Guides: Classics: Find Primary Sources

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The Odyssey by Homer; Emily Wilson (Translator)
Call Number: PA4025.A5 W56 2018
Try adding the phrase "Loeb Classical Library" to your search query to find books from this series published by Harvard University Press. Loeb Classical Library books present the original Greek or Latin text on each left-hand page and an English translation on the right.

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Perseus Digital Library
Primary and secondary sources for the study of ancient Greece and Rome.
Virgil.org
“An eclectic collection of resources and links for the study of Virgil and his influence.”

Ancient World Mapping Center
Hosts a series of downloadable maps that are freely available for educational use and also can be licensed for publication at nominal cost. The maps are organized according to rough geographic regions, including the Roman Empire, the Iberian Peninsula, Egypt, the Aegean, and the Mediterranean.

Atlas of the Greek World by Peter Levi
Call Number: Atlas DF77 .L43 1984
Publication Date: 1981-03-01
Text, illustrations and maps describe the history of Greece from ca. 3000 B.C. to 500 A.D. Glossary, gazetteer and bibliography are at the end of the volume.
The Atlas of Ancient Rome by Andrea Carandini
Call Number: Ref DG63 .A8513 2017
Publication Date: 2017-07-11
Atlas of Classical History by Richard J. A. Talbert
Call Number: Atlas G1033 .A833 1985
Publication Date: 1989-02-23
Available in electronic and print formats.
This atlas combines text and maps to provide a thorough coverage of the sites important in classical history. Subjects covered relating to classical Greece include cities, wars, dialects, trade, and cultural areas.

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A collection of art images spanning many times and cultures, and including architecture, painting, sculpture, photography, decorative arts, design and other visual media.

The Ancient City of Athens
Photographic archive of the archaeological and architectural remains of ancient Athens.
Classical Art Research Centre
The Beazley Archive at the University of Oxford's Classical Art Research Centre offers online databases of ancient art, including a large collection of images of ancient figure-decorated pottery.
Gregorian Etruscan Museum
The Gregorian Etruscan Museum at the Vatican Museums displays works of the Etruscan people from the ninth through the first centuries BCE.
Stanford Digital Forma Urbis Romae Project
This website dedicated to the Forma Urbis Romae, or Severan Marble Plan of Rome, features a database of images and 3D models of the surviving fragments of this ancient Roman map, carved between 203 and 211 CE.