Athens

=Resources for Classical Athens= toc


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__General__
The Oxford Dictionary of the Classical World
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The Ancient Greeks: New Perspectives The Eye Expanded: Life and the Arts in Greco-Roman Antiquity
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Ancient Greece (47 min.)
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 * Athens (Greece) -- History
 * Civilization -- Classical
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 * Weblinks:**
 * Ancient City of Athens - A photographic archive of the archaeological and architectural remains of ancient Athens (Greece).
 * Athenian Agora Excavations - Provides information on the Athenian Agora.
 * Classical Language Instruction Project at Princeton University - This site contains samples of Greek and Latin prose and poetry texts, read by various scholars and in different styles.
 * Perseus Digital Library - An online collection covering the history, literature and culture of the Greco-Roman world.
 * Theban Mapping Project - A comprehensive archaeological database of Thebes.

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__Art and Architecture__
Encyclopedia of Architectural and Engineering Feats The Grove Encyclopedia of Classical Art and Architecture
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The Greek Awakening: Art from the 5th Century B.C. (24 min.) The Nude: The Classical (25 min.)
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 * Architecture, Greek (OhioLINK)
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 * Art, Greek (OhioLINK)

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 * Art Full Text

ArtStor - A digital library of images (Ursuline Library subscription database) Perseus Digital Library - An online collection covering the history, literature and culture of the Greco-Roman world. Artcyclopedia - A comprehensive index of artists represented at hundreds of museum sites, image archives, and other online resources. Ancient City of Athens - A photographic archive of the archaeological and architectural remains of ancient Athens (Greece). Greek and Roman Art in the Ancient World - Metropolitan Museum of Art's online gallery.
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__**Drama**__
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Theatre & Performance Acting: An International Encyclopedia
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New directions in Ancient Pantomime Myths and Tragedies in their Ancient Greek Contexts
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The Drama of Ancient Greece (57 min.) Ancient Theatres of Greece and Rome (23 min.)
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 * Theater -- Greece (OhioLINK)
 * Greek Drama (OhioLINK)

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 * International Bibliography of Theatre and Dance with Full Text

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__Fashion and Clothing__
The Ancient Greeks: New Perspectives
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 * Clothing and dress - history (OhioLINK)

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 * Berg Fashion Library - Provides integrated text and image content on world dress and fashion throughout history.

Ancient Greek Dress - Essays and artwork on ancient Greek dress from the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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__Food__
Famine and Food Supply in the Graeco-Roman world Feeding the Democracy: The Athenian Grain Supply in the Fifth and Fourth Centuries B.C.
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 * Food -- History (OhioLINK)

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 * History of Science, Technology, & Medicine

Food Timeline Tuna in Ancient Greece
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__**Literature**__
The Concise Oxford Companion to Classical Literature
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Plato and Hesiod Literature and the Visual Arts in Ancient Greece and Rome Sappho's Lyre: Archaic Lyric and Women Poets of Ancient Greece
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 * Classical literature (OhioLINK)
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IPL Online Literary Criticism (Greek: Classical) Perseus Digital Library - An online collection covering the history, literature and culture of the Greco-Roman world.
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__Music__
Ancient Greek Music Apollo's lyre: Greek Music and Music Theory in Antiquity and the Middle Ages The Orpheus Myth and the Powers of Music
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 * Music -- Greek and Roman (OhioLINK)
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 * RILM Abstracts of Music Literature - Index and abstracts of articles, books, dissertations, conferences, and other literature on music.

Ancient Greek Music (Australian Academy of Sciences) Music in Ancient Greece (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
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__Philosophy__
Plato and Hesiod Aesthetics from Classical Greece to the Present: A Short History Trials of Reason: Plato and the Crafting of Philosophy From Myth to Reason? Studies in the Development of Greek Thought Introduction to Ancient Philosophy Greek Popular Religion in Greek Philosophy Mental Disorders in Ancient Philosophy
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Classical Greek Philosophy (51 min.)
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 * Philosophy, Ancient (OhioLINK)

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Internet Ancient History Sourcebook: Greece - Philosophy (Fordham University)
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__Politics and Government__
The Associations of Classical Athens: the Response to Democracy Athenian Democratic Origins and Other Essays Civic Obligation and Individual Liberty in Ancient Athens Mass and Elite in Democratic Athens A companion to Ancient Greek government The Greek Polis and the Invention of Democracy <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Courage in the Democratic Polis <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A companion to Greek Democracy and the Roman Republic <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Ancient Greek Letter Writing: A Cultural History, 600 BC- 150 BC <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Ancient Economies of the Northern Aegean: Fifth to First Centuries BC
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 * Athens (Greece) -- Politics and government (OhioLINK)
 * Greece -- Politics and Government (OhioLINK)

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The Democratic Experiment (BBC History)
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__Religion__
Encyclopedia of Greco-Roman Mythology
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Divine Talk: Religious Argumentation in Demosthenes Greek Folk Religion <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome by E.M. Berens (from Project Gutenberg) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Religion and Society in Ancient Thessaly <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A Companion to the Archaeology of Religion in the Ancient World <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Redefining Ancient Orphism: A Study in Greek Religion <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Law and Religion in the Eastern Mediterranean from Antiquity to Early Islam
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Myths and Legends of Lost Civilizations(25 min.) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Shadows of Doubt: Roots of Religious Disbelief(60 min.)
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 * Mythology -- Classical (OhioLINK)
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__Science__
Science in the Ancient World: An Encyclopedia
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The Heirs of Plato: A Study of the Old Academy (347-274 BC) Ancient Worlds, Modern Reflections: Philosophical Perspectives on Greek and Chinese Science and Culture The Revolutions of Wisdom: Studies in the Claims and Practice of Ancient Greek Science Science Before Socrates : Parmenides, Anaxagoras, and the New Astronomy <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">An Illustrated History of Health and Fitness, from Pre-History to our Post-Modern World <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Ideals of Inquiry: An Ancient History <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Dreams, Healing, and Medicine in Greece: From Antiquity to the Present
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 * Science -- Greece (OhioLINK)
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__Social Life and Customs__
The Greek Peasant The Social and Economic History of the Hellenistic World Moral Codes and Social Structure in Ancient Greece Greek Forms of Address: From Herodotus to Lucian Burial and Ancient Society: The Rise of the Greek City-State Erôs in Ancient Greece
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__Sports__
Encylopedia of World Sport: From Ancient Times to the Present Greek Athletics and the Genesis of Sport Arete: Greek Sports from Ancient Sources <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A Companion to Sport and Spectacle in Greek and Roman Antiquity
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Real Olympics: A History of the Ancient and Modern Olympic Games (110 min.)

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Ancient Olympic Events (Perseus Project)
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__Women__
Encyclopedia of Women in the Ancient World The Oxford Encyclopedia of Women in World History A Companion to Women in the Ancient World
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Birth, Death, and Motherhood in Classical Greece Economic Rights of Women in Ancient Greece Goddesses, Whores, Wives, and Slaves: Women in Classical Antiquity Prostitutes and Courtesans in the Ancient World The Reign of the Phallus: Sexual Politics in Ancient Athens Gender and the City before Modernity <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A Companion to Greek and Roman Sexualities
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Handmaids of the Gods(48 min.)
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 * Women -- Greece -- History (OhioLINK)

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Diotima - Links to online materials for the study of women and gender in the ancient world from Stoa, a consortium for electronic publishing in the humanities.
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