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CLAS 222: Classics through the Ages

The Grove Encyclopedia of Classical Art and Architecture by Gordon Campbell (Editor)
ISBN: 9780195325218

Publication Date: 2007-06-18

This deals with all aspects of classical art from Cycladic, Minoan and Etruscan art to the fall of the Roman Empire. It is a comprehensive reference source on this important area for students, researchers and the general public.
The Oxford Companion to Western Art by Hugh Brigstocke (Editor)
ISBN: 0198662033

Publication Date: 2001-11-22

This is a work for everyone who loves art, whether actively engaged in the subject professionally or as one of the countless amateurs visiting sites and cities, galleries, and exhibitions, churches, libraries, country houses, and palaces in pursuit of beauty and cultural enrichment.

SmartHistory
From SmartHistory "Smarthistory is a tiny not-for-profit that collaborates with more than eight hundred art historians, curators, archaeologists, knowledge-bearers, and artists committed to rewriting the colonial legacies of art history, making the history of art accessible to more people, in more places, than any other publisher."

CLAS 345: America and Antiquity

Founders Online
From Founders Online "Through this website, you can read and search through thousands of records from George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and James Madison and see firsthand the growth of democracy and the birth of the Republic."

Loeb Classical Library
Find the classics of Greek and Latin literature represented here with up-to-date texts and accurate English translations.
Use this to access Valerius Maximus and Plutarch's Moralia.

Lacus Curtius
Major site on ancient Rome: 6000+ pages, 130 maps/plans, 1200+ images of Roman monuments and Greek and Latin texts.

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Major site on ancient Rome: 6000+ pages, 130 maps/plans, 1200+ images of Roman monuments and Greek and Latin texts. Use this to access Plutarch's Lives, Polybius' Histories, and Dionysius of Halicarnassus.
America's Founding Documents
Access the National Archives

CLAS 396: Greek and Roman Epic

Oxford Classical Dictionary by Simon Hornblower Antony Spawforth Esther Eidinow
ISBN: 9780191735257

Publication Date: 2012

The 4th edition of 'The Oxford Classical Dictionary' is the ultimate reference on the classical world. It contains over 6,200 entries with contributions from a team of 364 scholars and 15 specialist subject area advisors.
The Cambridge Guide to Homer by Corinne Ondine Pache (Editor); Casey Dué (Associate Editor); Susan Lupack (Associate Editor)
ISBN: 9781107027190

Publication Date: 2020-03-05

The Cambridge Guide to Homer examines the influence and meaning of Homeric poetry from its earliest form as ancient Greek song to its current status in world literature, presenting the information in a synthetic manner that allows the reader to gain an understanding of the different strands of Homeric studies.
The Complete Archaeology of Greece by John Bintliff
ISBN: 9781118255209

Publication Date: 2012-03-19

The Complete Archaeology of Greece covers the incredible richness and variety of Greek culture and its central role in our understanding of European civilization, from the Palaeolithic era of 400,000 years ago to the early modern period.