Literary Resources -- Classical and Biblical

Note: Since these pages are concerned primarily with English and American literature, coverage of classical and biblical literature are sparse. Think of the selection as representative, not comprehensive.

• Mailing lists
• Course Syllabi
• Biblical Resources:
  • The WWW Bible Gateway -- Search the Bible in ten languages (English, German, Swedish, Latin, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Tagalog, Norwegian) and multiple versions.
  • World Wide Study Bible (Wheaton) -- Bible text with extensive annotations and contextual material.
  • Bible Browser Basic Home Page (Brown) -- Search the KJV or RSV.
  • Early Church Fathers Collection -- "The 'Early Church Fathers Series in WinHelp Format' is a 37-volume electronic collection of writings from the first 800 years of the Church. This collection is divided into three series, Ante-Nicene, Nicene and Post-Nicene Series I, and Nicene and Post-Nicene Series II." A free download.
  • Into His Own: Perspective on the World of Jesus (Rutgers Univ.) -- Extensive hypertext commentary on Jesus and the Bible, including the Hebrew background.
• Language Resources:
  • Comprehensive Study Guide for Wheelock's Latin
  • Greek and Latin Language Resources (Tennessee)
  • Scrinium Latinum: A Toolbox of Materials for the Intelligent Study of Latin (William Harris, Middlebury College) -- Hypertext essay on the study of Latin language and literature.
  • An Intelligent Reader's Latin Chrestomathy (William Harris, Middlebury College) -- Short Latin selections with commentary for those learning the language.
• Greek and Roman Literature:
  • Perseus Project (Tufts) -- The best collection of classical literature, with extensive supporting materials. O si sic omnes!
  • Argos: Limited Area Search of the Ancient and Medieval Internet (Univ. of Evansville) -- A "limited area search" engine, which restricts indexed items to only those concerning the ancient and medieval worlds. A good place to start on a search on these areas.
  • Classics Subject Guide (Alberta) -- Extensive annotated guide to Web resources.
  • American Classical League (Michigan)
  • Resources of Scholarly Societies -- Classical Studies
  • The Classics Page at Ad Fontes Academy -- Big collection of Latin texts and links.
  • The Latin Library at Ad Fontes Academy -- A big collection of Latin texts from antiquity through the Middle Ages.
  • Diotima: Women & Gender in the Ancient World (Kentucky) -- A good searchable collection of print and electronic resources on women in the ancient world.
  • Interpreting Ancient Manuscripts Web (Timothy W. Seid, Brown) -- Illustrated guide to paleography.
  • Epigraphische Datenbank Heidelberg (Géza Alföldy) -- "The project aims at integrating Latin inscriptions from all parts of the Roman Empire into an extensive database." Supporting material in German and English. Very ambitious and scholarly.
  • Worlds of Late Antiquity (Jim O'Donnell, Penn) -- "A home page for miscellaneous materials relating to the culture of the Mediterranean world in late antiquity (roughly 200-700 C.E.)." Includes links and a reading list.
  • Cultures of the Book (Jim O'Donnell, Penn) -- Course materials on book history from antiquity to the present.
  • Bibliotheca Augustana (Augsburg) -- Classical, Medieval, and Modern Latin.
  • Arachnion: A Journal of Literature and Ancient History on the Web
  • Project Libellus
  • TELA: Scholars Press WWW Site
  • Papers on the Classics (William Harris, Middlebury College) -- Dozens of short essays on classical topics.
  • Essays on some Latin Authors (William Harris, Middlebury College) -- Brief biographical sketches on major literary figures in Latin literature, including Apuleius, Caesar, Catullus, Cicero, Horace, Juvenal, Lucretius, Ovid, Persius, Petronius, Propertius, and others.
  • Mythology:
    • The Book of Gods, Goddesses, Heroes and Other Characters of Mythology (P. J. Criss) -- Guide to world mythologies.
    • Greek Mythology: Chapters in Pre-History (William Harris, Middlebury) -- A critique of Joseph Campbell's approach to mythology in a dozen chapters "designed to investigate the myths as thinly cloaked chapter in an ancient Historical Tradition, which goes far back into the history of the Near East."
  • Homer:
    • Homer and the Papyri (UCI) -- Database of published papyri of the Iliad and the Odyssey.
    • Metrici and Rhythmici: A Chronological List of Ancient and Medieval Theories of Meter (Terry V. F. Brogan, Japan)
  • Ovid:
    • Ovid Project (UVM) -- An illustrated study of Ovid's early modern legacy.
  • Plato:
    • D. Anthony Storm's Web Site on Plato (text and commentary on Plato's works)
  • Vergil:
    • The Vergil Project (Joe Farrell, Penn)
    • Vergil's Home Page (Joe Farrell, Penn)
    • Virgil.org (David Wilson-Okamura, MacAlester College) -- A very impressive site on Virgil, including biographies, translations, links, and maps.