Research Guides: Classics & Classical Studies: Primary AND Backgrournd Resources in Classics

Primary and Reference Resources in Classics

Primary Resources

Digital Loeb Classical Library This link opens in a new window
Use this database to find Ancient Greek and Latin Literature with English translations.
Thesaurus Linguae Graecae This link opens in a new window
Greek literature from antiquity to the present.
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New Jacoby Online This link opens in a new window
Surviving fragments of Greek Historians from Felix Jacoby's "Die Fragemente der Griechishen Historiker" (English: "Fragments of the Greek Historians") and other sources. Includes summaries and citations for historians whose work has not survived.
Patrologia Latina This link opens in a new window
Online access to 1st ed. of Jacques-Paul Migne's text (1844-1855) and indexes 1862-1865); works of Church Fathers from Tertullian (200 AD) to Pope Innocent III's death (1216).
Past Masters Full Text Humanities This link opens in a new window
A database of primary resources in philosophy, theology and literature, this database includes the complete works of Plato and Aristotle in English, as well as English and Latin editions of Augustine, Aquinas and Anselm.

Ostia Ancient Texts
A website that has selected ancient authors in the original Latin and Greek.
Epigraphy Project (at Brown University)
Diotoma:Materials for the Study of Women and Gender in the Ancient World
PHI (Packard Humanities Institute) Latin Texts
Full text classical Latin texts.
Perseus Digital Library (Project Perseus)
A website hosted at Tufts University collecting historical materials from ancient, medieval and modern periods, but including Greek and Latin classics, some in English, some in Greek and Latin -- as well as Papyri. Includes many supplementary, secondary texts.

Reference Resources

Brill's New Pauly Online This link opens in a new window
Scholarly encyclopedia of the ancient world and Greco-Roman culture. For display issues in Chrome, please clear the cache.
Greek-English Lexicon This link opens in a new window
Two important Greek-English dictionaries: "Lidell and Scott" and "Lewis and Short"