The Greeks, The Trojan War, & Homer

Finding Resources in BearCAT

To find sources on the Greeks, the Trojan War, and Homer,
search with these Library of Congress Subject Headings:

  • Greece Civilization
  • Homer Iliad
  • Military history, Ancient
  • Mythology Greek
  • Trojan War
  • Troy Extinct City

 

 

 

 

Greek History and Culture

Adkins, Lesley, and Roy A. Adkins. Handbook to Life in Ancient Greece. New York: Facts On File, 1997. Reference Collection 938 Ad5

Boardman, John, Jasper Griffin, and Oswyn Murray, ed. The Oxford History of the Classical World. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1986. 938 Ox2

Grant, Michael. The Classical Greeks. New York: Scribner's, 1989. 938 G76

Grant, Michael, and Rachel Kitzinger, ed. Civilization of the Ancient Mediterranean: Greece and Rome. New York: Scribner's, 1987. Reference Collection 938 C49 v.1-3

Hazel, John. Who's Who in the Greek World. London: Routledge, 2000. Reference Collection 938 H33

Massey, Michael. Women in Ancient Greece and Rome. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1988. 305.4093 M38

Rowan Beye, Charles. Ancient Greek Literature and Society, 2nd ed. Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press, 1987. 880.9 B46

Sacks, David. Encyclopedia of the Ancient Greek World. New York: Facts on File, 1995. Reference Collection 938 Sa2

Troy, Trojan War, and Warfare

Ferrill, Arther. The Origins of War: From the Stone Age to Alexander the Great. New York: Thames and Hudson, 1985. 355 F41

Hanson, Victor Davis. The Wars of the Ancient Greeks and Their Invention of Western Military Culture. London: Cassell, 1999. 938 H19

Moorehead, Caroline. Lost and Found: The 9,000 Treasures of Troy: Heinrich Schliemann and the Gold that Got Away. New York: Viking, 1996. 939.21 M78

Tolstikov, Vladimir, and Mikhail Treister. The Gold of Troy: Searching for Homer's Fabled City. New York: H.N. Abrams, 1996. 939.21 T58

Wood, Michael. In Search of the Trojan War. New York: Facts on File, 1985. 939.21 W85

Homer’s The Iliad

Edwards, Mark W. Homer: Poet of the Iliad. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1987. 883.1 H75E

Silk, Michael. Homer, The Iliad. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004. 883.1 H75S

Wright, John, ed. Essays on the Iliad: Selected Modern Criticism. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, 1978. 883.01 H75E

Zanker, Graham. The Heart of Achilles: Characterization and Personal Ethics in the Iliad.Ann Arbor, Michigan: University of Michigan Press, 1996. 883.01 Z1

Database/Online Resources

EBSCOhost Advanced Placement Source: This database is a collection of full-text articles from over 6,100 journals. The articles are a mix of scholarly journal, magazine, and newspaper articles. Advanced Placement Source contains over 400 journals that focus on the humanities. EBSCOhost has the ability to search by Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH).

JSTOR: JSTOR is short for Journal Storage. JSTOR is a collection of over 900 full-text scholarly journals. JSTOR contains complete backfiles for each journal with a moving window that averages around 5 years. This means JSTOR, for a particular journal, will have the journals first issue up until about five years from now. Subject areas vary in JSTOR, but its main focus is on the humanities, with 17 journals that focus on Classical Studies.

Project Muse: Project Muse is published by John Hopkins University. Muse is a collection of over 300 full-text scholarly journals. The coverage in Muse is current. Most of the journals’ coverage is five to ten years. As with JSTOR, Project Muse focuses on the humanities, with 5 journals that focus on Classical Studies. Muse has the ability to search by Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH).

Oxford Reference Online Premium: This database lets the student search over 100 Oxford University Press reference books at the same time. Classical Studies and History titles include: The Oxford Companion to Classical Civilization, The Concise Oxford Companion to Classical Literature, Who's Who in the Classical World, and The Oxford Companion to Archaeology.

Websites

Encyclopedia Mythica: This resource is free on the Internet. It is an online encyclopedia that covers mythology, religion, and folklore. It provides an excellent section on Greek Mythology, where the student can search and browse easily.
URL: http://www.pantheon.org

Forum Antiquum: Ancient World Internet Resources: University of Pennsylvania. Forum Antiquum is a directory of links to internet resources. The focus of this site is on ancient Mediterranean archaeological material from 5,000 B.C.E. to ca. 1500 C.E. There are section that center on resources for Classical Studies and Greek Art/Archaeology.
URL: http://www.sas.upenn.edu/~ekondrat/ForumAntiquum.html

Hellenic History on the Internet: This site is a good introduction to Ancient Greek History. There are four sections: society, economy, politics, and culture. There is an extensive bibliography for each section.
URL: http://www.fhw.gr/chronos/05/en

Peresus Digital Library: Tufts University. This site has a section on Greek/Latin Collections. Most of the resources are primary sources with over 500 full-text items. There is also a smaller collection of over 100 full-text secondary resources.
URL: http://www.perseus.tufts.edu

Photographs of Athens and Methymna are by Marco Prins and Jona Lendering. The image is used with permission from Livius Archives (http://www.livius.org). The photograph of the Homer sculpture is used with permission from the VRoma Project ( http://www.vroma.org).