Classics
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Background Information
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Encyclopedias
Encyclopaedia Britannica (Available only to UA Students, Faculty, & Staff)
Concise as well as scholarly articles on a wide range of subjects.
De Imperatoribus Romanis
This is an online encyclopedia on the Roman emperors and their families, containing fairly short peer-reviewed articles, images, and brief bibliographies.
Dictionaries - Greek & Latin
A Greek-English lexicon, by H.G. Liddell - PA445.E5 L6 1996 Main Ref.
This covers classical Greek.
English-Greek dictionary; a vocabulary of the Attic language, by S.C. Woodhouse - PA445.E5 W6 1954 Main Ref.
This covers classical Greek.
A patristic Greek lexicon, by G.W.H. Lampe - PA881 .L3 Main Ref.
This covers the Greek of the church fathers not found in the classical dictionaries by Liddell and Woodhouse.
Oxford Latin dictionary - PA2365.E5 O9 1982 Main Ref.
This is a comprehensive dictionary of classical Latin.
Classical Dictionary
Oxford Classical Dictionary - DE5 O9 1996 Info Commons Ref.
This covers a wide range of material from the beginning of Greek civilization to the death of Constantine (A.D. 337)
Art & Architecture
Grove's Dictionary of Art Online
Print equivalent: Dictionary of Art, c1996 (Also known as Grove's Dictionary of Art).
Main Research West. N31.D5 1996
ARTstor is a repository of hundreds of thousands of digital images.
Biographical sources
Ancient Writers : Greece and Rome, by T.J. Luce - PA3002 A5 1982 Main Ref.
This is a good introduction to the major figures of classical literature.
Greek and Latin Authors : 800 B.C - A.D. 1000 : A Biographical Dictionary, by M. Grant - PA31 G7 Main Ref.
This is good for quick reference.
Tusculum-Lexikon : griechischer und lateinischer Autoren des Altertums und des Mittelalter - PA31 T8 Main Ref.
This German language work is particularly useful for later Greek and Roman authors.
Geographical Sources
Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World - G1033 .B3 2000 Map Collection (Oversize)
Maps of ancient Greece and Rome.
Pleiades is an international research network and associated web portal and content management system (CMS) devoted to the study of ancient geography. Continually updated data that was used in developing the Barrington Atlas.
The Princeton encyclopedia of classical sites - DE59 P7 Main Ref.
This covers the entire classical Mediterranean world.
History
Chronology of the Ancient World - D54.5 B5 1980 Main
This is a general overview of chronology of the ancient world. It includes tables of astronomical data, kings, emperors and magistrates and has modern time equivalents.
Literature
Greek Literature (Cambridge History of Classical Literature, v.1) - PA3052 .G73 1985 Info Commons Ref.
Latin Literature (Cambridge History of Classical Literature, v.2) - PA6003 .L3 Info Commons Ref.
These are scholarly histories.
Oxford Companion to Classical Literature - DE5 H3 Main Ref.
This covers both literature and general information on the ancient world.
Mythology
Dictionary of Classical Mythology, by P. Grimal - BL715 .G713 1986 Main Ref.
This is a comprehensive source.
Lexicon Iconographicum Mythologiae Classicae : (LIMC) - NX650 .M9L48 Main Ref
This covers classical mythology in art.
Quotations
Dictionary of quotations (Classical) - PN6080 H2 1958 Main Ref.
This includes Latin and Greek quotations.