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Literature Resources

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Greek Mythology, Classical Art & Literature from Theoi Project - Greek Mythology

CLASSICAL LITERATURE & ART

- [Perseus Digital Library](http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/): An evolving collection of resources for the study of the ancient world, including archaeology, atlas, texts and translations, text tools and lexica.

- [The Beazley Archive](http://www.beazley.ox.ac.uk/): A world centre for the study of ancient Greek painted pottery. The Archive contains the world's largest collection of photographs of ancient Greek painted pottery.

- [Iconiclimc](https://www.iconiclimc.ch/): Foundation for the _Lexicon Iconographicum Mythologiae Classicae_ (LIMC): , an encyclopedia cataloguing mythology in the art of classical antiquity.

- [Forum Ancient Coins](http://www.forumancientcoins.com/): Ancient coin dealer with ancient Greek and Roman coins, Byzantine coins, and other ancient coins in a huge online catalog.

MUSEUMS (ANTIQUITIES COLLECTIONS)

FRANCE

- [Musée du Louvre, Paris](http://www.louvre.fr/) 

- [Cabinet des Médailles, Paris](http://www.bnf.fr/)

UNITED KINGDOM

- [British Museum, London](http://www.britishmuseum.org/) 

- [Ashmolean Museum, Oxford](http://www.ashmolean.org/) 

- [Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge](http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/)

GERMANY

- [Antikensammlung Berlin](http://www.smb.museum/museen-und-einrichtungen/antikensammlung/) 

- [Altes Museum, Berlin](http://www.smb.museum/en/museums-institutions/altes-museum/) 

- [Pergamonmuseum, Berlin](http://www.smb.museum/en/museums-institutions/pergamonmuseum/) 

- [Staatliche Antikensammlungen, Munich](http://www.antike-am-koenigsplatz.mwn.de/) 

- [Badisches Landesmuseum, Karlsruhe](http://www.landesmuseum.de/)

UNITED STATES

- [Museum of Fine Arts, Boston](http://www.mfa.org/) 

- [Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City](http://www.metmuseum.org/) 

- [Rhode Island School of Design Museum, New York City](http://risdmuseum.org/) 

- [The J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu](http://www.getty.edu/museum/) 

- [Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge](http://www.harvardartmuseums.org/) 

- [Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo](http://www.toledomuseum.org/) 

- [University of Pennsylvania Museum, Philadelphia](http://www.penn.museum/) 

- [University of Mississippi Museum, Oxford](http://museum.olemiss.edu/) 

- [Johns Hopkins Archaeological Museum, Baltimore](http://archaeologicalmuseum.jhu.edu/)

ITALY

- [Vatican Museums, Vatican City](http://mv.vatican.va/) 

- [Palazzo Altemps, National Roman Museum, Rome](http://archeoroma.beniculturali.it/musei/museo-nazionale-romano-palazzo-altemps) 

- [Capitoline Museums, Rome](http://www.museicapitolini.org/) 

- [National Etruscan Museum, Rome](http://www.villagiulia.beniculturali.it/) 

- [Ostia Antica, Rome](http://www.ostiaantica.beniculturali.it/) 

- [Naples National Archaeological Museum](http://cir.campania.beniculturali.it/museoarcheologiconazionale) 

- [Tarquina National Archaeological Museum](http://www.tarquinia-cerveteri.it/) 

- [Taranto National Archaeological Museum](http://www.museotaranto.org/) 

- [National Archaeological Museum of Florence](https://museoarcheologiconazionaledifirenze.wordpress.com/) 

- [Villa Romana del Casale, Piazza Amerina](http://www.villaromanadelcasale.it/)

GREECE

- [National Archaeological Museum, Athens](http://www.namuseum.gr/) 

- [Acropolis Museum, Athens](http://www.theacropolismuseum.gr/) 

- [Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki](http://www.amth.gr/)

TURKEY

- [Hatay Archaeology Museum, Antakya](http://www.hatayarkeolojimuzesi.gov.tr/) 

- [Istanbul Archaeology Museums, Istanbul](http://www.istanbularkeoloji.gov.tr/) 

- [Ephesus Archaeological Museum, Selçuk](http://www.muze.gov.tr/ephesus) 

- [Gaziantep Museum of Archaeology, Gaziantep](https://muze.gov.tr/muze-detay?SectionId=GZA01&DistId=MRK)

SPAIN

- [National Archaeological Museum of Spain, Madrid](http://www.man.es/) 

- [Museo del Prado, Madrid](https://www.museodelprado.es/)

PORTUGAL

- [National Archaeology Museum, Lisbon](http://www.museuarqueologia.pt/) 

- [Museu Monográfico de Conimbriga, Condeixa-a-Nova](http://www.conimbriga.pt/)

AUSTRIA

- [Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna](https://www.khm.at/)

SWITZERLAND

- [Antikenmuseum Basel und Sammlung Ludwig, Basel](http://www.antikenmuseumbasel.ch/)

NETHERLANDS

- [Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, Leiden](http://www.rmo.nl/)

BELGIUM

- [Cinquantenaire Museum, Brussels](http://www.kmkg-mrah.be/cinquantenaire-museum)

RUSSIA

- [State Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg](http://www.hermitagemuseum.org/)

SERBIA

- [National Museum of Serbia, Belgrade](http://www.narodnimuzej.rs/)

ALBANIA

- [National Historical Museum, Tirana](http://www.mhk.gov.al/)

TUNISIA

- [Bardo National Museum, Tunis](http://www.bardomuseum.tn/)

LEBANON

- [National Museum of Beirut](http://beirutnationalmuseum.org/)

MYTHOLOGY STUDIES

- [Classical Inquiries](http://classical-inquiries.chs.harvard.edu/): An online, rapid-publication project of Harvard’s Center for Hellenic Studies, devoted to sharing some of the latest thinking on the ancient world with researchers and the general public.

- [Mythimedia - Greek Myth in Today's Culture](http://www.mythimedia.org/): Exploring the presence and reception of Greek myth in contemporary culture (art, music, cinema, theater, radio/tv, comics/cartoons): . Multimedia research project from Bologna University, Italy.

- [AncientWorlds](http://www.ancientworlds.net/): Ancient history reference, community, and games.

MYTHOLOGY WEBSITES

- [Greek Mythology Link](http://www.maicar.com/GML/): A collection of the Greek myths written by Carlos Parada, author of the book Genealogical Guide to Greek Mythology (published in 1993): based on original sources, that is, authors from the period between 800 BC and AD 600. The site contains texts, images, maps and charts.

- [Myth Index](http://www.mythindex.com/): More than 3,700 names from Greek mythology. A comprehensive dictionary of Greek mythology, including titles and epithets of the gods.

- [Timeless Myths](http://www.timelessmyths.com/): A collection of myths and legend from Classical Greece and Rome, Norse and Celtic mythology, as well as Arthurian legend.

- [Mythweb](http://www.mythweb.com/): A site is devoted to the heroes, gods and monsters of Greek mythology.

- [Living Myths](http://www.livingmyths.com/): Mythology: Greek, Celtic, Native American and Chinese myths retold and interpreted.

- [Women in Greek Myths](http://www.paleothea.com/): A who's-who on all females in Greek mythology, with a section on Greek Men, a collection of myths, and many beautiful images.

- [Mythman](http://www.mythman.com/): Greek mythology today, school homework help and the myth of the month.

HELLENIC RECONSTRUCTION

- [Hellenion](http://www.hellenion.org/): A US-based religious organization dedicated to the revival and practice of Hellenic polytheism.

- [Supreme Council of Ethnic Hellenes](http://www.ysee.gr/index-eng.php): The foremost organization in Greece to-day, representing the Hellenic indigenous and ancestral tradition.

Figcat’s Curated Resources

Literature

- [Complete Review](https://www.complete-review.com/)
- [The Imaginary Museum](https://mairangibay.blogspot.com/)
- [The Modern Novel](https://www.themodernnovel.org/)
- [The Neglected Books Page](https://neglectedbooks.com/)
- [We Love Translations](https://welovetranslations.com/)
- [Writers No One Reads](https://writersnoonereads.tumblr.com/)

Lists

- [Baquet's Guide to the World's Classics](http://www.theworldsclassics.org/)
- [Great Books Lists](http://sonic.net/~rteeter/greatbks.html)
- [Greater Books](http://www.greaterbooks.com/)
- [The Books of the Century](https://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/%7Eimmer/booksmain)
- [The Greatest Books](https://thegreatestbooks.org/)

Databases and reference

- [Goodreads](https://www.goodreads.com/)
- [LibraryThing](https://www.librarything.com/)

Research

- [Google Books](https://books.google.pl/)
- [Google Scholar](https://scholar.google.pl/)
- [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/)
- [Z-Library](https://go-to-zlibrary.se/)

Communities

- [r/AskLiteraryStudies](https://www.reddit.com/r/AskLiteraryStudies/)
- [r/books](https://www.reddit.com/r/books/)
- [r/booksuggestions](https://www.reddit.com/r/booksuggestions/)
- [r/literature](https://www.reddit.com/r/literature/)
- [r/suggestmeabook](https://www.reddit.com/r/suggestmeabook/)
- [r/TrueLit](https://www.reddit.com/r/TrueLit/)
- [Literature Network Forums](https://www.online-literature.com/forums/)
- [World Literature Forum](https://www.worldliteratureforum.com/)

Speculative fiction

- [A Guide to Fantasy Authors and Tales](https://www.mayhematics.com/f/f.htm)
- [Accounts of Some Strange Disturbances](http://somedisturbances.surlymedium.com/)
- [The Best Sci Fi Books](https://best-sci-fi-books.com/)
- [Weird Fiction Review](https://weirdfictionreview.com/)

Databases and reference

- [Classics of Science Fiction](https://csfquery.com/)
- [Fantastic Fiction](https://www.fantasticfiction.com/)
- [Great Science-Fiction & Fantasy Works](https://greatsfandf.com/)
- [The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction](https://sf-encyclopedia.com/)
- [Encyclopedia of Fantasy](https://sf-encyclopedia.com/fe/)
- [The Internet Speculative Fiction Database](https://isfdb.org/)

Communities

- [r/Fantasy](https://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/)
- [r/horrorlit](https://www.reddit.com/r/horrorlit/)
- [r/printSF](https://www.reddit.com/r/printSF/)
- [r/WeirdLit](https://www.reddit.com/r/WeirdLit/)
- [Science Fiction & Fantasy forum](https://www.sffchronicles.com/)
- [Science Fiction and Fantasy World](https://www.sffworld.com/forum/)
- [The Nightmare Network](https://www.ligotti.net/)
- [Vault of Evil](https://vaultofevil.proboards.com/)

Comic books and manga

- [The Slings an Arrows](https://theslingsandarrows.com/)

Lists

- [Whakoom](https://www.whakoom.com/)

Databases and reference

- [BDTheque](https://www.bdtheque.com/)
- [Comic Vine](https://comicvine.gamespot.com/)
- [MyAnimeList](https://myanimelist.net/)

Communities

- [r/altcomix](https://www.reddit.com/r/altcomix/)
- [r/bandedessinee](https://www.reddit.com/r/bandedessinee/)
- [r/comicbooks/](https://www.reddit.com/r/comicbooks/)
- [r/graphicnovels](https://www.reddit.com/r/graphicnovels/)
- [r/manga](https://www.reddit.com/r/manga/)
- [CBR Community](https://community.cbr.com/)
- [Classic Comics Forum](https://classiccomics.org/)
- [Comic Geek Speak](https://thecomicforums.vanillacommunity.com/)
- [Comic Vine Forums](https://comicvine.gamespot.com/forums/)
- [Forum BD Gest](https://www.bdgest.com/forum/)
- [forum.stripovi.com](http://forum.stripovi.com/)
- [KOMIKSpec](https://forum.komikspec.pl/)

Roleplaying games

Databases and reference

- [RPGGeek](https://rpggeek.com/)

Communities

- [r/rpg](https://www.reddit.com/r/rpg/)
- [r/osr](https://www.reddit.com/r/osr/)
- [Adventure Design and Reviews (tenfootpole)](https://tenfootpole.org/forum/)
- [BRP Central](https://basicroleplaying.org/)
- [Dragonsfoot Forums](https://www.dragonsfoot.org/forums/)
- [EN World](https://www.enworld.org/)
- [Original D&D Discussion](https://odd74.proboards.com/)
- [OSR Pit](https://discourse.osrrpg.com/)
- [RPG PUB](https://www.rpgpub.com/)
- [RPGnet Forums](https://forum.rpg.net/)
- [The Gauntlet Forums](https://forums.gauntlet-rpg.com/)
- [Yog-Sothoth](https://www.yog-sothoth.com/)

“General”

- [50 Watts](https://50watts.com/)
- [The Art and Popular Culture Encyclopedia](http://www.artandpopularculture.com/Main_Page)

Lists

- [Make Lists, Not War](https://beckchris.com/)
- [Sens Critique](https://www.senscritique.com/)

Communities

- [Ask MetaFilter](https://ask.metafilter.com/)
- [Hipinion](https://forums.hipinion.com/)
- [ILX](https://www.ilxor.com/ILX/)
- [NeoGAF](https://www.neogaf.com/)
- [Quarter to Three Forums](https://forum.quartertothree.com/)
- [ResetEra](https://www.resetera.com/)
- [The Something Awful Forums](https://forums.somethingawful.com/index.php)

IndieWeb, Small Web, web exploration

Directories

- [Curlie](https://curlie.org/)
- [ooh.directory](https://ooh.directory/)
- [The 250kb Club](https://250kb.club/)
- [The 512KB Club](https://512kb.club/)

Search engines

- [Marginalia Search](https://search.marginalia.nu/)
- [Search My Site](https://searchmysite.net/)
- [wiby](https://wiby.me/)

Curated linkblogs

- [i.webthings hub](https://iwebthings.joejenett.com/)
- [Waxy](https://waxy.org/category/links/)
- [Web Curios](https://webcurios.co.uk/)

“Stumble” discovery

- [Cloudhiker](https://cloudhiker.net/)
- [The Forest](https://theforest.link/)

Some personal websites and blogs I like

- [barnsworthburning](https://barnsworthburning.net/)
- [Manu](https://manuelmoreale.com/)
- [Seirdy’s Home](https://seirdy.one/)
- [sizeof(cat)](https://sizeof.cat/)

The following websites kindly shared a link to FigCat:

- [262ravens](https://262ravens.neocities.org/)
- [Finnialla](https://finn-all-uh.org/)
- [Glamour Beast](https://glamourbeast.neocities.org/)
- [The Glatisant](https://questingbeast.substack.com/)
- [Jonas Hvid](https://johv.dk/)
- [People them with Monsters](https://peoplethemwithmonsters.blogspot.com/)
- [Ray’s Substack](https://drunkenboat30.substack.com/)
- [ribose](https://ribo.zone/)
- [Seed of Worlds](https://seedofworlds.blogspot.com/)
- [Slatch Bat](https://slatch-bat.neocities.org/)
- [Stéphanie Walter](https://stephaniewalter.design/)
- [ten@earth](https://karuma.me/)
- [Web Curios](https://webcurios.co.uk/)

Alternatives To Goodreads

The Latin Library

Latin Texts

The Latin Library
Latin Literature
Perseus: Index of Primary Latin Texts
Classical Latin Texts (The Packard Humanities Institute)
Bibliotheca Augustana
IntraText Literature: Latina
Corpus Scriptorum Latinorum
Bibliotheca Latina
White Trash Scriptorium
The Philological Museum
Pomoerium

Classical Links of General Interest

LacusCurtius
The Rome Project
Forum Romanum
The Perseus Project
Encyclopedia Mythica
Katalog der Internetressourcen für die Klassische Philolologie aus Berlin (Kirke)
Rassegna degli strumenti informatici per lo studio dell’antichità classica
Resources for Classical and Medieval Studies (OCA)
Electronic Resources for Classicists (Pantelia’s List)
Greek & Latin Classics Internet Resources (LOC)

Classical Associations & Groups

The American Classical League (ACL)
The National Junior Classical League (NJCL)
The Virginia Junior Classical League (VJCL)
Classical Association of Virginia (CAV)
Classical Association of the Middle West and South (CAMWS)
Classical Association of the Atlantic States (CAAS)
The Classical Association of the Pacific Northwest
Classical Association of New England
New York Classical Club
North Carolina Classical Association
Classical Association of the Empire State
Classical Association of Western New York
Texas Classical Association
Classical Association of Minnesota
Classical Association of Pennsylvania
The Classical Association of New Jersey
The Tennessee Classical Association
The Ontario Classical Association
National Committee for Latin and Greek

Classical Journals

Ancient History Bulletin
Arachnion
Bryn Mawr Classical Review
Classics Ireland
Electronic Antiquity
Histos
Internet Archaeology
Retiarius: Commentarii Periodici Latini

Special Sites and Homepages

Grex Latine Loquentium
Bibliographia Latina Selecta
The Vergil Homepage
Roman Law
Roman Emperors
Internet Ancient History Sourcebook

Discussion Lists

Classical Discussion Lists
Classics
Latin Study Lists

Images of the Ancient World

Maecenas: Images of Ancient Greece and Rome
The Vatican Museum
The Ambrose Slide Collection

Latin Resources

The News in Latin
The Weather in Latin
Index Antiquus
Lewis & Short On-Line
On-Line Declension Exercise
Latin Handouts
Allen & Greenough’s New Latin Grammar (Perseus Project)
A Glossary of Rhetorical Terms
Textkit - Greek and Latin Learning Tools

Books & Software

B&B Booksellers
Amazon Books
Advanced Book Exchange
Bibliofind
TOCS-IN

Certamen Resources

Virginia Certamen Questions
Instructions for Moderators

To Find and Compare Book Prices Across Retailers or Book Selling Price Comparisons

For Buying Books (Price Comparison Sites):

  • AddALL — Compares prices from many bookstores and sellers for new, used, and college textbooks, often the cheapest option
  • ISBN.nu — A fast tool to search for books by ISBN, title, or author and compare prices from various stores
  • BookFinder.com — Searches for new, used, rare books, and textbooks across many booksellers
  • Google Shopping — A general shopping tool that lets you filter and compare prices from numerous retailers for any book

For Selling Books (Reselling Price Comparison):

  • BookScouter — Compares buyback prices from dozens of buyback vendors and stores for your used books
  • Book Scanner Apps — Apps like ScoutIQ and Scoutly let sellers compare selling prices on the go

For Rare & Antiquarian Books:

  • ViaLibri — A powerful search engine for rare and antiquarian books, searching thousands of specialized booksellers and library catalogs

How to Use Them:

  1. Get the ISBN — The most precise way to find a specific edition
  2. Search — Enter the ISBN, title, or author into the comparison site
  3. Compare — Review prices from different retailers for new, used, or varying conditions

Collections – 50 Watts Books

Book Websites/Tools

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Books

General Resources on Books:

Book Blogs, History of the Book and the Book Arts

What Books to Read:

Great Books Lists Lightbulb: This is a page to which I have added enhanced content; it's more than just links, Book Reviews, Social Sites for Booklovers, Books for Kids, Bibliographies, Automated Book Recommendations, Bibliography: Citing and Organizing Sources

Where to Find Books:

Bookstore Hall of Fame Lightbulb: This is a page to which I have added enhanced content; it's more than just links, Meta Sites for Bookstores, Book Search Engines, Bookstores Selling New Books, Bookstores Selling Used and Rare Books, Publishers, E-Texts, E-Books

Book Discussion: Rec.arts.books Page Lightbulb: This is a page to which I have added enhanced content; it's more than just links

Libraries and Library Science

Libraries:

See also

International, U.S, Canada, Latin America, U.K. and Ireland, Europe (Continent), Middle East and Africa, Asia and the Pacific

Librarianship and Library Science, Generally:

Meta sites, Librarianship as a Career

Journals, Blogs, Newsgroup

Associations and Conferences

Public Services:

Reference, Reader’s Advisory, Interlibrary Loan and other access services

Technical Services:

Generally, Acquisitions and Collection Development, Cataloging and Metadata, Classification, Subject Headings

Library Technology

Librarians and the Internet

Anecdotes, Facetiae, Satire, etc.:

Anecdotes, Facetiae, Satire, Etc. 1: Librarians — Classification, Etc. 2: Librarians — Biography

Books: General Resources and History of the Book

This page:
General Resources | Online Discussion of Books | Book Blogs | History of the Book and the Book Arts

General Resources

Online Discussion of Books

See also

Book Blogs

History of the Book & the Book Arts

Book Miscellany

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