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Last February we published a list of Internet resources of interest to Classicists (NECN&J 21 [1993-94 117-21). One year later the number of sites and services has grown so much that it is now necessary to revise and update the list. In addition to gopher servers, archives and FTP sites, a section on the World-Wide Web has been added.
The World-Wide Web (usually abbreviated as WWW) is a global information service which provides access to a variety of data, text, images, sound, movies, etc. The Web relies on hypertext, i.e. text that contains connections (called "hyperlinks") within the text to other documents. These documents themselves have links and connections to other documents creating a complex virtual web of connections. The most popular client interface to access the Web is the mouse-driven NCSA Mosaic. Mosaic can display hypertext and hypermedia documents with text in a variety of fonts, in bold, italic, or strike-through styles. It supports sounds, movies (MPEG-1 and QuickTime), interactive electronic forms such as fields, check boxes and radio buttons, and interactive graphics of up to 256 colors within documents. It can also make basic hypermedia links to other network services, such as FTP, gopher, telnet, NNTP and WAIS.
The Web offers an amazing amount of information. It can access anything served through gopher, WAIS and anonymous FTP sites. It offers full Archie services (a FTP search service), full Veronica services (a gopher search service), Internet phone book services, full finger services (an Internet user look-up program), access to Usenet, telnet, hyper-g (a networked hypertext system used throughout Europe) and many other services. World-Wide Web servers are available for most platforms and environments (e.g. UNIX, DEC, Macintosh, VMS, Windows 3.1).
A few words about Web terminology: Web clients and servers communicate with each other via the so-called Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP). All Web clients and servers must be able to speak HTTP in order to send and receive hypermedia documents. Forthis reason, Web servers are often called HTTP servers. The standard language the Web uses for creating and recognizing hypermedia documents is the Hypertext Markup Language (HTML). Web documents are typically written in HTML and are usually named with the suffix ".html." The World-Wide Web uses what are called Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) to represent hypermedia links and links to network services within HTML documents. The first part of the URL (before the two slashes) specifies the method of access. The second part is the address of the computer where the data are located. The URL is always a single unbroken line with no spaces. Here are a couple of examples of URLs: URL:HTTP://ROME.CLASSICS.LSA.UMICH.EDU/WELCOME. HTML indicates that this URL connects to an HTTP server at the University of Michigan and retrieves an HTML file from a page named "welcome."
URL: GOPHER://TORNADE.ERE.UMONTREAL.CA indicates that this URL connects to a gopher at the University of Montreal in Canada.
Web addresses are given throughout this list, whenever available. A list of selected World-Wide Web servers is also provided (see below, section IX).
The following information was obtained mostly through frequent "trips" in the Cyberspace. Credit and many thanks are also due to James Ruebel, Iowa State University, who compiles and posts the "Repositories of Classical Texts and Publications" in the Classics newsgroup, to Sebastian Heath, who maintains a very useful and up-to-date list of resources in his Classics and Mediterranean Archaeology Gopher and WWW server and to the many, and for obvious reasons, unnamed subscribers of the CLASSICS Discussion Group, who shared information about Internet resources with the rest of the group while this list was put together.
This section lists Internet sites that maintain extensive lists of electronic publications and other resourcesand offer links to such services. If you are looking for general information or do not have the specific address or way to access a certain site, you may want to start your search from one of the following "gateways."
1.The CCAT Gopher at the University of Pennsylvania supports the Departments of Classical and Religious Studies at the University of Pennsylvania (CCAT is the Center for the Computer Analysis of Texts). Its directory offers access to many useful resources, such as the archives of the Center for Computer Analysis of Texts (see below, section V); electronic publications (including lists of discussion groups and electronic journals); course material (including materials for James O'Donnell's electronic seminars on Augustine, Boethius and the Worlds of Late Antiquity); and many other services. To access, point your gopher to CCAT.SAS.UPENN.EDU.
2. Classics and Mediterranean Archaeology Gopher and WWW Server offers an excellent collection of classical resources and acts as a gateway to other sites of interest to classicists and archaeologists. It contains the most up-to-date information on Internet resources, including on-line courses, description of electronic discussion groups, information about electronic journals, e-text archives, exhibits and field projects. It can be accessed at GOPHER ROME.CLASSICS.LSA.UMICH. EDU. If you have access to a WWW client, such as the Mosaic, the same information is available from the Web; the URL is HTTP://ROME.CLASSICS.LSA.UMICH. EDU/WELCOME.HTML. Questions may be directed to Sebastian Heath, Department of Classical Studies, University of Michigan (SFSH@UMICH.EDU).
3. The Classics FAQ: CLASSICS is a Usenet group (subscribe under SCI.CLASSICS). A FAQ ("frequently asked questions") file can be obtained from FTP RTFM.MIT. EDU under pub/usenet (by hierarchy)/news/ answers/classics-faq. It is posted to SCI.CLASSICS, NEWS.ANSWERS and SCI.ANSWERS every month and is mostly written by readers of SCI.CLASSICS.
4. The Clearinghouse for Subject Oriented Internet Resource Guides is a joint project of the University of Michigan Library and the School for Information and Library Studies. Its goal is to collect and make available subject-oriented guides to Internet resources. You can access the Clearinghouse via anonymous FTP (UNA.HH.LIB.UMICH.EDU, path/ inedirsstacks), gopher (LIB.UMICH.EDU) under "What's new and featured resources," or the WWW at URL: HTTP://HTTP2.SILS. MICH. EDU/~LOU/CHHOME/HTML.
5. Electronic Antiquity: Communicating the Classics [ISSN 1320-3606] is an electronic journal established atthe University of Tasmania in order to overcome distance and exploit the advantages of electronic communication. The journal carries articles, translations, reviews, job announcements and project reports. An extensive list of electronic resources for Classics (periodically updated) can be found in its section "Keeping in Touch" under "Electronic Forums & Repositories." Electronic Antiquity may be accessed via GOPHER INFO. UTAS.EDU.AU under "Publications." To subscribe write to ANTIQUITY-EDITOR@CLASSICS.UTAS.EDU.AU. For contributions and questions contact the editors of Electronic Antiquity, Peter Toohey (PTOOHEY@METZ.UNE. EDU.AU) and Ian Worthington (IAN.WORTHINGTON @CLASSICS.UTAS.EDU.AU).
6. The Less Commonly Taught Languages Gopher is a new gopher established to present informatin on where all Less Commonly Taught Languages (all except English, French, German, and Spanish) are taught at North American 2 and 4 year colleges, and universities. Included is information on contact people at each institution (addresses, phone and fax numbers). The Less Commonly Taught Languages Project is part of the Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition at the University of Minnesota. The gopher is available at URL: gopher://lctl.acad.umn. edu or by following the path described below: University of Minnesota/ All the University of Minnesota Gopher Servers/ Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition
7. Repositories of Classical Texts and Publications is a list of Classics FTP and gopher sites compiled by James Ruebel, Iowa State University and posted at the beginning of each month to SCI.CLASSICS newsgroup (see section X, item 13 below).
8. The Skidmore College Gopher provides links to useful Internet resources under the directory "Electronic Reading Room." There is a section for Classics which includes on-line search of Aesop's Fables, links to the Bryn Mawr Reviews, the Dartmouth Dante Project, Electronic Antiquity, TOCS-IN, Classics and Mediterranean Archaeology Gopher, the Oriental Institute at the University of Chicago and the Libellus project from the University of Washington. Other directories provide access to on-line editions of major books and links to electronic text and book archives. To access these resources, point your gopher to GOPHER.SKIDMORE.EDU.
1. The images of the Dead Sea Scrolls are available via FTP from the library of Congress at SEQ1.LOC.GOV. The directory is pub/deadsea.scrolls.exhibit/exhibit. The Library of Congress includes "viewers" in its directories. You will need the "viewers" to look at the compressed images on your computer.
2. The Greek Manuscript Database from Bates College is still under construction. It is produced by Robert W. Allison, Bates College, Lewiston, Maine (RALLISON@ABACUS.BATES.EDU). The purpose of the database is to provide scholars with information about the Philotheite Monastery manuscripts of Mount Athos. It is a division of the Mount Athos Greek Manuscripts Catalogue Project of the Patriarchal Institute for Patristic Studies, Thessaloniki, Greece. Information aboutthe project is available via the Web at HTTP://ABACUS. BATES.EDU/~RALLISON/.
3. The Hellenic Civilization Database is an ongoing effort to collect information about ancient and modern Greek art and literature. The database also contains information about museums in Greece and Cyprus. It is located at the Demokritos Research Center in Athens, Greece and is installed in Ariadne, the Network Management Center of Greece. You can access the database via several gophers or the Web at URL: GOPHER://ITHAKI.SERVICENET.ARIADNE-T.GR:70/11/HELLENIC_CIVILIZATION. For further information contact the manager of the Ariadne Network, Dr. Athanasios Drigas at DRIGAS@CYCLADES.NRCPS.ARIADNE-T.GR.
4. The Oriental Institute Anonymous FTP Server at the University of Chicago provides information and public domain computer files pertinent to the study of the ancient Near East. You can access it at OI.UCHICAGO.EDU. Login as anonymous; type /pub when asked for a directory.
5. Rome Reborn:The Vatican Library and Renaissance Culture: The Library of Congress has mounted an electronic version of the exhibit "Rome Reborn: The Vatican Library and Renaissance Culture," which was processed by the University of Virginia Library. The exhibit contains texts, image captions and JPEG images. It can also be accessed through the University of Virginia Library Information Server at GOPHER ORION.LIB.VIRGINIA.EDU.
6. The Thesaurus Linguae Graecae Gopher presents general information about the Thesaurus Linguae Graecae and provides answers to frequently asked questions. Items posted include listings of the contents of TLG CD-ROMs, information about the sources of TLG CD-ROM-compatible software, addenda and corrigenda to the printed TLG Canon of Greek Authors and Works, instructions on how to order TLG products and other items of potential use to the TLG user. It is offered through the University of California, Irvine server at GOPHER CWIS.UCI.EDU. Once you are in the server, look under "Department Information Sources" for the folder named "Thesaurus Linguae Graecae."
1. Bryn Mawr Classical Review was founded in 1990 by Prof. Richard Hamilton of Bryn Mawr and Prof. James O'Donnell of the University of Pennsylvania. It publishes over 150 reviews a year and distributes them around the world via e-mail to a growing number ofsubscribers. In 1993 the Bryn Mawr Medieval Review was added to the project, and a Bryn Mawr Archaeological Review is now being planned. The Bryn Mawr Classical and Medieval Reviews can be accessed via gopher at GOPHER.LIB.VIRGINIA.EDU or FTP at GOPHER.LIB.VIRGINIA.EDU under pub/alpha/ bmcr. For further information write to: BMCR@CC.BRYNMAWR.EDU.
2. Canadian Classical Bulletin (ISSN 1198-9149) is a monthly/bimonthly newsletter distributed free of charge in both English and French via listserver. The first issue appeared this past September. To subscribe send an e-mail request to KKINZL@TRENTU.CA. To submit articles and announcements for conferences, scholarships, fellowships, job postings, exhibitions, museum news, etc. e-mail to KKINZL@TRENTU.CA; URL: GOPHER://TORNADE.ERE.UMONTREAL. CA:7071 or HTTP://137.122.12.15/HUMCANADA.HTML. For more information contact Prof. Konrad H. Kinzl, Department of Classical Studies, Trent University, Peterborough ON K9J 7B8, Canada; e-mail KKINZL@TRENTU.CA.
3. Classics Ireland, the Journal of the Classical Association of Ireland, previously issued in traditional form, is now available electronically. It contains articles on history, drama, archaeology, teaching classics, etc. For contributions or other questions contact the editor Theresa Urbainczyk at URBAIN@MACOLLAMH.UCD.IE. To retrieve electronic copies, direct your gopher to: GOPHER.UCD.IE or to CCAT.SAS.UPENN.EDU under "Electronic Publications and Resources." You can also FTP to GOPHER.UCD.IE and find the articles under pub/classics. If you encounter problems, e-mail AERSKINE@MACOLLAMH.UCD.IE.
4. Didaskalia is an electronic journal distributed by the University of Tasmania, Australia and accessible via anonymous FTP to: ftp.csv.warwick.ac.uk/pub/journals/didaskalia. Type 'ls' to see the contents of the directory and cd [directory] to change directories. Type 'get [filename]' to transfer files into your own account. Queries about ftp at Warwick should be directed to ftp@csv. warwick.ac.uk. Didaskalia is also available via gopher at gopher.csv.warwick. ac.uk. When you connect with WINFO, open the menu 'Publications,' under which you should find 'Didaskalia.' Queries about the WINFO gopher should be directed to gopher@csv.warwick. ac.uk. The URL for Didaskalia is: http://www. warwick.ac.uk/didaskalia/didaskalia.html. Queries about the WWW server at Warwick should be directed to www@csv.warwick. ac.uk. Didaskalia publishes news related to ancient theater and modern productions of ancient theater, listings of upcoming productions and drama-oriented events, and previews and reviews of books and productions pertaining to ancient theater. Send submissions and inquiries to didaskalia@csv.warwick.ac.uk
5.Electronic Antiquity (see Section I above).
6. E-Recentiores is a resource associated with a new monograph series,
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From: Maria Pantelia 7. Scholia [ISSN 1018-9017] is published with the support of the
University of Natal and features articles and critical reviews related to
classical antiquity and information about Classics programs in African
Universities. Review articles and reviews are available by gopher at
GOPHER.UND.AC.ZA under "Campus Information System Faculty
Information/Classics" or "Scholia Reviews" and FTP at OWL.UND.AC.ZA under
pub/und/classics/reviews. You can also use the University of Pennsylvania
gopher (CCAT.SAS.UPENN.EDU) and look under "Electronic Publications and
Resources." Subscription to the electronic reviews is free. To receive
the reviews send a request to SCHOLIA@OWL.UND.AC.ZA. For further
information contact Prof. John Hilton at HILTON@CLASSIC.UND.AC.ZA.
Information about the following publishers and journals is available
electronically: 1. Johns Hopkins University Press Journals: for Arethusa
and the American Journal of Philology, indexes and lists of forthcoming
articles are available via gopher or FTP. If you are using the gopher the
address is JHUNIX.HCF.JHU.EDU; go to the "University Presses" directory
and then to "Johns Hopkins University Press Journals" and "Classics
Journals." For FTP enter: FTP JHUNIX.HCF.JHU.EDU and identify yourself as
anonymous; use your userid as a password. The files are under
pub/JHU_Press/zjournals. If you wish to obtain copies of the articles
electronically, contact Susan Lewis at SUELEWIS@JHUVM.HCF.JHU.EDU.
2. E. J. Brill's catalogues are now available electronically via gopher
at INFX.INFOR.COM.
3. TAPA: recent articles are available in ASCII version via gopher at
CCAT.SAS.UPENN.EDU under "Electronic Publications" or by anonymous FTP at
CCAT.SAS.UPENN.EDU/PUB/TAPA. Articles remain on line until the hard copy
is published.
4. Academic Press On-Line Catalogues are
available via the Princeton University Press Gopher
server (GOPHER.PUPRESS.PRINCETON.EDU) or
combined gopher/ WWW server URL:
HTTP://AAUP.PUPRESS.PRINCETON.EDU:70/1/BOOKS/PRESSES. The service allows
you to search the entire database by subject, title or press.
IV. JOURNAL INDEXES
1. Carl Uncover is a periodical index and document delivery service.
It maintains thousands of journals, including classical journals available
for free searching. Telnet or gopher to DATABASE.CARL.ORG. You will be
asked your terminal type and then be given a list of databases; choose
"Uncover" (option 1). You can search by journal title, author or key
words in article titles. There is no charge for searching the catalogue
but there is a charge to order copies of articles.
2. TOCS-IN contains the current tables of contents of over 124 journals
and 6500 recent articles of interest to classicists. Indexed files are
grouped by philology (CLA), archaeology (ARCH), miscellaneous (MISC) and
religious and Near Eastern Studies (RLNE). You can access TOCS-IN through
several gopher servers: University of Virginia (LIB.VIRGINIA.EDU),
University of Pennsylvania (CCAT.SAS.UPENN.EDU), University of Toronto
(EPAS.UTORONTO.CA) or via anonymous FTP at EPAS.UTORONTO.CA under
pub/tocs-in and x-indexes. If you have access to WWW you can use the URL
address GOPHER://GOPHER.LIB.VIRGINIA.EDU/11/ALPHA/TOCS. For questions
contact Philippa Matheson at AMPHORA@ERAS.UTORONTO.CA.
3. Nestor (ISSN 0028-2812) is an international bibliography of
pre-classical Greece (paleolithic to Homer and beyond), eastern
Mediterranean and Southeastern European prehistory, Homeric society,
Indo-European linguistics and related fields. It is published monthly from
September to May by the Indiana University Program in Classical
Archaeology and edited by Prof. Karen D. Vitelli. Nestor is now available
in ASCII files via anonymous FTP at cica.cica.indiana.edu with your e-mail
address as password.
1. Alex: A Catalogue of Electronic Texts on the Internet is a
comprehensive collection of links to major archives of e-text on the
Internet supported by the Radcliffe Science Library of Oxford University.
It can be found at GOPHER RSL.OX.AC.UK under "Librarian's Corner" or via
gopher or WWW at GOPHER://RSL.OX.AC.UK:70/11/LIB-CORN/HUNTER or
GOPHER://GOPHER.LIB.NCSU.EDU:70/11/LIBRARY/STACKS/ALEX. Alex incorporates
texts from the Project Gutenberg, Wiretap, On-line Book Initiative,
Virginia Tech's Eris System, Carnegie Mellon's English Server, and the
on-lineportion of the Oxford Text Archive.
2. CCAT Text-Libraries at the University of Pennsylvania: the CCAT
Gopher has a directory which provides access to translations of several
classical texts and links to other collections of e-texts. To access
point your gopher to CCAT.SAS.UPENN.EDU and from the main directory choose
"Archives of the Center for Computer Analysis of Texts." Archive 1 is
dedicated to Classical texts, archive 2 contains late antiquity and
medieval texts. Under archive 1, you will find Dryden's translation of
the Aeneid, Butler's translation of the Iliad and Odyssey, G. F.
Townsend's translation of Aesop's Fables, and F. Storr's Loeb
translations of Sophocles' Antigone, Oedipus Rex and Oedipus at Colonus.
The Archives directory also offers a link to the Wiretap Classical
collection (see below).
3. The Dartmouth Dante Project provides access to important critical
works and commentaries on Dante's Divine Comedy. This is an ongoing
project to put sixty commentaries on line. To access, point your gopher
to GOPHER LIB.DARTMOUTH.EDU. From the CWIS select telnet, then type
CONNECT DANTE and follow system instructions.
4. The Eris Project from Virginia Tech produces electronic versions of
major works of literature. Eris offers translations of the works of
Aeschylus, Aesop. Aristophanes, Aristotle, Epictetus, Herodotus, Homer,
Ovid, Augustine, Plotinus, Plutarch, Tacitus, Thucydides, Vergil and
Sophocles. Eris can be accessed at URL:
GOPHER://GOPHER.VT.EDU:10010/10/33. The texts can also be accessed
through a link in the Classics and Medieval Archaeology Server (see
Section I above).
5. The Georgetown Catalogue Project for Electronic Texts is a database
of electronic text projects in the Humanities. It includes
digests/catalogs in several languages, including Greek and Latin. The
catalogs are available by gopher or anonymous FTP at GUVAX.GEORGETOWN.EDU
under /cpet_projects_in_ electronic_text. The database can also be
accessed via telnet at GUVAX3.GEORGETOWN.EDU; when prompted for your user
name, enter CPET. For more information contact The Center for Text and
Technology, Academic Computer Center, 238 Reiss, Georgetown University,
Washington, DC 20057; phone (202) 687-6096; e-mail
PMANGIAFICO@GUVAX.GEORGETOWN.EDU.
6. The Gutenberg Project encourages the creation and distribution of
English language electronic texts. To obtain more information about the
Gutenberg Project, subscribe to its listserver by sending the message "sub
Gutenberg your name" to LISTSERV@UIUCVMD.BITNET.
7. The Oxford Text Archive is a facility provided by the Oxford
University Computing Services. Its purpose is to offer archival and
dissemination facilities for electronic texts at low cost. The Archive
contains electronic versions of many Greek and Latin texts and can be
accessed via FTP at BLACK.OX.AC.UK in the directory /ota.
8. The Libellus Project at the University of Washington offers
electronic versions of several texts and commentaries. It can be accessed
via FTP at FTP.U.WASHINGTON.EDU under pub/user-supported/libellus/ texts.
9. The Wiretap service offers electronic versions of several classical
texts. You can FTP to WIRETAP.SPIES.COM or access it via gopher (e.g. the
CCAT gopher at the University of Pennsylvania has a link under its
Archives directory). If you use FTP, go to "Library/ Classic" and you
will find a translation of Aesop's Fables, Augustine's Confessions and
Enchiridion, Holmes' translation of Caesar's de Bello Gallico,
Hippocrates' Hippocratic Oath and Law, Jowett's translation of Plato's
Crito and Republic, Dryden's translation of the Aeneid, and Sophocles'
Oedipus Trilogy. In the same directory you will also find Latin texts of
Vergil from the Libellus Project under /Library/Classic/Vergil.
1. Fonts: Greek, Hebrew and Latin fonts for Windows 3.1 in both
TrueType and Type 1 formats are available by FTP at OAK.OAKLAND.EDU in the
directory pub/msdos/windows3/sfonts10.zip. These fonts are shareware
($20.00 to register the program; the fee can then be applied to the
purchase of TLG Workplace, PHI Workplace or Bible Windows). Greek fonts
for Macintosh computers are available by FTP at SUMEX-AIM.STANFORD.EDU in
dir /info-mac/font.
2. Mosaic for Macintosh and Windows is available via FTP at
FTP.NCSA.UIUC.EDU. External viewers needed for Mosaic are also available
for free from SUMEX-AIM.STANFORD.EDU.
3. Mousaios, a search tool for the TLG for IBM computers, is available
for free from FTP.CERF.NET in the directory /pub/vendor/musaios. You can
download the Wingreek font from the same directory.
1. Aegean Prehistory Course Material for Prof. Jeremy Rutter's course
(bibliographies, syllabus, reserve list and sample exams) is available
from the Classics and Mediterranean Archaeology Server (see section I
above) under "Teaching Materials/Aegean Prehistory Course". (The
documents were written in Microsoft Word and are stored both as RTF and
binhexed files. RTF documents are readable by both Mac and DOS machines.
If you download the binhexed files you will need to convert them using
BinHex 4.0 or a compatible application.)
2. JACT Greek Stacks, a stack of drills and exercises by Matt Neuburg
based on the JACT Cambridge Text, is available via anonymous FTP at
CANTVA.CANTERBURY.AC.NZ; login as anonymous, enter at root level/ public,
so cd mac, then cd classics and download jactgreekpt1.hqx and
jactgreekpt2.hqx. The files will have to be converted with an unstuffer
program (Stuffit Expander or equivalent), and require Macintosh System 7
and HyperCard 2.1. You may also access the stacks via gopher at
DELPHI.DUR.AC.UK under Academic Departments and
Faculties/Theology/Theology and Computers/Software for Theologians/An
Archive of a Selection of Software. For those with a WWW client the URL
is
GOPHER://DELPHI.DUR.AC.UK/11/ACADEMIC/PT/THEOLOGY/COMPUTING/SOFTWARE/ARCHIVE/JACT.
If your computer has Apple's new Speech Manager, the stacks can now
pronounce Greek for the student.
3. GREEK VERB HELP 1.3 is a hypertext Greek verb paradigm application
by Matt Neuburg. It runs on Macintosh computers and will look best with
color. It can be accessed via anonymous FTP at CANTVA.CANTERBURY.AC.NZ;
enter at root level /public/mac/classics/gkverbhelp13.hqx.
4. SimTel Software Repository has a Greek and Latin Language Drill in
its directories. It can be accessed via FTP at FTP OAK.OAKLAND.EDU under
SimTel/msdos/langtutr. There are three files for Greek vocabulary drill:
the basic program (greekprc.zip), and vocabularies for Crosby and
Schaeffer (greekcs.zip) and Luschnig (greeklus.zip). The Latin Language
Drill, found in the same directory (latinttr.zip), is geared to Aeneid 1,
but other texts can be used.
5. Latin for Reading. Material to accompany the Latin for Reading
textbook is available through the Classics and Mediterranean Archaeology
Server (see Section I above). For questions regarding the content of the
files, contact Prof. Glenn Knudsvig at KNUDSVIG@UMICH.EDU.
6. SCRIBA, a computer program to accompany and enhance use of the
Oxford Latin Course, Part I, is available free of charge via anonymous FTP
at CORNELL-IOWA.EDU in the SCRIBA subdirectory. You may also obtain
SCRIBA on diskette at cost ($5.00) by writing to Professor John
Gruber-Miller, SCRIBA Software, Classical and Modern Languages, Cornell
College, 600 First Street West, Mt. Vernon, IA 52314; e-mail
GRUBERMILLER@CORNELL-IOWA.EDU.
7. A Guide to Wheelock's Latin Grammar is a set of drills and exercises
by Prof. Dale Grote. The file is available via the Skidmore College Gopher
(GOPHER.SKIDMORE.EDU) or by anonymous FTP at MILTON.U.WASHINGTON.
1. Augustine on the Internet,Prof. James O'Donnell's Internet-based
seminar on Augustine, is available via gopher and the Web. The file
includes a collection of materials related to Augustinian studies. The
seminar was originally set up as a listserver in the spring 1994 semester,
with structured discussion of the text, and was open to anyone who wished
to subscribe. The materials used in the seminar are now accessible at
URL: HTTP://CCAT.SAS.UPENN.EDU/JOD/AUGUSTINE.HTML. The seminar will be
repeated in spring 1995.
2. Boethius on the Net was another Internet-based course offered by
Prof. O'Donnell in the fall 1994 semester, with emphasis on Boethius'
Consolation of Philosophy. The materials used in the course are available
on the WWW at URL: HTTP://CCAT.SAS.UPENN.EDU/JOD/BOETHIUS.HTML.
2. The Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America (ABAA) has a
Home Page which provides access to the directory of ABAA Booksellers,
on-line bookseller catalogs, information about the ABAA and upcoming book
fairs, and the new Online Newsletter of the ABAA . The ABAA Home Page is
still under development but in the future it will be possible to connect
to the Home Pages of individual dealers. The URL address is:
http://www.clark.net/pub/rmharris/booknet1.html
3. Ancient Near East: a guide to resources for the
study of the ancient Near East, entitled "Abzu," is
available at URL: HTTP://WWW-OI.UCHICAGO.EDU/OI/DEPT/RA/ABZU/ABZU.HTML.
4. The Canadian Classical Bulletin (see Section III above) is available
at URL: HTTP://137.122.12.15/HUMCANADA.HTML.
5. The CETH Directory of Electronic Text Centers: The Center for
Electronic Texts in the Humanities maintains listings of and WWW links to
centers in universities and research facilities that hold collections of
electronic texts. To access connect to: URL: http://cethmac.princeton.edu.
6. Classics and Mediterranean Archaeology Server is at URL:
HTTP://ROME.CLASSICS.LSA.UMICH.EDU/WELCOME.HTML. This particular page
contains links to most Internet resources for Classics and archaeology.
(For a full description of this gopher, see Section I above.)
7. The De Re Militari Information Server contains texts (primary and
secondary), bibliographies, book reviews, announcements, grant and job
announcements, and other information useful to classical and medieval
historians. URL: HTTP://KUHTTP.CC.UKANS.EDU/HISTORY/DEREMIL/DEREMAIN.HTML.
8. Didaskalia (see section III above) The URL for Didaskalia is:
http://www.warwick.ac.uk/didaskalia/didaskalia.html.
9. Dissertation Abstracts covering Philosophy, Theology, and Religion
1980-1994 can be read at: gopher://gopher.umi.com
10. Egyptian Project. A preliminary report on the December 1993 field
season of the University of Michigan/University of Asiut project in the
Eastern Desert of Egypt, is available at URL:
http://LSA.UMICH.EDU/PROJECTS/COPTOS/DESERT.HTML; the same information is
also available via the Classics and Mediterranean Archaeology Server (see
above).
11. Hellas, the WWW page of the Hellas Discussion Group, contains
information about the Hellas listserver and much information about Greece,
including maps, current weather, daily radio news in text and audio,
tourist information, etc. It will be found at URL:
HTTP://VELOX.STANDARD.EDU/HELLAS.
12. The Hellenistic Greek Reference Grammar Project includes
information and links related to the study of Hellenistic (including New
Testament) Greek linguistics. The Web pages include bibliographies and an
electronic archive of papers. It will be found at URL:
HTTP://TARTARUS.UWA.EDU.AU/HGRK.
13. InterNIC Information Services has a free publication, the Scout
Report which provides information about the use of Internet to educators
and researchers, at URL: HTTP://WWW.INTERNIC.NET/INFOGUIDE.HTML.
14. The Kelsey Museum of Archaeology at the University of Michigan
provides access to its collections and current documents. Materials
including selections of glass, sculpture, coins and wall paintings from
Karanis, Egypt, and some objects from the Museum's galleries and
collections are available at URL:
HTTP://CLASSICS.LSA.UMICH.EDU/KELSEY/OUTREACH.HTML.
15. Mythology: information and links to information related to
mythology are found at URL:
HTTP://WW.THE-WIRE.COM/CULTURE/MYTHOLOGY/MYTHTEXT.HTML.
16. The Papyrus Digitization Project from the University of Michigan
can be found at URL: HTTP://WWW.UMICH.EDU/PAP/HOMEPAGE.HTML.
17. Perseus: useful information about the project and overview of
Perseus 1.0 and 2.0 can be found at URL:
HTTP://WWW.TUFTS.EDU/DEPARTMENT/PERSEUS.
18. The Pompeii Forum Project, a collaborative venture to study the
urban center of Pompeii,includes three components: documentation of the
site, data analysis and study of Pompeii's urban history. The Home Page of
the project includes links to several site plans and information about the
site and the progress of the project, at URL:
HTTP://JEFFERSON.VILLAGE.VIRGINIA.EDU/POMPEII/PAGE-1.HTML.
19. The Pylos Regional Archaeological Project provides a detailed
report of the history and findings of the project to date URL:
HTTP://ROME.CLASSICS.LSA.UMICH/PROJECTS/PRAP/PRAP/HTML. The report can
also be accessed via the Classics and Mediterranean Archaeology Gopher or
WWW Home Page.
20. The Roman Law Project provides texts and information about Roman
Law. All texts are in Latin. You can access at URL:
http://www.jura.unisb.de/Rechtsgeschichte/Ius.Romanum/english.html. (The
home page is also available in German and Latin)
21. Sardinia: the Museum of Cagliari has a document on the Web with
pictures at URL: HTTP://WWW.CRS4.IT/~LUIGI/SARDEGNA/SARDEGNA.HTML.
22. Scholar's Press's Home Page, TELA (The Electronically Linked
Academy), has information about the American Philological Association at
URL: HTTP:// SCHOLAR.CC.EMORY.EDU.
23. Tools for Teaching, James O'Donnell's WWW pages, describe and
demonstrate how networked technology can help the teaching of Humanities.
Most of the material can be seen with Lynx but graphical material will
require use if a Mosaic-type of browser. URL:
HTTP://CCAT.SAS.UPENN.EDU/TEACHDEMO.
24. "The Whole Internet Catalog" by O'Reilly and Associates contains
links to all sorts of resources such as the Classics and Mediterranean
Archaeology Gopher, the Dead Sea Scrolls Exhibition, Bryn Mawr Classical
and Medieval Reviews, electronic publications and many other resources.
URL: HTTP://NEARNT.GNN.COM/GNN-ORA.HTML.
1. AEGEANet is a discussion group on matters pertaining to the Aegean
world of pre-classical times, including paleolithic, neolithic, Bronze
Age, Geometric and Homeric). To subscribe write to MAJORDOMO
@ACPUB.DUKE.EDU with the message "subscribe aegeanet your e-mail address,"
or simply "subscribe aegeanet."
2. ACL is a moderated Bulletin Board service available to members of
the American Classical League. To subscribe write to
LISTPROC@CLASSICS.LSA.UMICH.EDU with the message "subs acl your name."
3.ACTS-L is a forum for the discussion of the Acts ofthe Apostles and
the critical issues surrounding them. This list was created as an
experimental use of the Internet for members of a course on the Acts
offered at St.Paul's University in Ottawa and will continue provided there
is enough interest in maintaining it. To subscribe write to
LISTSERV@ACADVM1.UOTTAWA.CA with the message "subscribe acts-l your name."
For comments or suggestions, write to the listowner L. Gregory Bloomquist
at GBLOOMQ@ACADVM1.UOTTAWA.CA.
4. AIA-L is a discussion group for Archaeology and Technology. To
subscribe write to LISTSERV@CC.BRYNMAWR.EDU with the message "subscribe
aia-l your name."
5. ANCIEN-L is a forum for ancient history. To subscribe write to
LISTSERV@ULKYVM.LOUISVILLE.EDU with the message "subscribe ancien-l your
name."
6. ANE is a discussion group on issues related to the ancient Near
East. To subscribe write to MAJORDOMO@OI.UCHICAGO.EDU with the message
"subscribe ane your name."
7. ARCH-L is a forum for the discussion of archaeological issues. To
subscribe write to LISTSERV@TAMVM1.TAMU.EDU with the message "subscribe
arch-l your name."
8. ARCH-THEORY is a forum about archaeological theory in Europe. To
subscribe write to MAILBASE@MAILBASE.AC.UK with the message "join
arch-theory your name." For other correspondence, write to
ARCH-THEORY@MAILBASE.AC.UK.
9. B-GREEK, formerly NT-GREEK, is a discussion group for Biblical
Greek. To subscribe write to MAJORDOMO@VIRGINIA.EDU with the message
"subscribe b-greek your name."
10. BYZANS-L is a discussion group for Byzantine Studies. To subscribe
write to LISTSERV@ MIZZOU1.MISSOURI.EDU with the message "subscribe
byzans-l your name."
11. CAAL is a discussion group for computers and ancient languages. To
subscribe write to CAAL-OWNER@FF.CUNI.CZ with the message "subscribe caal
your name."
12. CLASSICS is a discussion group for Classics. To subscribe write to
LISTPROC@U.WASHINGTON.EDU with the message "subscribe classics your name."
13. CLASSICS BULLETIN BOARD is a Usenet discussion group which carries
discussions and requests for information pertinent to Classics. To access
subscribe to SCI.CLASSICS newsgroup.
14. CONTEX-L, a forum for cross-disciplinary analysis of ancient texts,
provides a forum for the scholarly, informal, and polite discussion of the
social worlds behind and within the texts of antiquity, including those of
the Hebrew Bible, early Christianity, Rabbinic Judaism and all the
literature associated with the GraecoRoman World. To subscribe write to
LISTSERV@ACADVM1.UOTTAWA.CA with the message "subscribe contex-l your
name."
15. DARWIN-L is a discussion group on the history and theory of the
historical sciences, including archaeology, historical linguistics,
paleontology and textual transmission. To subscribe write to
LISTSERV@UKANAIX.CC.UKANS.EDU with the message subscribe "darwin-l your
name."
16. ELENCHUS is a forum for issues related to early Christianity. To
subscribe write to LISTSERV@ACADVM1.UOTTAWA.CA with the message "subscribe
elenchus your name."
17. ENKIDU-L is a list devoted to methodological issues in studying
ancient (before CE 600) texts. To subscribe write to
MAJORDOMO@LISTS.STANFORD.EDU with the message "subscribe enkidu-l."
Questions may be addressed to the list coordinator,
ASHERAH@LELAND.STANFORD.EDU.
18. ETEXTCTR, a discussion group on electronic text centers, is a
moderated list meant to cover broad issues related to the management,
training and development of electronic texts in general. To join the
discussion write to LISTSERV@RUTVM1,BITNET or LISTSERV@RUTVM1.RUTGERS.EDU
(Internet) with the message "subscribe etextctr yourfirstname
yourlastname."
19. EXLIBRIS is a discussion on rare books and special collections. To
subscribe write to LISTSERV@RUTVM1.BITNET with the message "subscribe
exlibris your name."
20. THE_FORUM is an IRC (Internet Relay Chat) channel sponsored by the
Classics Department at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, and dedicated
to the discussion of classics issues. To register, send email to:
tkeller@unlinfo2.unl.edu with a subject line of REGISTER and include your
full real name, and the full name of the organization or insititution you
are affiliated with. Once registered, simply /msg seneca invite to receive
an invitation to join the channel.
21. HOMER is a discussion group on the works of Homer hosted by the
Free Lance Academy. To subscribe write to LISTSERV@DIALOG.UUCP.NETCOM.COM
with the message "sub Homer."
22. H-RHETOR is a discussion group on the history of rhetoric. To
subscribe write to LISTSERV@UICVM.UIC. EDU with a message "sub h-rhetor
your name school name."
23. H-TEACH is a forum to discuss issues related to the teaching of
history. To subscribe write to LISTSERV @UICVM.UIC.EDU with the message
"sub h-teach yourname school name."
24. INCLASS is a discussion group on technology in teaching. To
subscribe write to LISTPROC@SCHOOLNET.CARLETON.CA with the message
"subscribe inclass your name."
25. INDOEUROPEAN-L is a discussion group on Indo-European languages and
issues related to their study. To subscribe write to LISTSERV@CORNELL.EDU
with the message "subscribe indoeuropean-l your name." For questions about
the listserver, contact the listserver manager at LISTMGR@CORNELL.EDU;
direct other questions to Antony Green at ADG1@CORNELL.EDU.
26. IOUDAIOS is an electronic seminar devoted to the exploration of
early Judaism. The discussion assumes background in first-century Judaism
and the ability to read Greek. To subscribe write to LISTSERV@LEHIGH.EDU
with the message "subscribe ioudaios your name."
27. LATIN-L is a forum for latin and neo-latin discussions. To
subscribe write to LISTSERV@PSUVM.PSU.EDU with the message "subscribe
latin-l your name."
28. LEXI provides a forum for the presentation and discussion of issues
related to Greek and Latin languages and lexicography. Lexi welcomes
announcements about other projects from departments and institutions who
wish to use LEXI as a bulletin board for posting such information. To
subscribe write to LISTSERV@UCI.EDU with the message "subscribe lexi your
name."
29. LT-ANTIQ is a forum for topics in late antiquity (CE 240-640). To
subscribe write to LISTSERV@UNIVSCVM.CSD.SCAROLINA.EDU with the message
"subscribe lt-antiq your name."
30. MEDTEXTL is a discussion group for those interested in Medieval
studies. To subscribe write to LISTSERV@UIUCVMD.BITNET with the message
"subscribe medtextl your name."
31. NUMISM-L is an unmoderated list that provides a forum for the
discussion of topics relating to the numismatics of antiquity and the
Middle Ages. Its potential audience includes historians, classicists,
medievalists, byzantinists, art historians, archaeologists,economists, and
numismatists. To subscribe write to LISTSERV@UNIVSCVM.CSD.SCAROLINA.EDU
with the message "subscribe numism-l your name." For information contact
the list owner, Ralph W. Mathisen, Dept. of History, University of South
Carolina, Columbia SC 29208; email N330009@UNIVSCVM.CSD.SCAROLINA.EDU.
For information on editorial and specialized numismatic matters, contact
William E. Metcalf, Chief Curator, American Numismatic Society, Broadway
at 155th St., New York, N.Y. 10032; e-mail WEM8@COLUMBIA.EDU.
32. PAPY is a discussion group for papyrology and the history,
epigraphy and archaeology of Graeco-Roman Egypt. To subscribe write to
LISTSERV@IGL.KU.DK with the message "subscribe papy your name."
33. PERSEUS is a discussion group of Perseus users. To subscribe write
to LISTSERV@BROWNVM.BROWN.EDU with the message "subscribe perseus your
name."
34. PHIL-LIT is an electronic-mail list service for philosophers and
literary critics sponsored by PHILOSOPHY AND LITERATURE, the
interdisciplinary journal published by Johns Hopkins University Press.
The list is open to anyone interested in philosophical interpretations of
literature, literary investigations of classical works of philosophy,
philosophy of language, and literary theory. To subscribe write to
LISTSERV@TAMVM1.TAMU.EDU with the message "subscribe phil-lit your name."
For more information contact the list's moderator, David Gershom Myers, at
DGMOYERS@TAMVM1.TAMU.EDU.
35. PHILOSOPHY LISTS: The Free Lance Academy "Slow Reading" lists
includes eight "Free Lance" lists devoted to the discussion of major
figures in the history of philosophy. The eight lists are: Plato,
PlatoRepublic, Aristotle, Plotinus, Aquinas, Spinoza, Levinas and Arendt.
Each list is intended to support serious philosophical inquiry by careful,
slow readings of the works of a single philosopher or a single work of
philosophy. These are not intended to be academic conversations, at least
not in the modern sense of that word. Persons outside the university
environment are welcome. To subscribe write to MAJORDOMO@WORLD.STD.COM
with the message "subscribe listname" (e.g. "subscribe plato") or
"subscribe listname yourfirstname yourlastname [you@your.e-address]"
(e.g."subscribe plato Lance Fletcher [lance@freelance.com]"). It is
important to put angle brackets around your Internet address
instead of the square ones used here for demonstration purposes. You can
subscribe to more than one list with a single message, provided that each
subscribe command is on a separate line. For more information contact
LanceFletcher, The Free Lance Academy (a Platonic BBS) at (201) 963-6019.
For Internet access gopher to LANCE.JVNC.NET or anonymous FTP to
WORLD.STD.COM/FTP/ PUB/FREELANCE.
36. POET-L provides a forum for the discussion of Aristotle's Poetics.
To subscribe write to LISTSERV@UNCCVM.UNCC.EDU with the message "subscribe
poet-l your name." For questions or problems contact Dale Grote at
FFL00DAG@UNCCVM.UNCC.EDU.
37. POLITICS is a list for the discussion of Aristotle's Politics. The
group is presently discussing Books VII and VIII. To subscribe write to:
LISTSERV@DIALOG.UUCP.NETCOM with a message "subscribe aristotle-politics".
38. SOPHIA is a list for the discussion of ancient philosophy. To
subscribe write to LISTSERV@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK with the message "subscribe
sophia your name."
39. TECHEVAL provides a forum to discuss the evaluation of
computer-related work in the Humanities and to collect information and
points of view on the evaluation of computer-related work in language and
literary study for the Modern Language Association's Emerging Technologies
Committee. To subscribe write to LISTSERV@MIAMIU.MUOHIO.EDU with the
message "subscribe techeval your e-mail address firstname lastname." For
questions write to Jim Sosnoski at JSOSNOSKI@MIAMIU.MUOHIO.EDU.
40. THUC-L is a forum for the discussion of questions related to
Thucydides. To subscribe write to LISTSERV@VM.TEMPLE.EDU with the message
"subscribe thuc-l your name."
V. ELECTRONIC-TEXT ARCHIVES
VI. FREE (OR ALMOST FREE) SOFTWARE FTP SITES
VII. COURSE MATERIAL
VIII. ON-LINE SEMINARS
IX. SELECTED CLASSICS RESOURCES ON THE WWW
1. American Classical League announcements are available via the Classics
and Mediterranean Gopher (see section I above) and the WWW at URL:
HTTP://WWW.UMICH.EDU/~KNUDSVIG/ACL.HTML.
X. DISCUSSION GROUPS