Miami University Libraries
Get HelpClassics - Selected Online Texts
- Have a Question about Classics?
-
or instant message me(witherre on AIM and Yahoo):
100 Decisive Battles: From Ancient Times to the Present
(1999, ABC-CLIO, OhioLINK Electronic Book Center)
Allen and Greenough's New Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges
Classic grammar textbook. (1903, Perseus Project)
Art & Architecture - Oxford Reference Collection
Searches simultaneously in multiple titles grouped under Art & Architecture in Oxford Reference Online.
Classics - Oxford Reference Collection
Searches simultaneously in several Classics titles in Oxford Reference Online, plus the English-Latin and Latin-English dictionaries.
Concise Oxford Companion to Classical Literature
The lives of many classical authors, character entries and plot summaries for their works, as well as wide coverage of the historical, political, social, and artistic background. (1996, Oxford Reference Online)
Dictionary of World Mythology
Presents information on the gods of Greece, Rome, and Scandinavia, the more mystical deities of Buddhist and Hindu India, and the spirits of the African and American continents. (1997, Oxford Reference Online)
Encyclopedia of Graeco-Roman Mythology
(1998, ABC-CLIO, OhioLINK Electronic Book Center)
Encyclopedia of Women in the Ancient World
(2001, ABC-CLIO, OhioLINK Electronic Book Center)
Guide to the Gods
(1992, ABC-CLIO, OhioLINK Electronic Book Center)
History - Oxford Reference Collection
Searches simultaneously in a large number of companions, concise companions, encyclopedias, and dictionaries about history published by Oxford University Press. (Oxford Reference Online)
Maps - Oxford Reference Collection
Small physical and political maps for each country, state maps for North America, Canada, and Mexico, and more than 100 city maps. (2004, Oxford Reference Online)
Motif Index of Folk Literature
Classification of narrative elements in folktales, ballads, myths, fables, mediaeval romances, exempla, fabliaux, jest-books, and local legends. (1955, InteLex)
New Dictionary of the History of Ideas
Designed to introduce a general audience to the main ideas and movements of global cultural history from antiquity to the twenty-first century. (6 v., 2005, Gale Virtual Reference Library)
Oxford Classical Dictionary
Standard one-volume encyclopedia on ancient Greece and Rome. (3rd ed., 1996, InteLex)
Oxford Companion to Classical Civilization
Authoritative survey of the Greek and Roman worlds, with articles on such diverse fields as, history and politics; ethics and morals; law and punishment; social and family life; language, literature, and art; religion and mythology; technology, science, and medicine. (1998, Oxford Reference Online)
Oxford Companion to World Mythology
Essays on the world's major mythological traditions, retellings of some better-known myths, and entries on mythological types, motifs, and figures. (2005, Oxford Reference Online)
Oxford Companion to the Bible
Articles about the people, places, events, books, institutions, religious belief, and secular influence of the Bible, with extended entries on religious concepts. (1993, Oxford Reference Online)
Perseus Greek/Latin Dictionary
Search the headwords of Greek and Latin dictionaries. (Perseus Project)
Perseus Interactive Atlas
See User Guide and FAQ for assistance.
Perseus Project's Electronic Texts, Images, and Pictures
Integrated collection of materials, textual and visual, on the Greek and Roman world, containing primary and secondary texts, site plans, digital images, and maps. (Hosted by Tufts University)
Pocket Oxford Latin Dictionary (Latin-English)
Dictionary designed specifically to meet the needs of students in their first years of studying Latin. (1994, Oxford Reference Online)
Science in the Ancient World: An Encyclopedia
(2004, ABC-CLIO, OhioLINK Electronic Book Center)
Voyages in Classical Mythology
(1994, ABC-CLIO, OhioLINK Electronic Book Center)
Who's Who in the Classical World
Focusing exclusively on real people, this is a dictionary of ancient biography, covering Greek and Roman history and politics, literature, philosophy, science, and art. (2000, Oxford Reference Online)
Women of Classical Mythology: A Biographical Dictionary
(1991, ABC-CLIO, OhioLINK Electronic Book Center)
Send comments to the Classics selector(s):