ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries April 1997 / 255 Internet resources for classical studies By Fred W. Jen k in s and Nancy C ourtney Ancient Greece a n d Rome come to life online Despite their sometimes stodgy reputation,classicists have been in the forefront intaking advantage of new technologies. cal resources on the Internet have proliferated to such an extent that only a small selection can be noted here; fortunately the self-referen­ tial nature of the Web ensures that an enter­ prising searcher will find nearly everything of interest from these starting points. We have focused on Web sites that provide comprehen­ sive links to other Internet resources and/or extensive and unique collections of reference or research materials, on full-text electronic jour­ nals, and on discussion groups of reasonably wide interest. In general, we have omitted the homep­ ages of individuals and academic departments. G e n e ra l s ite s /s ta rtin g places • E lectron ic R esources fo r Classicists: The Second G eneration. A very well orga­ nized introduction to classics resources on the Internet written by Maria C. Pantelia of the University o f California, Irvine. Items are grouped by type of resource, (e.g., gateways, e-text archives, professional organizations, etc.). A ccess: http://www.tlg.uci.edu/~tlg/index/ resources.html. • Classics and M editerranean A rchae­ ology. A collection of Internet links maintained by the University of Michigan Department of Classical Studies, it includes a helpful keyword search feature and is contained on a single Web page that users can copy. A ccess: http:// classics.lsa.umich.edu/. Cl • R esources fo r Classics o n th e In ter­ net. A selection of links compiled by the Uni­ v ersity o f C h ica g o . A c c e s s : http:// humanities.uchicago.edu/humanities/classics/ Resources/Net.html. • Classics Collections Page. A compila­ tion of Internet resources from Blake Landor of assithe University of Florida Library. Access: http: //nervm.nerdc.ufl.edu/~blaland/Class.html. • Library o f Congress Greek and Latin Classics In tern et R esources. “Resources for Classics and certain related disciplines (Medi­ aeval Studies, Renaissance Studies, Patristics, etc.) on the Internet.” Access: http://lcweb.loc. gov/global/classics/claslink.html. • Repositories o f Classical Texts o r Pub lications. This selected list of classics sites by J . Ruebel of Iowa State University includes more types of material than the name implies, in­ cluding resources for language study. Access: http://www.public.iastate.edu/~flng_info/Clas sics/resources.html. • Voice o f th e Shuttle: Classical Studies Page. Part of a larger site called “Voice of the Shuttle: Web Page for Humanities Research,” compiled by Alan Liu of the University of California, Santa Barbara. A ccess: http:// humanitas.ucsb.edu/shuttle/classics.html. • V oice o f th e S h u ttle: A rch a e o lo g y P ag e. A ccess: http://humanitas.ucsb.edu/ shuttle/archaeol.html. Specialized W e b sites • A ncient M edicine/M edicina Antiqua. “A resource for the study of Greco-Roman medi­ cine and medical thought” sponsored by the Episcopal Academy, this site contains bibliog­ raphies, links to articles and reviews, announce­ ments, and hypertext versions of ancient medi­ Fred W. J e n k in s is c o o rd in a to r a n d h e a d o f collection m a n a g e m e n t a n d N a n c y C ourtn ey is reference libra rian a t the University of D a yto n ; e-mail: jen kin s@ d a ta .lib .u d a y to n .ed u ; co u rtn ey@ data .lib.u d ayton.ed u http://www.tlg.uci.edu/~tlg/index/ http://lcweb.loc http://humanitas.ucsb.edu/ mailto:jenkins@data.lib.udayton.edu mailto:courtney@data.lib.udayton.edu 2 5 6 / C&RL News cal texts. Access: http://webl.ea.pvt.k12.pa.us/ medant/. • Bibliotheca Classica Selecta (BCS). An annotated bibliography in French that intro­ duces the basic literature of classics. Still under construction, it is based on the printed bibliog raphy by J. Poucet and J. M. Hannick, A ux Sources d e l ’A ntiquité Gré co-R om ain e. G uide B ib lio g ra p h iq u e (5th ed., Namur, Belgium: Edi­ tions Artel, 1997). It is mainly a bibliography of printed works with links to available Internet sources. Access: www.fusl.ac.be/Files/General/ BCS/BCS.html. • De Im peratoribus Rom anis. This is an online encyclopedia on the Roman emperors, consisting of fairly short, peer-reviewed articles, each including an image of the emperor and a brief bibliography. Access is through alphabeti­ cal or chronological listings as well as genea­ logical charts of the imperial families. Construc­ tion of this site has just begun and many entries are not yet active. Access: http://www.salve. edu/~dimaiom/deimprom.html. • Diotim a: Materials fo r th e Study o f W om en and Gender in the Ancient World. Includes course materials, announcements, bib­ liographies, links to book reviews, databases, online articles, and images. There are several search tools available. Access: www.uky.edu/ ArtsSciences/Classics/gender.html. • Duke Papyrus Archive. A project of the Special Collections Library at Duke University to provide “electronic access to texts about and images of 1,373 papyri from ancient Egypt.” There are search features available and the ability to browse by selected topics or by lan­ guage. Access: http://odyssey.lib.duke.edu/pa pyrus/. • NESTOR. This is a bibliography of Aegean prehistory and related areas from the University of Cincinnati. Currently, the years 1956– 1995 are available online and can be searched using one of two Web-based forms. Access: http://ucaswww.mcm.uc.edu/classics/ nestor/nestor.html. • Papyrology Home Page. This page in cludes links to institutions with papyrology collections, images, reviews, and announce­ ments of books on papyrology, and the table o f contents and indices o f Z e itsc h rift f ü r P a p y ro lo g ie u n d E pigraphik. Access: http:// w w w - p e r s o n a l . u m i c h . e d u / ~ jm u c c i / papyrology/. • Perseus Project. A multimedia database of text, images, and information on ancient Greece (eventually to include ancient Rome). Available commercially as a CD-ROM, the free Web site includes much of the CD content (al­ though only about 14,000 of the CD’s 24,000 images). In some cases information is available on the Web site that is not yet on the CD. Per­ seus includes the complete works of 27 au­ thors in Greek and English, images of art ob­ jects, sites, and buildings, an encyclopedia, and various search tools, including English and Greek word searches. Access: http://www. perseus.tufts.edu/. • T h esa u ru s Linguae G rae ca e H om e Page. This site contains information about the TLG, an electronic database of ancient Greek authors. It includes general information about the project, the text of the most recent TLG newsletter, lists of authors included in the cur­ rent TLG CD, and, to be included in the new version, information on licensing the database and how to have a database search done with­ out purchasing the CD. Access: http://www. uci.edu/~tlg/. • TOCS-IN (Tables o f Contents o f J o u r ­ nals o f Interest to Classicists). Tables of con­ tents for more than 150 journals. A search func­ tion allows you to retrieve entries by keywords, including author, title, date, and journal abbre­ viation. A ccess: http://www.chass.utoronto. ca:8080/amphoras/tocs.html. T h e D u k e P a p y r u s A r c h iv e is p a r t o f th e D ig ital S c r ip to riu m W eb site. R eproduced courtesy o f the D u ke University Special Collections Library. Associations These sites generally include descrip­ tions of the associations, membership information, and announcements of conferences and publications. • Am erican Classical League. Fo­ cuses on teaching of the classics at all levels. A ccess: http://www.um ich. edu/~acleague/. • A r c h a e o lo g ic a l In s titu te o f A m erica. Primary American organiza­ http://webl.ea.pvt.kl2.pa.us/ http://www.fusl.ac.be/Files/General/ http://www.salve http://www.uky.edu/ http://odyssey.lib.duke.edu/pa- http://ucaswww.mcm.uc.edu/classics/ http://www http://www http://www.chass.utoronto http://www.umich April 1 997 / 2 5 7 tion for classical archaeology. Access: http:/ /csaws.brynmawr.edu:443/aia. html. • A m erican Philological Associa tion. Professional association for Greek and Latin sc h o la rs. A cc ess: http:// scholar.cc.emory.edu/scripts/APA/APA- MENU.html. • A m e r ic a n S o c ie ty o f P a p y r o l o g i s t s . A cc ess: h ttp :/ / sch o la r.cc. emory.edu/scripts/ASP/ASP-MENU.html. • Classical Association o f Canada. Major organization for classical studies in Canada. Access: http://www.trentu.ca/fac ulty/cac/. M osaic in R o m a n B ath at Isth m ia. C an b e a c ce s se d th ro u g h th e C lassics a n d M e d ite rra n e a n A rc h a e o l o g y site a n d o th e r s . R eproduced courtesy o f the Ohio State University E xca vation s a t Isthm ia. Directories Web-based directories, capable of continu­ ous updating, are an ideal solution to the problem of locating people on the move. Those noted below include classicists in North America, Europe, and Sub-Saharan Africa. • Althistorische Institute der Bundes­ republik Deutschland. A directory of German ancient historians arranged by institution. A c­ cess: http://ivory.trentu.ca/www/cl/brddir. html. • CASA D irectory o f Classical Scholars and Research for Higher Degrees at Uni versities in Sub-Saharan Africa. Arranged by university, with a separate list of independent scholars. A ccess: http//www.und.ac.za/und/ classics/casadir/casadir.htm. • Classical Studies in Canadian Univer­ sities. Quasi-official directory of the Classical Association of Canada. Arranged by institution, this site includes directory information for indi­ viduals and descriptions of departmental pro­ grams. Access: http://ivory.trentu.ca/www/cl/ cacdir.html. • Classicists in British Universities: An E-Mail Directory. Alphabetical listing of Brit­ ish and Irish classicists; provides only e-mail addresses. Access: http://ivory.trentu.ca/www/ cl/ukemail.html. • D irectory o f Ancient Historians in the United States. Includes members of the Asso­ ciation of Ancient Historians; arranged by state and institution. Access: http://ivory.trentu.ca/ www/cl/aahdir.html. • E-Directory for the Classical Associa tion o f the Middle West and South. Alpha betical listing of members; provides institutional affiliation and e-mail address (with direct link). A cc ess: http://falcon.cc.ukans.edu/~ophil/ camwsdir.htm. • Home Pages o f the Classicists. Direct links to the homepages of a wide range of clas sicists. Access: http://aleph.lib.ohio-state.edu/ ~bcase/hoipolloi.html. • In te rn a tio n a l D ire cto ry o f A egean Prehistorians. Lists archaeologists and histo­ rians currently active in the field of Aegean pre­ history. May be downloaded. Access: http:// classics.lsa.umich.edu/IDAP.html. • Scholars Press Consortium Member­ sh ip D ire cto ry . Includes members of the American Philological Association and Ameri­ can Society of Papyrologists. Searchable by name, institution, and city or state. Access: http:/ /scholar.cc.emory.edu/cgi-bin/ph.pl. Electronic journals Classical scholars were among the first to es­ tablish electronic journals; some of those listed below now have been published for several years. Only full-text electronic journals are noted here; print journals that only offer contents list­ ings online are omitted. • Ancient H istory Bulletin. Short articles and notes on all aspects of ancient history. Only the more recent volumes are available in full text. Access: http://www.trentu.ca/faculty.ahb/. • A ra ch n io n : A J o u r n a l o f Ancient Lit e r a t u r e a n d H istory on the Web. Scholarly articles on classical literature and ancient his­ tory. Many are in various European languages, although some are in English. Access: http:// www.cisi.unito.it/arachne/arachne.html. • Bryn M awr C lassical Review . Timely, scholarly reviews of books in all areas of clas­ sical studies. Subscribers receive reviews as published; backfiles may be browsed by go- http://scholar.cc http://www.trentu.ca/fac- http://ivory.trentu.ca/www/cl/brddir http://www.und.ac.za/und/ http://ivory.trentu.ca/www/cl/ http://ivory.trentu.ca/www/ http://ivory.trentu.ca/ http://falcon.cc.ukans.edu/~ophil/ http://aleph.lib.ohio-state.edu/ http://www.trentu.ca/faculty.ahb/ 2 5 8 / C&RL News pher. S u bscribe: majordomo@BRYNMAWR. EDU. A ccess: gopher://gopher.lib.virginia. edu:70/11/alpha/bmcr. • Classics I re la n d . Articles on all aspects of classical studies, geared towards students and general readers. Appears in both print and elec­ tronic forms. Access: http://www.ucd.ie/~clas sics/Classicslreland.html. • D id a sk a lia : A ncient T h e a te r Today. Focuses on staging and performance of ancient theater both in ancient and modern times; in­ cludes reviews of current productions. Access: h ttp :/ / w w w .w a rw ick .a c.u k / d id a sk a lia / didaskalia.html./. • E lectro n ic Antiquity. One of the earli est electronic journals in classics, it includes articles, reviews, and conference and position announcements. A regular column notes new electronic resources. Announcements of new issues, with tables of contents, are sent to those who send a subscription request to antiquity- editor@classics.utas.edu.au. Access: gopher:// info.utas.edu.au/11/Publications/. • Scholia R eview s. Reviews of scholarly books in classical studies. Subscribers receive reviews as they become available; backfiles are available on the Web. S u bscribe: scholia@ owl.und.ac.za. Access: http://www.und.ac.za/ und/classics/elecrev.html. Electronic te x t repositories A number of sites offer classical texts in either the original or English translation. Relatively few Greek texts are available (most through P er­ seus, which is noted above in Specialized Web Sites). The texts are mainly taken from older editions which are now in the public domain; their quality varies radically. • Al e x : A Catalog o f E lectron ic Texts on the Internet. Includes a number of standard classical authors in English translation. Offers both browsing and search features. Maintenance of the site has been suspended for the present. A ccess:http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/staff/morgan/ alex/alex-index.html. • CCAT T ext Archives. Provides a limited selection of classical and medieval texts in En­ glish translation. Access: gopher://ccat.sas. upenn.edu:70/11/Archive. • In te rn e t C lassics A rch ive. Includes nearly 400 Greek and Roman works in English translation. Allows browsing by author. Access: http://classics. mit.edu. • Labyrinth. This medieval studies site provides a small collection of Latin and medi­ eval texts. Most are in English translation, some are in Latin, while a few are offered in both. Access: http://www.georgetown.edu/labyrinth/ library/latin/latin-lib.html. • O xford T ext A rchive. One of the larg­ est electronic text archives, OTA includes a large collection of classical texts in the original lan­ guages. While some can be downloaded di­ rectly, access to most is restricted to varying degrees. Access: http://users.ox.ac.uk/~archive/ ota.html. • Project Libellus. Texts of standard Latin authors available for downloading. Access: http:/ / o s m a n .cla ssics.w ashington.edu/libellus/ libellus.html. Discussion g ro u p s /lis ts • AEGEANET. A group for discussion and news related to the Aegean Bronze Age. This list is archived by subject line and date of post­ ing at http://www.umich.edu/~classics/ar chives/aegeanet/. S u b scrib e: majordomo@ acpub.duke.edu. • AIA-L. This is a discussion group oper ated by the Archaeological Institute of America that encompasses a broad range of archaeo­ logical issues as well as technical and computer questions. Subscribe. majordomo@brynmawr. edu. • ANAHITA. A listserv focused on women and gender in the ancient world. Subscribe: listserv@lsv.uky.edu. • ANCIEN-L. Devoted to the ancient his­ tory of the Mediterranean area; discussion ex­ tends to ancient Near Eastern civilizations as well as the classical period. Subscribe. listserv@ listserv.louisville.edu. • ARCH-L. A large and very active list for discussion of a wide range of archaeological topics. Subscribe, listserv@tamvml.tamu.edu. • B-GREEK. Discussion of New Testament Greek; requires working knowledge of Greek. Subscribe: majordomo@virginia.edu. • CLASSICS. The largest and most com­ prehensive discussion group for classical stud­ ies; covers all aspects of the field. List archives are available at http://weber.u.washington.edu/ ~lwright/classic.html. Subscribe: listproc@u. washington.edu. • ELENCHUS. Focuses on early Christian literature (ca. a . d . 100– 500). Subscribe. listserv@ listserv.uottawa.ca. • GREEKARCH. Discussion of the archae­ ology of the ancient Greek world. Archives are available at http://www.umich.edu/~classics/ gopher://gopher.lib.Virginia http://www.ucd.ie/~clas- http://www.warwick.ac.uk/didaskalia/ mailto:editor@classics.utas.edu.au http://www.und.ac.za/ http://www gopher://ccat.sas http://www.georgetown.edu/labyrinth/ http://users.ox.ac.uk/~archive/ http://www.umich.edu/~classics/ar- mailto:listserv@lsv.uky.edu mailto:listserv@tamvml.tamu.edu mailto:majordomo@virginia.edu http://weber.u.Washington.edu/ http://www.umich.edu/~classics/ April 1 997 / 259 archives/greekarch/. Subscribe. majordomo@ rome.classics.lsa.umich.edu. • GROMARCH. A joint subscription to both GREEKARCH and ROMARCH. S u b s c r ib e : majordomo@rome. classics.Isa.umich.edu. • HOMER-L. Discussion of Homeric po­ etry. Subscribe: listproc@lists.missouri.edu. • IOUDAIOS-L. Covers Judaism in the Greco-Rom an world. S u b s c r ib e : listserv@ lehigh.edu. • LATIN-L. While this list is meant to cover all aspects of Latin and NeoLatin studies, in practice it tends to focus on teaching Latin at the high school level. S u b sc rib e: listserv@ psuvm.psu.edu. • LEXI. Covers Greek and Latin lexicogra­ phy. Subscribe: listserv@uci.edu. • LT-ANTIQ. Focuses on the Mediterranean and Middle East in the late antique period (ca. a . d . 2 6 0 – 6 4 0 ). S u b s c r ib e : listserv @ vm . sc.edu. • MEDTXTL. Although populated mainly by medievalists, this list often covers areas im­ po rtan t for c la s s ic a l stu d ies su ch as palaeography and codicology. S u b scrib e: listserv@postoffice.cso.uiuc.edu. • NUMISM-L. Devoted to the study of an­ c ie n t and m ed ieval c o in s . S u b s c r ib e : listserv@vm.sc.edu. • PA PY . Forum fo r the study o f papyrology; postings are often technical in na­ ture. Subscribe, listserv@igl.ku.dk • PERSEUS. Discussion group for users of the P erseu s database. S u b scribe: listserv@ brownvm.brown.edu. • ROMARCH. Discussion of the art and archaeology of the Roman Republic and Em­ pire, including ancient Italy and the Roman provinces. Archives are available at http:// www.umich.edu/~classics/archives/romarch/. There is also a ROMARCH homepage at http: / / w w w - p e r s o n a l .u m ic h .e d u / ~ p f o s s / ROMARCH.html. Subscribe. majordomo@rome. classics.lsa.umich.edu. • SOPHIA. A discussion list devoted to an­ cient philosophy. S u bscribe: listproc@liver pool.ac.uk. • TALAROS. A very low traffic list concern­ ing Hellenistic Greek history and literature. Subscribe: listproc@piranha.acns.nwu.edu. • THUC-L. Discussion of Greek historian Thucydides. Subscribe: listserv@vm.temple.edu. ■ mailto:listproc@lists.missouri.edu mailto:listserv@uci.edu mailto:listserv@postoffice.cso.uiuc.edu mailto:listserv@vm.sc.edu mailto:listserv@igl.ku.dk http://www.umich.edu/~classics/archives/romarch/ mailto:listproc@piranha.acns.nwu.edu mailto:listserv@vm.temple.edu