Greek Tragedy & Mythology

Finding Resources in BearCAT

To find sources on Greek Tragedy and Mythology,
search with these Library of Congress Subject Headings:

 

 

 

Greek Tragedy and Drama

Coolidge, Jr., Archibald C. Beyond the Fatal Flaw: A Study of the Neglected Forms of Greek Drama. Lake MacBride, Iowa: Maecenas Press, 1980. 882.0109 C77

Easterling, P.E., ed. The Cambridge Companion to Greek Tragedy. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1997. 880.9 Ea7

Nardo, Don, ed. Greek Drama. San Diego: Greenhaven Press, 2000. 882.09 L71

Segal, Charles. Interpreting Greek Tragedy: Myth, Poetry, Text. Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press, 1986. 882.0109 Se3

Segal, Erich, ed. Oxford Readings in Greek Tragedy. Oxford: University Press, 1983. 882.0109 G81

Vickers, Brian. Towards Greek Tragedy: Drama, Myth, Society. London: Longman, 1973. 882.0109 V66

Wilson, Joseph P. The Hero and the City: An Interpretation of Sophocles' Oedipus at Colonus. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1997. 882.01 So66W

Greek Mythology

Buxton, Richard. Imaginary Greece: The Contexts of Mythology. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994. 292.13 B98

Dixon-Kennedy, Mike. Encyclopedia of Greco-Roman Mythology. Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO, 1998. Reference Collection 292.13 D64

James, Vanessa. The Genealogy of Greek Mythology: An Illustrated Family Tree of Greek Myth from the First Gods to the Founders of Rome. New York: Gotham Books, 2003. Reference Collection 292.13 J23

Schwab, Gustav. Gods and Heroes of Ancient Greece. New York: Pantheon Books, 2001. 292.13 Sch9

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, 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

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 Sa1

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 found 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/index.html

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

The photographs of the Temple of Apollo and the Segesta Theater are by Leo C. Curran found at the University of Buffalo site “Maecenas: Images of Ancient Greece and Rome” (http://wings.buffalo.edu/AandL/Maecenas/). The image Pergamon of Zeus is from the University of Texas at Austin Classics Department (http://www.utexas.edu/courses/classicalarch/images.html)