aegina, Temple of Aphaea
good photos
Amathus (Cyprus)
Amyclae (Sparta)
(& esp. the sanctuary of Apollo)
Aphrodisias
Arcadia
The Univ of Patras site for the whole region & its individual sites - in Greek, some pages in English, many illustrations
Argive Heraion (Perseus)
Argos
history, monuments, sculpture, coinage etc.
Asea, Arcadia
a new Demeter sanctuary
Athens: Art & Archaeology of Attica
David Gill's excellent site covering the Acropolis, Agora, Kerameikos, Pnyx, Attica, Sounion & Thorikos
Athens
very good images on art, monuments, coinage
Athens Acropolis
- Greek Ministry of Culture
Athens, Acropolis
guide to the site and museum, with comprehensive collection of photos, by Joe Stubenrauch (Calvin)
Athens, the Parthenon
Athens Acropolis, South Slope
photos

Athens Acropolis
Mary Sullivan's excellent photos

Athenian Agora Site Guide
the official guide to the agora by the American School of Classical Studies
Athens, Agora (II)
Athens: sites and monuments
a rich collection of images by Kevin Glowacki
Attica: Art & Archaeology
David Gill's excellent site
Aulis, Temple of Artemis
Brauron, Sanctuary of Artemis
Brauron II - good information about history & cult practices
Corinth
Corinth (II)
history, monuments, sculture, coinage etc.
Crete - Minoan Crete
50 Minoan sites: pictures & descriptive text
Delos: some good photos
Delphi - images
Delphi - good photos (Perseus collection)
Delphi
Dr. J.'s illustrated Delphi
Delphi
guide to the site and museum, with comprehensive collection of photos, by Joe Stubenrauch (Calvin)
Dodona
Dodona
guide to the site and museum, with comprehensive collection of photos, by Joe Stubenrauch (Calvin)
Eleusis (basic)
Eleusis
guide to the site and museum, with comprehensive collection of photos, by Joe Stubenrauch (Calvin)
Ephesus
by the Austrian Arch. Institute
 
Epidaurus
Isthmia Excavations (Ohio State U)
Isthmus: sanctuary of Poseidon
excavation reports from U Chicago
Isthmian Sanctuary of Poseidon
Hero Cults - Palaimon-Melicertes

Kalymnos
rich in recently found statues

Lycosura
Lykaion ((Mt.) Excavation/Survey
U. Arizona project, 2004
Macedonia: Hellenic Macedonia
Extensive material on history, culture, sites etc. of Macedonia, with an excellent and full gallery of images

Mt. Lycaion
the sanctuary of Zeus

Mycenae
history, monuments etc.
Mycenae (British School at A)
Nemea - Berkeley's own.....
Olympia
Olympia II - images
Olympia III - good photos
Olympia IV
history, monuments, art, coinage - and a victor list... & good images
Olympia V
guide to the site and museum, with comprehensive collection of photos, by Joe Stubenrauch (Calvin)
Olympia - ground plan
(French) with photos nicely patched in. Informative.
Olympia: Olympic Games (French)
very full & informative (texts, photos, plans, history etc.)
Olympia - a tour (Perseus)

Olympia - Statue of Zeus
reconstructions, texts of Pausanias, Strabo describing the sculpture

Olympia - Temple of Zeus
detailed survey (plans, reconstructions, photos of sculpture etc.) of the temple structure compiled by Alan Farber (SUNY)
The Peloponnese
Good historical accounts, with good photos, of all the districts of the Peloponnese.
Perachora
Pergamum: Altar of Zeus
some lapses in English & spelling, but good information & photos
Pergamum: Altar of Zeus II
Good collection of photos of the Telephus frieze & gigantomachy
Psychro, Crete: Cave of Zeus
Rhamnous

Samos: Heraeon
a transcription of Kyrieleis' authoritative guide to the site

Samos: Heraeon - good photos
Santorini (Thera)
the great bronze-age/Minoan community on Santorini, destroyed by volcanic eruption c. 1700 BC. reports by Christos Doumas on the excavations and projects, extensive photos, live webcams etc. Be sure to follow the numerous links.
Sicyon
history, monuments, religion, society, coinage etc.
Sounion I
history & overview (Greek Arch Serv)
Sounion II
Dr. J.'s Illustrated Sounion
Sounion - a good account of the history & archaeology
Sparta
Sparta, Menelaion
Tegea, Sanctuary of Athena Alea
Thebes
history, monuments, sculpture, coinage, society etc.

Thera (Santorini) - Akrotiri
site and museum

Troy: Project Troia
the 'official' website of the most recent excavator at Troy, Manfred Korfmann († 2005)

Vassai - temple of Apollo
good photos


Lost Trails
Shane Solow's fine b & w photos of numerous Greek sites, including Aigeira, Aigion, Alabanda, Amphiareion, Argos, Asine, Brauron, Caria, Delphi, Dyme, Elis, Icaria, Ister, Kardamyle, Karpathos, Kythera, Labranda, Lepreum, Lydia, Mantinea, Marathon, Mycenae, Olympia, Orchomenos, Patrai, Pellene, Pylos, Rhodes, Samos, Sardis, Sparta, Symi, Taenarum, Tegea.
 

 

 

 

 

 
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Many of the internet sites that deal with Ancient Greek Myth and Religion