Subject Guides: Classics: CLAS 102

CLAS 102 Greek and Roman Mythology

Primary Sources

Primary sources in Classics are the literary works (poems, plays, and histories, for example), and artifacts (pottery, coins and sculptures, for example) and other materials from the ancient world.

Literary Materials

Loeb Classical Library This link opens in a new window
Presents a searchable virtual library of Greek and Latin literature. Includes epic and lyric poetry, tragedy and comedy, oratory, the great medical writers and mathematicians, the Church Fathers, and more. Provides up-to-date texts with English translations.
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Conditions of Use: Use of this database is restricted to members of the MacEwan University community and to users physically present in the Library. It is the responsibility of each user to ensure that they use this database for individual, non-commercial, educational or research purposes only, and do not systematically download or retain substantial portions of information.

Perseus Collection Greek and Roman Materials
Covers the history, literature and culture of the Greco-Roman world, From Tufts University.
Theoi Classical Texts Library
A collection of translations of ancient Greek and Roman literature focusing on classical mythology – poetry, drama, prose. Created by Aaron J. Atsma from Aukland, New Zealond, with help from the libraries of the University of Aukland and Leiden University in the Netherlands.

Visual Materials

ARTstor This link opens in a new window
Provides access to digital images with descriptive information and software tools designed to enhance teaching and learning. The ARTstor digital image library documents architecture, painting, sculpture, photography, decorative arts, and design as well as many other forms of visual culture across many time periods and cultures. The digital images are derived from publishers, photographic archives, slide collections, museums, and individual scholars.
Access: Access limited to Grant MacEwan University IP addresses. Remote login with a MacEwan network user ID and password.
Conditions of Use: Use of this database is restricted to members of the MacEwan University community and to users physically present in the Library. It is the responsibility of each user to ensure that they use this database for individual, non-commercial, educational or research purposes only, and do not systematically download or retain substantial portions of information.

British Museum
Allows access to almost four and a half million objects in more than two million records.
National Archaeological Museum (Athens)
Largest archaeological museum in Greece and one of the most important museums in the world devoted to ancient Greek art.
The Louvre Museum Online Collection
The online collection of the Louvre museum comprises high-resolution pictures and scans of artworks. The Atlas database covers some 30,000 objects on display in the museum. Art works include: Near Eastern Antiquities, Islamic Art, Egyptian Antiquities, Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Antiquities, Decorative Arts, Sculptures, Paintings, and Prints and Drawing.

Tutorials

Primary Sources
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Finding Primary Sources
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Primary Sources Online
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Evaluating Primary Sources
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Secondary Sources

Secondary sources analyze, synthesize and interpret information from other sources. In historical research secondary sources are often scholarly books and journal articles.

JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Contains academic journals, books, and primary sources in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences.
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Conditions of Use: Use of this database is restricted to members of the MacEwan University community and to users physically present in the Library. It is the responsibility of each user to ensure that they use this database for individual, non-commercial, educational or research purposes only, and do not systematically download or retain substantial portions of information.
Project MUSE This link opens in a new window
Contains scholarly journals in the humanities and social sciences. Provides full text articles, reviews (books, performance, art, music, etc.), fiction and poetry, and enlargeable illustrations and photographs.
Access: Access limited to Grant MacEwan University IP addresses. Remote login with a MacEwan network user ID and password.
Conditions of Use: Use of this database is restricted to members of the MacEwan University community and to users physically present in the Library. It is the responsibility of each user to ensure that they use this database for individual, non-commercial, educational or research purposes only, and do not systematically download or retain substantial portions of information.

Quick Tips: Searching JSTOR
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