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Unicode fonts for ancient scripts
[21 Jul 2010 at 7:00pm]
The Unicode Fonts for Ancient Scripts website by George Douros is a simple page from which a set of fonts with typefaces created from ancient scripts can be freely downloaded. The fonts can be used and modified free of charge. There fonts are Unicode compatible and include the Aegean (Linear B and other scripts such as the Phaistos Disk); Egyptian (both hieroglyphics and translitteration characters); Akkadian; and Greek sets. The fonts need to be installed on a local computer to be usable (access a PC as administrator) in Word or similar software packages.
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National papyrological funds : DVCTVS
[29 May 2010 at 7:00pm]
The National papyrological funds website is an online repository of papyrological collections held in Spain. Among the digitised collections are: the Abadia de Montserrat Collection; the Palau-Ribes Collection; and the Fundación Pastor Collection. There are currently thousands of papyri digitised, but the team expects to produce a catalogue of all Spanish papyri. The texts range from small fragments to whole parchments. They are written in different languages (Egyptian demotic, hieratic and hieroglyphics, Coptic, Arabic, Latin, and Syriac Hebrew) and cover a broad temporal range, from the seventh century BC to the tenth century AD. There are literary and religious texts as well as writing pertaining to daily life, including receipts and invoices, contracts, and letters. The texts are transcribed in the original language in which they were written and are not translated. Accessing the catalogue is easy from section "Digital Catalogue". Researchers in particular may find this website useful.
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Rhetorical theory
[20 Apr 2010 at 7:00pm]
Rhetorical Theory is a website providing information on classical and modern rhetoric and rhetoricians. The site also acts as a gateway to a great many related but independent sites offering additional information, criticism, and debate on the subjects covered. Specific authors featured include: Socrates; Plato; Aristotle; Cicero; Quintilian; and Augustine. In addition to these there is a long list of other 'rhetorical scholars' from all periods. The site includes definitions of the various rhetorical divisions, and links are provided to some of the classical treatises on rhetoric. This website forms part of virtualology.com, an educational service aimed primarily at pre-university students, and which publishes students' class assignments on the web. This particular part of the site is however evidently aimed at the more advanced student. Unfortunately commercial advertising on the site is somewhat distracting.
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Hispania epigraphica online database
[17 Apr 2010 at 7:00pm]
"Hispania Epigraphica" is an online database publishing Roman inscriptions from Iberia (modern Spain and Portugal). For each inscription there is a picture; the transcription of the Latin text and the translation in Spanish. The database is searchable. Researchers in particular may find this website useful.
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Hispania epigraphica journal
[17 Apr 2010 at 7:00pm]
Hispania epigraphica is an online free and full-text academic journal publishing new Latin inscriptions and indexes of inscriptions found in Iberia. Each issue of the journal publishes a number of articles in PDF format, usually including an extensively commented list of new inscriptions from both Spain and Portugal (each in a separate section) and an updated list of words that takes in account all inscriptions known. It is an essential research tool for epigraphists interested in Roman Iberia.
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Classics technology center
[7 Apr 2010 at 7:00pm]
The Classics Technology Center is a website which provides a wealth of free electronic resources for the teaching and learning of Classics-based subjects. These range from school to university level and cover Greek and Latin languages, ancient history, archaeology and literature, as well as more general material and teaching tools to help with the use of web-based Classics resources. Also featured are pedagogical guidelines for teachers of Latin and Greek, and advice from classicists relating to the teaching of a range of topics based on personal teaching experience (themes covered include: classical literature; the Olympics; Alexander the Great; Latin mottoes; Roman gladiators; Plato; Troy; the Greek gods; Latin and Greek languages). There is also a 'showcase' of academic papers on teaching Classics, an extensive glossary of Greek and Latin terms, and a variety of word games and trivia quizzes, including a classical crossword. There is so much material here that the site can be difficult to navigate but teachers of classical topics will find that it is certainly worth spending time exploring what is available.
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Program in Aegean scripts and prehistory
[31 Mar 2010 at 7:00pm]
The Program in Aegean Scripts and Prehistory (PASP) website presents the work of a research centre at the University of Texas. There are news presented in the form of a blog; reports of activities; editorials and articles by staff members; the Studies in Mycenaean Inscriptions and Dialect (SMID) online database; The PASP database for the use of scripts on Cyprus; the Alice Kober, Michael Ventris and Emmett L. Bennett, Jr. archive (finding aids only available online, but a full digitisation program is underway); and other information. Researchers or postgraduate students interested in Aegean scripts (Linear A and B primarily) may find this website useful.
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Explorator
[30 Mar 2010 at 7:00pm]
"Explorator" is a weekly mailing list that contains a list of headlines and links from online resources providing an overview of all what made into the news during the week and is relevant to archaeological research, including Classics, numismatics and anything related to the past. The list is well structured and often provides multiple links for each story, but it should be noted that it is not exhaustive. It is a fundamental tool to stay updated on the latest about archaeology, and the author usually spots and warns about bogus stories. Chances are that you receive already Explorator as part of other mailing lists, such as BRITARCH-NEWS. The website allows to easily subscribe, unsubscribe and read past issues of the newsletter, including the most recent one. However, due to the nature of online news, many links will expire quickly or become outdated and it is recommended to subscribe and read it weekly.
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CSA Propylaea project
[29 Mar 2010 at 7:00pm]
This is the website of the Propylaea project of the Center for the Study of Architecture (CSA); the project concentrates on a single building, the Propylaea, which is the gateway to the Athenian Acropolis. The website makes extensive use of computer aided design (CAD) techniques; detailed information about the survey methods used is provided here. In addition to a general introduction to the building, and an essential bibliography, the website provides access to several pictures accessible through plans of the building; the plans identify the angle at which the pictures were taken and the pictures are grouped accordingly. A CAD model of the Propylaea in DWG format is freely downloadable; it requires at least a browser plug-in to translate it to a virtual reality model, but would be most useful to those with previous knowledge of and access to CAD software.
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Alphabetical list of open access journals in ancient studies
[28 Feb 2010 at 6:00pm]
This website is a blog (The Ancient World Online - AWOL) published by Charles Ellwood Jones and listing several open access e-journals relevant to ancient studies. It is constantly updated and new additions are posted regularly. In addition to accessing the e-journals directly, it is also possible to search several of them through JURN (based on Google). Both researchers and students may find useful to follow the blog and have a handy list of links ready to use.
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Classics at Leeds : Malcolm Heath
[23 Feb 2010 at 6:00pm]
This online resource is the homepage of Malcolm Heath, a professor of Greek Language and Literature at Leeds University, who is responsible for a number of major studies on Greek literature and rhetoric since the late 1980s. His website provides a full list of his publications, with abstracts and, where available, links to full-text versions online. Topics covered include: Aristotle; Aristophanes; Thucydides; ancient literary criticism (including ancient interpretations of Homer); Hesiod; and Pindar. Here Heath also makes accessible a wide range of course materials which he has used for the teaching of classical subjects including: Aristotle's Poetics; ancient rhetoric; Greek tragedy; Homer's Iliad; and literary theory. For each topic there are bibliographies, synopses of key texts and short papers on important issues. There is much here which will be of interest to both students and teachers of undergraduate classical courses.
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Philoctetes
[21 Feb 2010 at 6:00pm]
Philoctetes is a website which offers several key early philosophical texts in ancient Greek, along with English and French translations. In most cases the translation appears opposite the Greek text for ease of comprehension. Featured authors are: Thales (c. 600BC); Anaximander (sixth century BC); Heraclitus (c. 540-c. 480 BC); Parmenides (c. 515-c. 450 BC); Empedocles (fifth century BC); and Zeno (fifth century BC). Also included, with French translation only, are Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, as well as works by Aeschylus (525-456BC), Plato (427-347BC) and Euclid (c. 300BC). Texts can be downloaded in PDF format. There is also a searchable dictionary of Greek gods. Results appear in French and give references to, and quotations from, key passages in the ancient texts.
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Hellenistic bibliography
[21 Feb 2010 at 6:00pm]
The Hellenistic Bibliography - an online resource from the University of Leiden - is a compilation of a series of bibliographies on post-classical Greek poetry and its influence. Most sections feature a list of the most recent publications as well as a list of modern editions of the ancient works and a general bibliography (arranged alphabetically according to author surname) of important articles and books on each author. The resource records works written in most major European languages and will be of particular value to scholars seeking secondary material on some of the less well-known Greek authors. More obscure poets such as Anyte, Colluthus and Phanocles appear alongside the more familiar names of Callimachus and Theocritus, for example. There is also a section cataloguing bibliography on the influence of Hellenistic poetry on Latin writers such as Horace, Ovid and Virgil, as well as a topic-based section featuring works on Hellenistic history, Ptolemaic Egypt, ideology and patronage and Alexander the Great.
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Orpheus
[21 Feb 2010 at 6:00pm]
Orpheus is a website from Washington State University which relates to a project designed to enrich introductory humanities courses. The primary focus of the site is ancient mythology but it aims to encourage students to think about the ways in which ancient thought can be related to the modern world and to human psychology in general. The site contains a wealth of resources on a wide range of topics which fall within this remit; included are detailed pages on particular myths, as well as study guides and thought-provoking questions on ancient texts, and images from ancient and modern art. Broad section headings are divided into more detailed sub-sections and include: the ancient world (with items on Gilgamesh, creation myths, the Old Testament, gods and heroes); Greek mythology (Homer, Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, the Greek gods and the Muses); Greek plays (focusing on Sophocles and Euripides); Roman mythology (Ovid); thematic connections of myth (including sections on animals, Hell, war, mythology of state, mythology of self and the myth of love); and mythology in film (with reference to westerns, monsters in film, and science fiction films). Whilst there are countless other websites dealing with ancient mythology this one stands out because it does not simply narrate the stories but raises interesting questions about the place of myth in the world in general, and its relevance to all human beings.
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Res gestae Divi Augusti : fotogrammetria
[31 Jan 2010 at 6:00pm]
This Italian website focusing on the Latin and Greek inscription known as "Res gestae Divi Augusti" (part of the "Monumentum Ancyranum") publishes a full catalogue of high definition pictures with some tools to improve readability. As part of the project, two sets of pictures separated by a decade will be published in an attempt to determine the degrade of the monumental inscription. Although entirely in Italian, the website is mainly a collection of pictures that can be easily browsed. The "Res gestae Divi Augusti" (Achievements of the Divine Augustus") is a funerary text written by the first Roman Emperor, Augustus and describing his life and achievements in triumphalistic tone. The surviving inscription is a later copy from Ancyra and it also has a Greek version. It is an essential text providing information on a key moment of Roman history. Most people will have heard of Augustus at school, at the cinema, or just visiting a Roman site: the source of what they heard is likely to be this inscription. Both students and researchers may find this website useful.
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