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Joshua
D. Sosin |
using
computers |
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| Notice
/ Nav. |
| Grads:
This page compiles (a) links to Classics sites that I find myself
visiting frequently and (b) sites that provide useful information
about computing tools that classicists may want to use. Under each
category I have attempted to arrange items in order of the frequency
with which I seem to use them. I hope this page will be an evolving
record of things that grads want to know about; please do let me
know if there is anything else you would like to see here.
library
/ fonts
/ searches
/ lex. / bibl
/ inside the bk / abbrev / rev.
/ pap / epigr
/ num / people
& names / journals / images |
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| Proxy
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| Many
of the resources that you will want to use must be accessed from within
the Duke domain (these and other things that cost money are marked
"$"). To use these services you will have to either (a)
use a computer at Duke or (b) configure another computer to use a
Duke proxy server. The latter is easy; follow these simple
instructions. If you are going to be sending secure information
(rather than just looking up some Greek, for example) you might want
to set up a Virtual
Private Network. |
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| Library
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| Greek
Fonts |
| Greekkeys
($): Kadmos, Athenian |
I
use the Greekkeys family of Greek fonts because (1) I think they
look nice, (2) many journals seem to use one of them,
(3) Athenian is available for free, which facilitates sharing of
data, (4) Athenian and SymbolAthenian are based on the same font,
so that one can write Greek and Greek numbers in an aesthetically
uniform fashion. To download
the free Athenian font go to Perseus
or to GreekKeys
(seems to be more reliable). GreekKeys is
no
longer produced for Windows.
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| More info |
Maria
Pantelia maintains a list of useful information on Greek
fonts and software. Useful links, including downloads, also at
the TLG
font help page. |
| Unicode |
Unicode
is here. To learn
more (you should) see Patrick Rourke's
handy intro. |
| Beta code |
Beta
code (Perseus font
help) is a standard way of rendering fully accented Greek in ASCII
characters. If you want to send a few words over email and want to
minimize potential confusion, Beta is a safe bet. Example: mh=nin
a)/eide qea\ *phlhi+a/dew *)axilh=os. |
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| Searchable
Greek |
| TLG
/ search
($) |
"The
Thesaurus Linguae Graecae (TLG®) is a research center at the
University of California,
Irvine. Founded in 1972 the TLG has already collected and digitized
most literary texts written in Greek from Homer to the fall of Byzantium
in AD 1453. Its goal is to create a comprehensive digital library
of Greek literature from antiquity to the present era."
[source].
If you
are entering from the main
page log in as an institution (bar at left); or do
it here. Select the font that you want, and you are ready to
go. |
| Perseus
(Papyri)
|
If
you are entering from the main
site click "Papyri"
at top left; this will take you to the TOC of the DDBDP; to search
click "About
the Papyri collection" at top left.
To search lexically
you will have to click the box and include accents and breathing
marks. A query "strathgo/s" will find the noun in every
case; same applies to verbs. When searching strings a hatch (#)
represents the boundary of a word; thus "kai#" will find
KAI but not KAISAR-. "kai#tode" will find KAI<space>TODE.
See Perseus'
documentation on getting your
browser to display Greek. I find that Safari displays Unicode
UTF-8 best. |
| PHI
Greek Inscriptions |
It is now possible to search the PHI Greek inscriptions online (contains many more texts than PHI 7, which you must access via a desktop
utility, e.g. Pandora)!!! Last I checked, the online search did not seem to work with IE, but did (and beautifully) with Safari and Firefox.
Wait for the Java bit to load at the bottom of the window. Logical operators as follows:
- ^ = OR
- & = AND (within same text)
- ~ = NEAR (within ca. 100 characters)
- ( ) = grouped
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| Perseus
(Classical) |
"Perseus
is an evolving digital library, engineering interactions through
time, space, and language. Our primary goal is to bring a wide range
of source materials to as large an audience as possible."
[source].
I do
not use Perseus for searching classical Greek. Editions are not
necessarily the most recent or best. |
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| Searchable
Latin |
| Epigraphische
Datenbank Heidelberg |
"Das
Forschungsprojekt Epigraphische
Datenbank Heidelberg (EDH) hat die Aufnahme
lateinischer Inschriften des Imperium Romanum in einer umfassenden
Datenbank zum Ziel. In einem ersten Schritt wurden dafür Inschriften
erfaßt, die außerhalb der großen Inschriftencorpora
publiziert und von der seit 1888 erscheinenden Année
Épigraphique bis 1990 registriert wurden. Die epigraphischen
Dokumente werden dabei mit überprüfter Lesung und in geographischer
Ordnung dargeboten. In einem zweiten Schritt zielt die EDH
darauf ab, Beiträge zur wissenschaftlichen Erfassung möglichst
aller lateinischen Inschriften des Imperium Romanum zu leisten.
... Die Datenbank umfaßt derzeit ca. 33.000 Inschriften und
somit die meisten wichtigeren Texte, die außerhalb der großen
Inschriftencorpora publiziert wurden." [source].
Contains
epigraphic Latin in Année Épigraphique, chunks of CIL, and elsewhere (contents). The
advanced
search form is likely to be more than you want, but the simple
interface will probably be enough. |
| Epigraphik-Datenbank Clauss-Slaby |
"Sie finden hier eine Datenbank, die weitgehend alle lateinischen Inschriften erfaßt. Die Texte sind aufgelöst und ergänzt. Die Präsentation der Texte ist so einfach wie möglich gestaltet. Neben den allgemein üblichen Angaben von Auflösungen, Ergänzungen und Tilgungen sind die verwendeten Sonderzeichen auf ein Minimum beschränkt. Die Abkürzungen für die verwendeten Vorlagen sind mit Querverweisen auf andere epigraphische Datenbanken verbunden. Die statistische Aufschlüsselung enthält Angaben darüber, welche Bände - mit wieviel Texten pro Band, was die lateinischen Inschriften betrifft - komplett erfaßt und bereits in die Datenbank eingegeben sind.
Inzwischen sind 372.289 Datensätze aus über 580 Publikationen für mehr als 16.400 Orte aufgenommen."
[source]. |
| Patrologia
Latina ($) |
"The
Patrologia Latina Database
is an electronic version of the first edition of Jacques-Paul Migne's
Patrologia Latina, published between 1844 and 1855, and the four
volumes of indexes published between 1862 and 1865. The Patrologia
Latina comprises the works of the Church Fathers from Tertullian
in 200 AD to the death of Pope Innocent III in 1216. The Patrologia
Latina Database contains the complete Patrologia Latina,
including all prefatory material, original texts, critical apparatus
and indexes. Migne's column numbers, essential references for scholars,
are also included." [source].
Beware,
searches seem to default to complete words; thus "cupidi"
will only find "cupidi". To find e.g. "cupiditatem"
you must truncate: "cupidi*" |
| Brepolis: Library of Latin Texts ($) |
Database of huge body of Latin literary texts. You will need to read the long downloadable manual, as this is not easy to use. |
| Brepolis: MGH ($) |
MGH online. You will need to read the long downloadable manual, as this is not easy to use. |
| Biblioteca Teubneriana
($) |
Desktop
searching only. PC only. The dept. owns a copy--in the dept. libr. |
| PHI 5 ($) |
Covers
less than the Teubner CD. Desktop searching only. We use Pandora,
which is relatively inexpensive and relatively easy to use. |
| In
principio |
Database
of more than 1,000,000 incipits catalogued by the Institut de Recherche
et d'Histoire des Textes, Bibliothèque Nationale de France,
and the Hill Monastic Manuscript Library. I have only briefly tested
it. Seems useful. |
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| Search
Software |
| TLG |
If
you cannot or do not wish to search the TLG on line you have a range
of desktop
options. With a decent internet connection the on-line search
seems to be faster even than a search from disk-mounted copy of the
CD-ROM. |
| PHI
Greek Inscriptions (PHI 7) and Latin texts (PHI 5) ($) |
If
you want to search these you will have to use a desktop
utility. In the dept. We use Pandora,
which is relatively inexpensive and relatively easy to use. |
| Diogenes |
I
have not yet begun to use this free and open-source application, but
people tell me it is great. |
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| Lexica
/ Grammars / Dictionaries |
| LSJ
(Perseus)
| English
words in LSJ |
Save
money; buy a used supplement and use LSJ for free on line. Searching
for English words in LSJ is handy (though I find that I use Yonge
more). |
| Lewis
and Short (Perseus)
| English
words in L&S |
Also
very handy to have Lewis and Short on line. |
| Diccionario
Griego-Español |
"El Diccionario Griego-Español (DGE)
se realiza en el Departamento de Filología Greco-Latina del Instituto de Filología del CSIC (Madrid) bajo la dirección de Francisco R. Adrados
y Elvira Gangutia y contando con el apoyo del Ministerio de Ciencia
y Tecnología. Aspira a convertirse en el diccionario de griego
antiguo más completo y actualizado, empleando métodos
lexicográficos modernos para la organización interna
de sus artículos. Esta página le ofrece información
sobre la obra y los volúmenes publicados, así como
abundante bibliografía complementaria relacionada con el
proyecto." [source]. The dictionary
itself is not on line, but a bewildering array of useful tools can
be found here. |
|
S. C. Woodhouse,
English-Greek Dictionary (Attic) |
"The ENGLISH-GREEK LEXICON here presented contains features which, I trust, will render it acceptable both to teachers and to learners. The vocabulary has been compiled from Attic authors of the best period. So little composition is attempted nowadays outside the range of Attic that I have refrained from introducing words and phrases that belong to other dialects. Moreover, the scope of the work within the limits I set myself has attained a magnitude that would render any large increase of vocabulary a burden rather than a help to the student. The writers from whom I have selected my material are, as far as prose is concerned, THUCYDIDES, PLATO, XENOPHON, DEMOSTHENES, and the ORATORS. For verse I depend upon the authority of AESCHYLUS, SOPHOCLES, and EURIPIDES, excluding, however, in each case, the lyrical passages. Comedy is covered by ARISTOPHANES." [source]. Narrow in scope but fast and handy. |
| Allen
and Greenough (Perseus) |
I
still find it faster to use the paper, which exists in an excellent
revised edition [amz
| abe]
. Free PDF
download of the 1903 edition from TextKit. |
| Goodwin,
Syntax of the Moods and Tenses (Perseus) |
I
still find it faster to use the paper. Free PDF
download from TextKit |
| Kühner-Gerth II.1
(1898), II.2
(1904); Kühner-Blass I.1
(1890)(Perseus) |
I
still find it faster to use the paper. |
| OCD
via Past
Masters |
If
you use the OCD. Not sure this faster than paper. |
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| Bibliography
|
l'Année
Philologique ($) |
"Thirty-three
years (1969-2001) of the Année philologique (volumes 40 to
71) [now 30 (1959) - 74 (2003)] have now been put on-line by the Société Internationale
de Bibliographie Classique, under the direction of Éric Rebillard
(CNRS-EHESS), in collaboration with the American Philological Association
and the Database of Classical Bibliography." [source].
Beware
the coverage is not complete. The search interface is awkward
and does not facilitate navigation between records. I find that
I get the best results by searching under "Full Text"
with boolean "and" (space between words as in google) |
| TOCS-IN
|
"TOCS-IN
provides the tables of contents of a selection of Classics, Near
Eastern Studies, and Religion journals, both in text format and
through a Web search program." [source].
Sometimes
I catch items here that have not (ever or yet) made it into Année.
Search truncates by default: "friend" finds "friendship,"
"friendly," etc. "friend#" finds "friend."
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| Gnomon |
"Der
»Gnomon Online« ist eine Ergänzung der »Gnomon
Bibliographischen Datenbank« für das Internet.Die CD
für 2005 (ca. 330.000 Titel) ist im Buchhandel erhältlich
unter der ISBN 3-406-44289-7. Im Internet stehen alle erfaßten
Titel der Erscheinungsjahre 2002 - 2005 zur Verfügung; ein
Update des »Gnomon Online« mit Neuerscheinungen findet
etwa einmal pro Woche statt." [source].
Catches
collections of essays that tend not to be covered in TOCS-IN. Since
entries are tagged by key-words (in one language) this engine sometimes
turns up things that you might not catch in Année.
|
| Numismatic
Literature |
"NUMISMATIC
LITERATURE is a semiannual survey of current publications in or
related to numismatics with abstracts of their contents. Beginning
with NL 79 (December 1967), bibliographic information and abstracts
have been submitted by an international board of Contributing Editors,
each of whom collects material published in his country."
[source].
Fulltext
searching of many (not all) Num.Lit. volumes. This does
not replace systematic searching of the paper volumes, but I have
found this to very useful on many occasions. |
| Bibliographie
Papyrologique ($) |
Not
available on line. On the public Macs in the Papyrology Room. Annual
bibliography of papyrological research. Updated quarterly. Format
is Filemaker; very easy to use. |
| Leuven
Data Base of Ancient Books |
Catalogue
of literary papyri; I find this much easier to use than Mertens-Pack(3). Not strictly a bibliographic DB, but I find I use it most often to discover bibl on known papyri. |
| Mertens-Pack(3) |
Catalogue
of literary papyri, based on Mertens' update to R. A. Pack, The
Greek and Latin Literary Texts from Greco-Roman Egypt (2nd ed.
1965). Not strictly a bibliographic DB, but I find I use it most often to discover bibl on known papyri. |
| BCS,
Bibliography
|
"la
BIBLIOTHECA CLASSICA SELECTA (BCS) se veut une introduction aux
études classiques, destinée prioritairement aux étudiants
de lettres classiques et d'histoire ancienne, accessoirement à
tous ceux qui s'intéressent au monde gréco-romain
antique et aux civilisations qui l'entourent."
[source].
Introductory bibliography arranged by subject. Sometimes not a bad
place to start when you are starting from scratch. |
| Nomoi |
Ambitious and very well organized bibliography of Greek law. Arranged in flat files by category so that it is more easily browsed than searched; but to search simply go to the alphabetical list, which gives everything in alphabetical order by author. |
| Dyabola |
"Dyabola ist ein navigierbares, quellenorientiertes Text- und Bilderfassungssystem, das mit einem semantischen Netzwerk, einem Syntaxgenerator und einer Datenblattmaschine ausgerüstet ist. Das System ist für die Geistes- und Kunstwissenschaften entwickelt worden, die selten zu einer verbindlichen, unumstößlichen Aussage bezüglich historischer Dokumente und Monumente finden werden. Es sind vor allem die Entwicklung und der Wechsel der Annäherungsweisen, deren Analyse häufig spannender erscheint als die Objekte selbst." [source] Be sure, on the front page to select "mit IP-Zugang." |
| Nestor |
"Nestor is an international bibliography of Aegean studies, Homeric society, Indo-European linguistics, and related fields. It is published monthly from September to May (each volume covers one calendar year) by the Department of Classics, University of Cincinnati. An Authors Index accompanies the December issue. Nestor is distributed in 30 countries world-wide. It is currently edited by Carol Hershenson." [source] |
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Inside the Book |
Google Book Search |
"Just do a search on Google Book Search or on Google.com. When we find a book whose content contains a match for your search terms, we'll link to it in your search results. Click a book title and you'll see, like a card catalog entry, some basic information about the book. You may also see a few snippets of text from the book showing your search term in context. If the publisher or author has given us permission through our Partner Program then you'll see a few full pages from the book and if the book is out of copyright, you'll be able to page through the entire book. In all cases, you'll see links that lead directly to online bookstores where you can buy the book.." [source]. |
|
Search JSTOR ($)
Try the Search Sandbox |
"In the broadest sense, JSTOR's mission is to help the scholarly community take advantage of advances in information technologies. In pursuing this mission, JSTOR has adopted a system-wide perspective, taking into account the sometimes conflicting needs of libraries, publishers, and scholars." [source]. The Full-Text search is like chocolate covered chocolate. |
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| Abbreviations
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| AJA
Abbreviations |
"The
following list of abbreviations of periodicals, series, and books
supersedes those previously published in AJA. Although it is unlikely
that all archaeological journals--let alone all journals dealing with
the ancient world--will ever adopt a universal set of abbreviations,
those employed by AJA are generally in common use."
[source]
Self-explanatory. I use this all the time. |
| l'Année
Philologique ($) |
Go
to the main page and `Enter' the site. On the navigation bar at top,
click `Other Criteria' and select `Periodical' from the drop-down
menu. Enter the abbreviation in the search box and hit return. A search
for `QC' returns `Quaderni catanesi di studi classici e medievali'
as it should. |
| Checklist
of Editions of Greek, Latin and Coptic Papyri, Ostraca and Tablets.
|
"The
primary purpose of the Checklist of Greek, Latin, Demotic and Coptic
Papyri, Ostraca and Tablets is to provide for scholars and librarians
a ready bibliography of all monographic volumes, both current and
out-of-print, of Greek, Latin, Demotic and Coptic documentary texts
on papyrus, parchment, ostraca or wood tablets."
[source] |
| ANS
NumLit abbrev. |
Do
you know the abbreviation CSSAI? Enough said. See above under "Bibliography" |
| SEG
/ abbrev.
from XXVI-XLV |
"The
list is taken from Supplementum Epigraphicum Graecum. Consolidated
Index for Volumes XXXVI-XLV (1986-1995), edited by J.H.M. Strubbe
with the assistance of M.J. Bakker (Amsterdam 1999)"
[source]
Pretty specific, but this has sometimes gotten me out a bind. |
| LSJ
authors |
If
you abbreviate Greek authors by LSJ this is very handy. |
| DGE authors
and abbrev. |
The
coverage is enormous. |
| DGE epigraphical
abbrev.
|
These
are abbreviations used in the Claros
database, a concordance of Greek inscriptions (mostly following Année).
Abreviations are both listed
and searchable.
The Claros
itself can be very useful, but I have found it difficult to use. |
| Clauss' Abbreviations |
Geared toward his DB, but often useful. |
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| Reviews
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| BMCR
|
"Bryn
Mawr Classical Review publishes timely reviews of current scholarly
work in the field of classical studies (including archaeology)."
[source]
I find the full-text search very useful (under "Archive").
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| Papyrology
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| Duke
Papyrus Archive |
"The
Duke Papyrus Archive provides electronic access to texts about and
images of nearly 1400 papyri from ancient Egypt. The target audience
includes: papyrologists, ancient historians, archaeologists, biblical
scholars, classicists, Coptologists, Egyptologists, students of literature
and religion and all others interested in ancient Egypt." |
| Heidelberger
Gesamtverzeichnis
WörterListen and KonträrIndex
All at Institut
für Papyrologie, Heidelberg
|
I
always use the HGV to check dates of documentary papyri.
The WL is highly useful inasmuch as it can be (and is) updated
more quickly than the DDBDP. Any serious search of the DDBDP
should be complemented by a search of the WL. |
| Advanced
Papyrological Information System |
"APIS
links together in a single environment various sources of information
about texts written on papyrus and the society that produced them.
It contains descriptions of the papyri and other written materials
in the collections of the participating institutions, digital images
of many of these texts, and connections to databases with the texts
themselves in their original languages and with bibliography about
the texts. Many of the descriptions include full translations into
English. The user can move back and forth among text, translation,
bibliography, description, and image. With the specially-developed
APIS Search System many different types of complex searches can be
carried out."
[source] |
| University
of Michigan Papyrus Collection Home Page |
"The
collection comprises about seven thousand catalogued items, many of
which consist of two or more pieces of separate content contained
in one folder, so that the actual number of papyri which have received
or still require individual publication may be estimated at around
ten thousand. Of these, some two thousand represent a loan for publication
from the Egyptian Department of Antiquities, as will be explained
below, most of which have been returned to Cairo. The Michigan Collection,
by far the largest in the United States, ranks among the great collections
in the world, although it is not as large as those at Oxford, London,
Vienna, and, of course Cairo. The importance of the collection is
enhanced by the presence of the University's collection of ostraca,
which is housed in the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology."
[source] |
| The
Tebtunis Papyri Collection |
"The
Tebtunis Papyri consist of the papyrus documents that were found in
the winter of 1899/1900 at the site of ancient Tebtunis, Egypt. The
expedition to Tebtunis, led by the British archaeologists Bernard
Grenfell and Arthur Hunt, was financed for the University of California
by Mrs. Phoebe Apperson Hearst. The Tebtunis Papyri are the largest
collection of papyrus documents from a single site in the United States.
Although the collection has never been counted and inventoried completely,
the number of fragments contained in it exceeds 21,000. This web site,
which is still under development will provide electronic access to
the images of the Tebtunis Papyri as well as textual information." |
| Heidelberg Papyrus Collection |
"Im Rahmen ihres Programms "Retrospektive Digitalisierung von Bibliotheksbeständen" förderte die Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) vom 1. April 1999 bis zum 30. November 2002 ein Projekt zur Digitalisierung der Heidelberger Papyrussamlung. Dieses Projekt war mit einer Wissenschaftler- und einer Technikerstelle (3/4 Stelle) ausgestattet. Ziel des Projektes war die digitale Erfassung des Gesamtbestandes der Heidelberger Papyrussammlung, also nicht nur der griechischen Papyri, die mit etwa 5000 Stück den Hauptbestandteil der Sammlung ausmachen, sondern auch der ca 3200 arabischen, 1370 koptischen und 815 demotischen Papyri, sowie darüberhinaus kleinerer Partien hieratischer, mittelpersischer, hebräischer, lateinischer, aramäischer und syrischer Papyri und schließlich der 760 griechischen Ostraka." [source] |
| The
Princeton University Papyrus Collection |
"Princeton's
collections of papyri are housed in the Manuscripts Division of the Department
of Rare Books and Special Collections in the Harvey S. Firestone
Memorial Library. This home page, including a DESCRIPTIVE INVENTORY
and DIGITAL IMAGES OF SELECTED PRINCETON PAPYRI, is presented as part
of the
APIS (Advanced Papyrological Information System) Project,..."
[source]
|
| The
Yale Papyrus Collection |
"The
Yale Papyrus Collection has formed gradually over the years since
1889, when it was founded."
[source] |
| The
Oxyrhynchus Papyri |
"This
site introduces the Oxyrhynchus Papyri Project"
[source] |
| Leuven Data Base of Ancient Books |
Catalogue of literary papyri; I find this much easier to use than Mertens-Pack(3). |
| Mertens-Pack(3) |
Catalogue of literary papyri, based on Mertens' update to R. A. Pack, The Greek and Latin Literary Texts from Greco-Roman Egypt (2nd ed. 1965). |
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| Prosopographia
Ptolemaica |
"The
Prosopographia Ptolemaica lists all inhabitants of Egypt
between 300 and 30 B.C., from Greek, Egyptian and Latin sources, both
authors and documents."
[source] |
| Fayum
Project |
"The
main goal of the Fayum Project is a reconstruction of the occupation
history of an Egyptian nome during the Greco-Roman period, based on
Greek and Demotic papyri, inscriptions and archaeological remains.
Special attention goes to the administrative development of the Fayum
area, the typology of inhabited centres and the composition of a multicultural
population."
[source] |
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| Epigraphy
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| CSAD |
"The
Centre for the Study of Ancient Documents was established in 1995
... to provide a focus for the study of ancient documents within Oxford.
... The Centre provides a home for Oxford University's epigraphical
archive, which includes one of the largest collections of squeezes
(paper impressions) of Greek inscriptions in the world, together with
the Haverfield archive of Roman inscriptions from Britain, and a substantial
photographic collection. The strengths of the epigraphical archive
lie in its broad coverage of early Greek inscriptions, Attic epigraphy
and the Hellenistic world. Individual sites well represented in the
archive include Chios, Samos, Priene, Rhodes, and Samothrace."
[source] |
| IG
/ list of squeezes / and translations too |
"Die
‘Inscriptiones Graecae’ haben die kritische Edition sämtlicher
bekannter antiker griechischer Inschriften, gegliedert nach einzelnen
Regionen und Landschaften, zur Aufgabe."
[source] | "Beginnend mit dem Faszikel IG IX 1², 4 und zeitgleich mit diesem wird ein Datenbestand mit Übersetzungen der wichtigeren und umfänglicheren Inschriften aus den künftig erscheinenden Faszikeln der Inscriptiones Graecae (IG) aufgebaut. Die Abfolge der Übersetzungen ist die der IG-Nummern. Unsere Übersetzungen sollen als Hilfsmittel den schnellen Zugriff auf die Texte ermöglichen, sie sind keinesfalls selbständig zu verwenden, sondern nur in Verbindung mit dem Corpus. Erst die Zusammenschau mit der kritischen Edition bietet die volle Information." [source] |
| OSU Center
for Epigraphical and Palaeographical Studies / im.
of dated Attic inscr. / im.
of Mac. inscr. / Grk. photos
/ Grk. squeezes |
"The
Center for Epigraphical and Palaeographical Studies at The Ohio State
University was created in September 1986 by an act of the Board of
Trustees of the University. It is the only comprehensive research
facility for the study of Greek and Latin inscriptions and manuscripts
in the United States. Its purpose is to foster the study of inscriptions
and manuscripts and promote research opportunities for those interested
in these primary sources of information for the ancient and mediaeval
world."
[source] |
| ASGLE |
"The
American Society of Greek and Latin Epigraphy is a non-profit organization
whose purpose is to further research in, and the teaching of, Greek
and Latin epigraphy in North America"
[source] |
| Cornell
Epigraphy Project |
"Our
goal is to make available computerized texts of as many Greek inscriptions
as possible, from all areas and periods"
[source] |
| Epigraphische
Datenbank Heidelberg |
|
| AIEGL |
"The
International Association for Greek and Latin Epigraphy was founded
in 1972 with the aim of furthering the study of epigraphy in all countries
in which classical antiquity is studied. At present this includes
more than 30 countries, and the Association has about 735 members." [source] |
| DGE
/ Claros
concordance of Greek inscriptions |
"The
purpose of the data base CLAROS is to make easier the task of locating
new editions of Greek inscriptions appeared all along the last hundred
years. It is designed to help the epigraphists, but particularly,
we think, the non pecialists (historians, linguists, philologists,
etc.), less cquainted than those to find their paths in the bibliographical
ungle into which this discipline has turned."
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| EAGLE (Electronic Archive of Greek and Latin Epigraphy) |
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| Numismatics
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Head, HN, online |
"The Historia Numorum has been converted to HTML and made available free of charge to all. We've tried to preserve the text and layout as they appeared in 1911. Hyperlinks have been placed as suggested by the original text.." [source]. It is great to have a free, full-text version of this invaluable resource online. Greek is unaccented, but the OCR and proofing seem pretty clean. Links out ANS, SNG, and Wildwinds are useful.
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BMC online |
"The British Museum published most of its massive collection of Greek coins in 29 volumes from 1873-1929. The series, called BMC Greek, is the largest collection of ancient Greek coins ever published. ... This web site is not affiliated with the British Museum, the publishers, or the authors. Many of the volumes are in the public domain. I've reproduced the plates of some volumes here, as an aid to scholars. For Peloponnesus I've added navigation and cross-reference features. I'll be adding similar features to the other volumes as time permits." [source]. By the same person who entered HN.
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| ANS
/ coin
search |
"The
mission of The American Numismatic Society is to be the preeminent
national institution advancing the study and appreciation of coins,
medals and related objects of all cultures as historical and artistic
documents, by maintaining the foremost numismatic collection and
library, by supporting scholarly research and publications, and
by sponsoring educational and interpretive programs for diverse
audiences."
[source].
I use
this site all the time as a source of images for class. Images are
available for only a small fraction of the collection, but they
are usually of a high quality. Beware that Latin legends often,
but so far as I can tell not always, use "V" for "U".
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| Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum / database |
"The Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum is a British Academy Research Project, the purpose of which is to publish illustrated catalogues of Greek coins in public and private collections in the British Isles. SNG has retained the traditional, very broad, definition of 'Greek' to include the coins produced by all ancient civilisations of the Mediterannean and neighbouring regions except Rome, though it does include the Roman Provincial series often known as 'Greek Imperials'. ... " [source]. |
| Numismatische
Bilddatenbank Eichstätt |
"Die
»Numismatische Bilddatenbank Eichstätt« (NBE) stellt
eine breite Auswahl antiker Münzen in hochauflösenden Digitalphotographien
zur Verfügung. Die Kooperation einiger wichtiger Auktionshäuser
(s. unten) ermöglicht den Aufbau einer virtuellen Sammlung auch
wertvollster Münzen, die in dieser Auswahl in keiner realen Universitätssammlung
und wohl auch nur in sehr wenigen Museen und Münzkabinetten zu
Studienzwecken zur Verfügung stehen. Die NBE-Münzen sind
bequem über mehrere Register recherchierbar. Für die Typenbeschreibung
wurden die jeweiligen Standardcorpora benutzt."
[source].
I find this site very frustrating to navigate, but it contains a great
many high-quality images of a wide variety of Greek and Roman coins.
Images are also big, which makes them more useful in the classroom
than the ANS images. |
| Virtual
Catalog of Roman Coins |
"[A]
Web site devoted to helping students and teachers learn more about
ancient Roman coins. These pages contain images and descriptions of
coins from the Early Republic through the end of the 4th century A.D.
and the formal division of the Roman Empire into east and west."
[source].
I sometimes find images useful for class here. |
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| Lexicon
of Greek Personal Names |
"The
Lexicon of Greek Personal Names (LGPN) was established to collect
and publish all ancient Greek personal names. Our material is drawn
from all available sources, from the earliest Greek written records
to approximately the sixth century A.D."
[source].
I find the searches to be worth little; they simply point you to the
volume in which you can find the information you want, which does
not save much time. The reverse indices and addenda and corrigenda
(both under Downloads),
by contrast, are useful. |
| PIR |
"Die
Prosopographia Imperii Romani (PIR) ist ein Personenlexikon. Es soll
im wesentlichen die Führungsschicht des Römischen Reiches
in der Frühen und Hohen Kaiserzeit erfassen. Die untere zeitliche
Grenze ist die Schlacht von Aktium 31 v. Chr., seit der die monarchische
Herrschaftsstruktur für Rom endgültig geworden war; die
obere Grenze bildet die Herrschaft Diokletians (284-305), mit der
eine wesentliche Änderung im staatlichen und gesellschaftlichen Aufbau
des Reiches durchgesetzt wurde."
[source].
This is also just a guide to the printed volumes, but a quick search
[key words | free text] here often saves time in the stacks (explanations
here). |
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Images |
| Duke Online Collections |
"Images of nearly 2000 images from instructional slide collection at the" Duke Department of Classical Studies. Images restricted Duke campus users only. [souce] |
| Art Resource |
"Art Resource is the worlds largest fine art stock photo archive, licensing authorized images to all media." [source] Go to search. |
| AERIA |
"Die jetzt wieder lebendige Antikensammlung als drittgroesstes Musem antiker griechischer Keramik und Kleinkunst in Bayern mit ihren ausgedehnten, in weiten Bereichen noch unveroeffentlichten Bestaenden legt eine Anwendung als "virtuelles Museum" im WWW nahe.
Hauptaufgabe ist neben der Vorlage des Inventares der Originalsammlung wie der Gipsabguss-Sammlung vor allem die Aufbereitung des umfangreichen Photoarchives mit rund 40.000 Aufnahmen, deren aelteste in die Zeit vor 1870 zurueckreichen." [source] |
| Vedute di Roma |
Images of sites and museums in Rome. |
| Viamus |
"Grundlage des Projekts bilden die reichen Sammlungen des Göttinger Archäologischen Instituts. Im Mittelpunkt steht die schon 1767 gegründete Sammlung der Gipsabgüsse. Sie ermöglicht einen ungewöhnlich dichten Überblick über die mehr als 1000jährige Geschichte der griechisch-römischen Bildhauerkunst." [source] |
| Bildarchiv Foto Marburg |
"Der "Bildindex" enthält zur Zeit 1,9 Millionen Abbildungen, die Sie als Scan, Dia oder Abzug bestellen können.
Veröffentlichung der Fotos nur mit ausdrücklicher Genehmigung der besitzenden Institution!
Über die Nutzungsbedingungen der Bilder des Bildarchivs Foto Marburg informieren Sie sich bitte in unserer Preisliste und in den Allgemeinen Geschäftsbedingungen." [source] |
| Google Images |
"The most comprehensive image search on the web" [source] |
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Websites |
| Blackboard |
I
do not use Blackboard, though it does offer all kinds of benefits,
including training
and support. |
| Do it yourself |
I
prefer to make my own course webpages. To do this I had to learn
a few very simple things. It takes a bit of time to learn the basics,
but not much, and I think it well worth the effort. See A&S
OWL and CSILL
for more help.
To restrict
access to users within the Duke domain: (1) create a directory that
you want to restrict, (2) create a file in that directory called
".htaccess", (3) in that file enter the following (exactly):
<Limit GET
POST>
order deny,allow
deny from all
allow from .duke.edu
</Limit>
then save that
file; or, follow these
instructions. Anything that you put in that directory will be
accessible only to people in the Duke community (see OIT
on remote
access) |
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