Classics and Ancient History
Key Locations for Primary Sources
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Bridgeman ImagesA curated collection of fine art from museums, galleries and private collections around the world
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British Museum collectionOnline access to almost 4.5 million objects, from the earliest objects created by humankind to contemporary works.
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British Museum guide to searching the collectionContains guidance on searching the database, filtering, sharing and downloading results.
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Classical Art Research CentreResearch collection of classical art and archaeology at Oxford University.
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Getty Museum CollectionSearchable by era, type of resource and allowed usage (Free to use or Permission required).
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JSTOR with ARTStorThe ARTStor collection is searchable within JSTOR. It includes a range of images from some of the world's leading museums, photo archives, scholars, and artists in one easily-navigated repository.
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LUNA Insight Image DatabaseLUNA-Insight provides digital image collections and tools in support of teaching, learning, and research for faculty and students of La Trobe University. In addition to locally produced image collections for anatomy and zoology, LUNA Insight provides access to image collections from museums and archives internationally.
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art - paintings collectionBrowse the MET's extensive paintings collection online.
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Musée du Louvre - ParisExplore over 480,000 pieces of work held by the Musée du Louvre and Musée National Eugène-Delacroix
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The Ancient World Mapping CenterInteractive and static maps produced by an interdisciplinary research center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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Perseus Project Interactive AtlasLinked from all the site's texts. Includes a searchable version of The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites.
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Mappping Past SocietiesFormerly, the Digital Atlas of Roman and Medieval Civilizations.
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British Museum collectionOnline access to almost 4.5 million objects, from the earliest objects created by humankind to contemporary works.
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British Museum guide to searching the collectionContains guidance on searching the database, filtering, sharing and downloading results.
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Getty Museum CollectionSearchable by era, type of resource and allowed usage (Free to use or Permission required).
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Roman Provincial Coinage onlineProvides an authoritative account of the coins minted in the provinces of the empire and shows how they can be regarded as an integral part of the coinage minted under the Roman emperors. Hosted by the University of Oxford.
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Archive of performances of Greek and Roman dramaThe Archive of Performances of Greek and Roman Drama (the APGRD) is a research project based in the Classics Faculty at the University of Oxford. It investigates the performance of ancient texts from Greek tragedy to Roman epic, in any medium and any period, from stage to screen, from antiquity to the present day.
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The Internet Encyclopedia of PhilosophyScholarly, peer reviewed articles on key topics and philosophers with detailed biographies of philosophers from across history.
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Internet History Sourcebooks ProjectA great resource for finding primary sources related to Ancient and Medieval History. The collection contains public domain and copy-permitted historical texts presented cleanly (without advertising or excessive layout) for educational use.
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Loeb Classical LibraryContains every volume published by Loeb, including the original Greek and Latin alongside English translations of key works by ancient Greek and Roman writers. The Loeb editions are renown worldwide for their accurate translations and reliability.
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Perseus Digital LibraryCollections include Renaissance Materials: Primary and secondary sources in early modern English literature, and Humanist and Renaissance Italian Poetry in Latin.
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Poetry in Translation: The Open Access Poetry ArchiveModern, high-quality translations of classic texts by famous poets, original poetry and critical works.
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Thesaurus linguae graecaeThe Thesaurus Linguae Graecae (TLG) is an electronic data bank of ancient Greek literature from Homer (8th century B.C.) to 600 A.D. with historiographical, lexicographical and scholiastic texts from the period between 600 and 1453 A.D. It is updated quarterly with new authors and works. Information about the authors and works included in the TLG is stored in a database, knowns as the 'Canon of Greek Authors and Works.'
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Electronic Resources for ClassicistsStructured menu of links, resources and study materials.
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Lacus Curtius: A gateway to Ancient RomeA collection of links to primary sources including images, complete texts and the Roman Gazetteer.
Key Locations for Secondary Sources
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Brill's New PaulyAn encyclopedia for the study of Greco-Roman culture and its influence on modern world history.
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Humanities Index RetrospectiveHumanities index retrospective, 1907-1984 indexes nearly 800 humanities-related periodicals and provides access to over 1,000,000 articles, including citations of over 155,000 books reviews. Topics covered include classical studies, literary & social criticism, philosophy, religion & theology, literature, art, dance, film, folklore, music, performing arts, area studies, communications, gender studies, history, journalism, linguistics, archaeology, and much more.
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JSTORArchive of important scholarly journals, mainly in the humanities and social sciences.
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L'Année philologiqueIndexes periodical articles as well as articles in collections and conference papers in classics and classical studies.
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Oxford Handbooks OnlineThe collection of Oxford Handbooks contain in-depth, high-level articles by scholars at the top of their field, and includes Oxford Handbooks Online Classical Studies.
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World History Encyclopedia"Our mission is to engage people with cultural heritage and to improve history education worldwide." Not scholarly, but can be a good starting point for new topics.