CLAS 104: Mythology Links
compiled by John Porter, University of Saskatchewan

Useful WWW Resources Related to Greek Myth

WARNING:

This page offers a number of links to sites on the WWW. Remember that anyone can put up a site on the Web, for any purpose, and virtually all WWW sites contain errors (even mine!). Make certain that you employ a responsible source to double-check any facts or assertions that you find on a WWW page.

Students should make a point of reading through Elizabeth Kirk's *Evaluating Information Found on the Internet page.

NOTE: In general, please do not assume that the material on a page to which I have linked is mine unless the page to which you are directed is clearly marked as being part of this WWW site.

Morford and Lenardon's Classical Mythology Resources

Extensive notes, glossaries, and other resources. A must see, but be aware that there are significant errors, e.g., in some of the on-line quizzes.
http://www.oup.com/us/companion.websites/9780195397703/

Powell's Classical Myth Resources

Another extensive set of pedagogical tools to support the study of the classical myths.
http://wps.ablongman.com/long_powell_cm_6/

Theoi Project

An incredibly detailed account of more than 1000 mythological figures, with precise information regarding sources as well as images, genealogies, and more. Seems to be the work of youthful enthusiasts, but one of the most scholarly sites on Greek myth available on the web.
http://www.theoi.com/

Myth Index

A useful on-line dictionary of Greek and Roman myth and legend.
http://www.mythindex.com/

On-line translation of Apollodorus' Library

A nicely designed on-line version of this invaluable if limited work.
http://www.theoi.com/Text/Apollodorus1.html

On-line translation of Apollodorus' Library

Another on-line version of Apollodorus' text.
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0022

Bullfinch's Mythology

Information on a vast array of mythological traditions.
http://www.bartleby.com/bulfinch/

The Encyclopedia Mythica

Information on a number of mythologies (Chinese, Etruscan, Greek, Japanese, Latvian, Mayan, Native American, Norse, Persian, Roman) and more.
http://www.pantheon.org/

Ancient Greek Mythology

A vast collection of relevant materials.
http://www.greekmyth.org/

Greek Mythology Link

A vast collection of relevant materials.
http://www.maicar.com/GML/

Beazley Archive: Dictionary

An on-line illustrated dictionary of historical and mythological figures, select sites, etc.
http://www.beazley.ox.ac.uk/dictionary/

Classical Myth: The Ancient Sources (University of Victoria)

An excellent collection of information and images relating to the Greek gods, their attributes, and their myths, with links to other relevant sites on the WWW.
http://web.uvic.ca/grs/department_files/classical_myth/index.html

The Ambrose Collection (University of Vermont)

A large selection of images designed to accompany Professor Z. Philip Ambrose's course in Classical Mythology.
http://www.uvm.edu/~classics/?Page=mainpagelinks/ambrose.html

Images of the Trojan War Myth

Links to vase paintings in Perseus illustrating various myths and episodes associated with the Trojan War.
http://www.temple.edu/classics/troyimages/index.html

Hercules: Greece's Greatest Hero (Perseus)

An illustrated overview of myths concerning the famous Greek hero.
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/Hercules/

Heracles in Ancient Art

Links to vase paintings in Perseus illustrating various adventures of the famous Greek hero.
http://www.temple.edu/classics/herpaint/index.html

The Ovid Project

Digitized images of illustrations of the Metamorphoses, based on the rare books collection of the University of Vermont.
http://www.uvm.edu/~hag/ovid/index.html

Homer's Iliad

Translated by Ian Johnston.
https://records.viu.ca/~johnstoi/homer/iliad_title.htm

Homer's Odyssey

Translated by A.S. Kline.
http://www.tonykline.co.uk/PITBR/Greek/Odhome.htm

Berkeley Digital Library SunSITE: Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns and Homerica

An e-version of Hugh G. Evelyn-White's translation in the Loeb Classics series (Cambridge Mass., 1914), featuring translations of the principal remains of early Greek epic other than Homer's Iliad and Odyssey.
http://omacl.org/Hesiod/

Homeric Hymn to Demeter

Translated by G. Nagy.
http://www.stoa.org/diotima/anthology/demeter.shtml

Euripides' Medea

Translated by C.A.E. Luschnig.
http://www.stoa.org/diotima/anthology/medea.trans.shtml

Apollonius of Rhodes' Argonautica

Translated by R.C. Seaton.
http://omacl.org/Argonautica/

Apollonius of Rhodes' Argonautica

Translated by E.P. Coleridge.
http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?cc=genpub;view=toc;idno=AHT9126.0001.001

Ovid's Metamorphoses

Translated by A.S. Kline.
http://etext.virginia.edu/latin/ovid/trans/Ovhome.htm

Catalogue of Mythographic Papyri

Still under construction, this project offers a searchable catalogue of all papyri that refer to mythological characters or events, along with an account of the physical nature of each papyrus, its date and find spot, its original context (who might have been using it and why), etc.
https://perswww.kuleuven.be/~u0013314/mythog.htm

Concise Oxford Companion to Classical Literature

A useful standard reference work available on line via the UofS library.
http://www.oxfordreference.com.cyber.usask.ca/views/BOOK_SEARCH.html?book=t9

Cinemythology

Greek myths in world cinema: catalogue of a 2003-2004 film festival.
http://www.filmfestival.gr/tributes/2003-2004/cinemythology/uk/index.html

The Perseus Project

Material related to Perseus, a multi-media library that allows the user to access an immense variety of material relevant to the study of ancient Greece. The Perseus Project homepage now provides access to the primary texts of the following Greek authors: Aeschines, Aeschylus, Andocides, Antiphon, Apollodorus, Aristophanes, Aristotle, Bacchylides, Demades, Demosthenes, Dinarchus, Diodorus Siculus, Euripides, Herodotus, Hesiod, Homer, Homeric Hymns, Hyperides, Isaeus, Isocrates, Lycurgus, Lysias, Pausanias, Pindar, Plato, Plutarch, Pseudo-Xenophon, Sophocles, Strabo, Thucydides, and Xenophon. Morphological analysis is also available for words in these texts: parsing, definitions and further examples from Liddell-Scott-Jones Greek Lexicon, and frequency calculations. (Greek text display requires SMK Greek Keys 7.0; otherwise Greek text is displayed in transliteration or in Beta code.) Numerous images and descriptions of vases, architecture, sites, and coins are also available on-line. One of the most extensive and complex sites on the WWW.
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/

Diotima: Women in the Ancient World

One of the best sites on the Internet — beautifully presented, full of interesting and informative material. A model for anyone who is interested in developing web sites on complex topics.
http://www.stoa.org/diotima/

Atlas of the Greek and Roman World

The APA Classical Atlas Project homepage. Offers 98 maps in all, plus links to other relevant material.
http://www.unc.edu/depts/cl_atlas/

Internet Ancient History Sourcebook

A vast repository of URLs dedicated to the study of the ancient Mediterranean. Links to texts in translation, essays, and images dealing with pre-historic times, the ancient Middle East, Egypt, Israel, Persia, Greece, the Hellenistic world, Rome, and late antiquity. A must see!
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/asbook.html

E-Books: Greek Literature & Texts

http://www.digitalbookindex.org/_search/search010litancientgreeka.asp

E-Books: Latin Literature & Texts

http://www.digitalbookindex.org/_SEARCH/search010litancientlatina.asp

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