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How
to Find Materials about
Greek and Other Classical Literature
A Select Guide to Finding Resources
Critical Essays in Books
| Criticism
and Scholarly Journals | Encyclopedias, Dictionaries and Handbooks
| Generalia |
Using Indexes to Find Journal Articles
| Mythology in Art | Staging and Production
| Selected E-texts | Photographs
of the Classical World
SPECIALIZED ENCYCLOPEDIAS,
DICTIONARIES AND HANDBOOKS
Aken, Andreas
Rudolphus Antonius van. The Encylopedia of Classical Mythology.
Translated from the
Dutch by D. R. Welsh. Englewood Cliffs : N.J., Prentice-Hall, 1965. BL715 .A413
STACKS
Originally entitled: "Elseviers mythologische
encyclopedie."
Subject:
Mythology--Dictionaries
Bell, Robert E. Dictionary of Classical Mythology : Symbols, Attributes and
Associations. Santa Barbara,
Calif. : ABC-Clio, 1982. BL715 .B44 1982 REFERENCE
A topically arranged dictionary of Greek and Roman mythology.
Subject:
Mythology, Classical--Dictionaries
-------. Women of Classical Mythology : A Biographical Dictionary.
Santa Barbara, Calif. :
ABC-CLIO, 1991. BL715 .B445 1991 REFERENCE
Biographical sketches of not only goddesses but also
oft-neglected
women of classical mythology with references to the works in
which
each character is found.
Subject:
Mythology, Classical--Biography--Dictionaries
Goddesses--Dictionaries
Women--Mythology--Biography--Dictionaries
Brewer's
Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
Bulfinch, Thomas. Bulfinch’s Mythology. BL 310 .B82 1991
STACKS
-------. The Age of Fable. (World Wide Web) URL: http://www.showgate.com/medea/bulfinch/
One of THE resources most responsible for popularizing
the study of
Greek mythology. Written for a popular audience.
Department of Classical Studies, University of Michigan. Internet Resources
of Interest to Classicists
and Mediterranean Archeologists. (World Wide Web) URL: http://rome.classics.lsa.umich.edu/
Links to exhibits, field projects, texts, bibliographies,
journals, classics departments, museums,
news groups, etc. from the Department of Classical Studies.
A major academic Web site.
Grant, Michael. Civilization of the ancient Mediterranean : Greece and
Rome.
New York : Scribner's, 1988. DE59 .C55 1988 v.1-3 REFERENCE
Gwinup, Thomas. Greek and Roman authors : a checklist of criticism. 2nd
ed. Metuchen, N.J. :
Scarecrow Press, 1982. PA3001 .G9 1982 REFERENCE
Subject:
Classical literature--History and criticism--Bibliography
Hornblower, Simon. The Oxford Classical
Dictionary, 3rd ed. New York : Oxford University
Press, 1996. DE5 .O9 1996
REFERENCE
Howatson, M.C. Editor. The Oxford Companion to Classical Literature.
2nd ed. New York : Oxford University Press, 1989. PA31 .O93 1989
REFERENCE
Subject:
Classical literature--Dictionaries
Classical dictionaries
Luce, T. James. Ancient Writers : Greece and Rome. T. New York :
Scribner, 1982.
PA 3002 .A5 1982 REFERENCE
Contents: v. 1. Homer to Caesar -- v. 2. Lucretius to
Ammianus
A terrific point-of-departure for the study of the great
literary figures
of Greece and Rome. Excellent bibliographies are appended to
each essay.
A chronological table correlates each author to significant
historical events.
Room, Adrian. Room's Classical Dictionary : The Origins of the Names of
Characters in Classical
Mythology. Boston : Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1983. BL727
.R58 1983 REFERENCE
Literal translations and metaphoric uses of individual
and collective names
of characters in classical mythology.
Subject:
Mythology, Classical--Names--Dictionaries
Speake, Graham. Encyclopedia of Greece and the Hellenic Tradition. London
; Chicago :
Fitzroy Dearborn, 2000. DF757 .E53 2000 v.1-2 REFERENCE
Tripp, Edward. Crowell's Handbook of Classical Mythology. New York :
Crowell, 1970.
BL303 .T75 1970 REFERENCE
A dictionary of references to people, places and works
relating to
classical literature. Includes summaries of individual myths.
Includes
pronunciation and references to principal source texts.
Zimmerman, John Edward. Dictionary of Classical Mythology. New York :
Bantam Books, 1966.
BL715 .Z5 1966 STACKS
Photographs of the Classical World
19th-Century
Photography of Ancient Greece
http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/digital/garyedwards/
Includes the Athenian Acropolis, monuments of Athens,
monuments elsewhere in Greece,
monuments and sculpture of the ancient world outside Greece.
GENERALIA
Ancient Greek World
(compiled by the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaology and
Anthropology)
Ancient Greece
Includes archaeology, art, architecture, history,
literature, philosophy and religion
Ancient Rome
Includes archaeology, art, architecture, history,
literature, philosophy and religion
Perseus Project from Tufts University http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/
WWW Links to the Study of the Ancient World http://www.carthage.edu/outis/Search-Links.html
A little bit of about many interesting aspect of culture.
For example, this site even includes
discussion of cuisine, medicine, military science, athletics,
as well as literature, religion, philosophy, etc.
SELECTED ELECTRONIC
TEXTS and FINDING TEXTS IN A LIBRARY CATALOG
The Internet Classics Archive http://classics.mit.edu
441 works of classical literature by 59 authors. Quality of translations may
vary.
The
Oedipus Game - Test your knowledge of Oedipus Rex
To find works by particular authors, use the LOOKUP BY AUTHOR
search in the library online catalog
ONLINE
CATALOG SUBJECT HEADINGS
Use "Lookup in Catalog by Subject" to find
critical essays in books the Library owns.
Aeschylus--Criticism and interpretation
Civilization, Homeric
Dionysus (Greek deity) in literature
Epic poetry, Greek--History and criticism
Euripides--Criticism and interpretation
Euripides. Alcestis
Gods, Greek, in literature
Greek drama (Comedy)--History and criticism
Greek drama (Tragedy)--History and criticism
Greek poetry--History and criticism
Heroes in literature
Homer--Criticism and interpretation
Homer. Iliad
Homer. Odyssey
Latin drama--History and criticism
Metamorphosis in literature
Mythology, Classical, in literature
Oedipus (Greek mythology) in literature
Sophocles. Oedipus Rex
Theater--Greece--History
Theater--Rome--History
Theaters--Greece
Theaters--Rome
Theater audiences--Rome--History
INDEXES
AND ABSTRACTS [See also Criticism and Scholarly Journals]
Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism (CMLC). Annual. Detroit,
Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1988-
PN610 .C53 VOL.1-19 REFERENCE
Reprints of critical commentary on classical and medieval
authors and
their works excerpted from significant books, articles and
reviews.
Use the ‘Cumulative Title Index’ in the back of the
latest volume to
identify references to works studied in class. The source for
each
excerpt appears at the head of each article.
Consult the Library Online Catalog for
complete texts of book titles
and article references listed in CMLC.
Humanities Index. New York : H.W. Wilson. 1974-present. NX 1 .H8
INDEX
Subjects:
Greek drama (comedy)
Greek drama (tragedy)
Greek drama (satyr play)
Greek epic poetry
Greek literature--Criticism and interpretation
Homer (entries are arranged alphabetically by the name of
individual works)
Sophocles (entries are arranged alphabetically by the name of
individual works)
Euripides (entries are arranged alphabetically by the name of
individual works)
Aeschylus (entries are arranged alphabetically by the name of
individual works)
Virgil (entries are arranged alphabetically by the name of
individual works)
Ovid (entries are arranged alphabetically by the name of
individual works)
Essay and General Literature Index. New York : H.W. Wilson. 1900-present. PN
1 .E7 INDEX
Provides references to critical essays contained in book
collections.
Each entry gives the title of the essay and the title of the
book containing the essay.
Subjects:
Greek drama (comedy)
Greek drama (tragedy)
Greek drama (satyr play)
Greek epic poetry
Greek literature--Criticism and interpretation
Homer (entries are arranged alphabetically by the name of
individual works)
Sophocles (entries are arranged alphabetically by the name of
individual works)
Euripides (entries are arranged alphabetically by the name of
individual works)
Aeschylus (entries are arranged alphabetically by the name of
individual works)
Virgil (entries are arranged alphabetically by the name of
individual works)
Ovid (entries are arranged alphabetically by the name of
individual works)
HELPFUL HINTS ON USING ESSAY AND GENERAL LITERATURE INDEX
Once you have a reference to an essay collection, you
must determine whether or not the library has the
book. Use "lookup by title" in the
Library Online Catalog.
Sample entry:
Richardson, N. J. Aristotle’s Reading of Homer and Its Background.
(IN Homer’s Ancient Readers;
ed. By R. Lamberton and J. J. Keaney p. 30-40)
CATALOG LOOKUP BY TITLE
Title = = > Homer’s ancient readers
Yes, we have the essay collection. The call number is: PA 4037 .H775
1992 STACKS
CRITICISM AND SCHOLARLY JOURNALS
Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism.
Detroit, Mich.
: Gale Research Co., c1988.
PN610 .C53 v.1-57 REFERENCE
Classical and Modern Literature. Terre Haute, Ind. : CML, c1980-
[quarterly].
PN883 .C54 PERIODICAL OPEN STACK
Classical Philology. 1908-1977. Chicago : University of Chicago Press.
PA1 .C5 PERIODICALS [FL5]
Classical Quarterly. Oxford [etc.] Clarendon Press. 1989-PRESENT MICROFORMS
STAGING
AND PRODUCTION
DIDASKALIA : Introduction to Greek Stagecraft. (World Wide Web)
URL: http://didaskalia.berkeley.edu/stagecraft/greek.html
A superb WWW resource tracing the development of
classical theater through original performance conditions and stage
construction.
Walton, J. Michael. Living Greek Theatre : A Handbook of Classical
Performance and Modern Production.
New York : Greenwood Press, 1987. PA3201 .W36 1987 REFERENCE
Subject:
Theater--Greece--History
Greek drama--Presentation, Modern
MYTHOLOGY
IN ART
Reid, Jane Davidson. The Oxford Guide to Classical Mythology in the Arts,
1300-1990. 2 vols.
New York : Oxford, 1993. NX 650 .M9 .R45 1993 REFERENCE
Entries are organized by mythological figure or theme as
represented
in fine art, music, dance and literature of the last seven
centuries.
Waters, Clara Erskine Clement. A Handbook of Legendary and Mythological Art.
Enlarged ed.
Detroit, Gale Research Co., 1969 [1881] N7760 .W3 1969 STACKS
Subject:
Art and mythology--Dictionaries
Christian art and symbolism--Dictionaries
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