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BRIDGES

The PREMIER JOURNEY to The Ancient World, weaving together  the Peoples of those lands and civilizations and the way they lived and - their thoughts, their hopes, their dreams, their lives.

ANCIENT CULTURES: SPANNING AND CONNECTING

So many lands, empires, city states, territories, peoples, cultures, beliefs, symbols. Sometimes it is difficult to see the forest for the trees; to notice the patterns; to sense the human interrelatedness; to catch the common or similar fears, aspirations, dreams, brutalities, misunderstandings, and strivings to know. Yet the continuities and common themes loom every bit as important as the often perceived "Tower of Babel." After you have finished with Prehistory, Egypt, Greece, Rome, and the other ancient civilizations, then  end with this Spanning and Connecting Chapter.  It is only a taste of what is available - hopefully the finest.  This OVERVIEW bridges all the civilizations and deals with special places, archaeology, arts and antiquity, cities, sites, cultures and culture, medicine and science, women, history and literature, myths, magic, legend, warfare, sources, lists.
This Web Part IV is an older site.  It is not often updated.  But still contains some remarkable sites by others.

SPECIAL PLACES

Internet Classics Archives: A SPECIAL SOURCE

Award-winning, searchable collection of 400 classical Greek and Roman texts (in English translation) complete with user-provided commentary.

Classics Pages : Start Page A VERY SPECIAL PLACE

Probably one of the finest classics sites. Its tantalizing "specials," its translations, interactivity, current news. Keep it handy. What's New Section is special and interesting. The Special Pausanias and its trips through excavations focuses on Sparta. Herodotus Page Special contains all the news and gossip. Two Specials I liked best: The great Odyssey game - for students, adults. The Special Loxias's page - "Ask the Oracle." EMail her questions about any literature, mythology, history. Need help with a translations? Need a Latin motto for yourself, schools, club, gift? She will respond in 48 hours! And the wonderful summaries and translations of  "The Aeneid."

The Fanatical Classics Page

Interesting site from an intelligent fanatic.  Why Study the Classics? The answers from UMontana,  Trinity,   Notre Dame.  "Are you interested in philosophy? Does poetry push your button? Perhaps you enjoy a story of grand struggle, the showdown at high noon between personalities larger-than-life. Rhetoric, history, literature, languages, philosophy, history of medicine,

military history... Classics has it all!"  Chat Room.  Cambridge Classics Links, Book Resources for Classicists, Jobs for Classicists!, Latin/Greek/Classics Departments, Classical Authors' Homepages.

Fun with Latin

Games, challenges, you know more Latin than you think!

THE ARTS AND ANTIQUITY

Antiquities Theft

Definitive paper and source on fascinating topic of global wide antiquities theft from late 1700s to today. Books, articles, all known sources. Bibliographies, links, analyses.

Ancient Musical Instruments

Musical instruments in Antiquity? Especially the Greek and Roman ones. What did they look like, in which context were these things used and who played with it ?  Theory, organ, aulos, percussion, strings, pan pipe.   Fascinating, if you are interested in music. Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

Major museum of the Univ. of Michigan with two exhibit galleries - Greek/Rome and Near East/Byzantium.

CITIES AND SITES

Seven Wonders of the Ancient World - In Recreated Splendor

CULTURES AND CULTURE

Exploring Ancient World Cultures

Introduction to 3 Ancient World Cultures on the Web. Excellent beginning site. Near East, Ancient China & Greece & Rome, Early Islam, Medieval Europe, Ancient Egypt and India. Anthology, history, chronology, essays, resources.

Taste of the Ancient World

Exhibit about Greco-Roman eating and drinking, farming and starving presented by Univ. Mich. undergraduates and placed in the Kelsey Museum with an extensive on-line site. Table Wares, Fishy Matters, Karanis - a Farming Town in Roman Egypt.

MYTHS, MAGIC, LEGEND

Bulfinch's Mythology, 'The Age of Fable or Stories of Gods and Heroes'

Huge, superb, constantly updated, links to every mythology site on earth and beyond. Best source.

Classical Myth

"Designed to draw together the ancient texts and images available on the Web concerning the major figures of Greek and Roman mythology, this fine site from the University of Victoria is "classic."

Classical Mythology by Geography

Creative idea to "give those with an interest in classical mythology a way to associate the stories with the land." Decide on your place, click, and there are the myths!

WARFARE

Catapult History

"The first catapult was invented around 400 BC in Greek town of Syracuse."  And more information:  Here.  "For use in siege warfare, it is believed catapult history begins somewhere in the 300s AD. Engineers working for Phillip of Macedonia are credited with building the first ballista. This model of catapult used two wooden arms, tightly wound ropes and a cord to assist in the hurling of deadly projectiles, such as spears, at an enemy. The ballista’s use of torsion force to launch objects earned it a lasting place in the history of catapult.   <>Not to be outdone, the Romans added their own chapter to history of catapult with the later creation of the mangonel. This model was similar in design to the Greek version, but called for only one wooden arm. The mangonel, however, had somewhat of a design flaw in that in called for a wooden barrier to be constructed. Its place in catapult history is nonetheless well documented as this model was still in use when the trebuchet arrived on the scene. Unlike its earlier Greek brother, the mangonel is counted as a simpler design in history of catapult."

Warhorse Simulations

 Severa; historical games. Epic of the Peloponnesian War gives opportunity to command the triremes and hoplites of classical Greece in the climactic struggle between Athens and Sparta. In Empire, struggle for the imperial throne in a fictional ancient empire. Use military force, diplomacy and politics.  And then there is Hannibal, the Roman Republic, and more!

WOMEN

Diotima: Essays, Articles on Women in Antiquity

Diotima: Women & Gender in the Ancient World

Materials for the study of women and gender. Many sources.

Women's Life in Greece & Rome

Tour de Force by Mary Lefkowitz, Mary R. and  Maureen Fant. Women's Voices, Men's Opinions, Philosophers, Legal Status, Public and Private Life, Occupations, Medicine and Anatomy, Religion.

HISTORY AND LITERATURE OF THE ANCIENTS

Can't sleep? Turn on your computer and read Aristotle. Curious about talk of Plato? Pull up "The Republic." The following sources can all be downloaded and/or printed.

Ancient World Civilizations: The Complete Chronology

Excellent chronology of interrelated dates and progress from 3450 BCE. Near East, Greece, India, Egypt, China, Rome. Put global developments in context, who understands the necessity of the "bigger picture." For example, "at the same time that x happens in Greece, y happens in China."

Archimedes of Syracuse: History

Life, contributions in geometry, major theories and explanation and commentary on each.

Aristophanes: The Frogs - Complete Play

Aristotle: Poetics - Complete Text

Aristotle: Summary of His Life

Hippocrates: The Oath   - Classical and Modermn

Homer: The Iliad - Complete

Homer: The Odyssey - Complete

Plato: The Republic - Complete

Pliny the Elder - Various Quotations

Sophocles: Antigone - Complete Play

Works of Herodotus

Thucydides: History of the Peloponnesian War - Complete

Virgil: The Aeneid - Complete

SOURCES, ARCHIVES, JOURNALS

Several important sources,  I have "sourced" into the chapters on the individual countries.  For example, under Egypt.  Although often found under the "Special Site" section, they are also spread throughout the mini-chapters.

Creative Impulse:  Rome -  Surely the finest and most thorough Rome Source and then go to his Egypt, and then Greece.  Up to date 

Home Page -- American Historical Association

ILTweb: Academic: Index "The Study Place"

Digital Texts. Many of the ancient writers with biographies of each and complete texts. Aristotle, Socrates, Plato, Virgil.

Internet Ancient History Sourcebook

Focused, with comments and evaluation.  Its thematic category is one way to group the ancient world.

Library of Congress Classics Resources - Access to LC Collection of Classics Sites

About Basic Greece List

Mr. Donn's Ancient History

The award-winning, searchable collection of 350+ accessible Web sites offering information on ancient civilizations, archaeolog, maps, timelines and clipart. Early man, Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, Rome, and other civilizations.  Essays, games, lesson components.  Awesome.

NM's Creative Impulse:  The Development of Western Civilization 

All Time Favorite Intelligent List Site. Nancy Mautz is one dedicated woman!  

Oriental Institute WWW - University of Chicago - Scholarly Gem

Roman World - Thorough and detailed

Tech Classics Archive

Indispensable searchable archive of 400+ classical Greek and Roman texts in translation.

Teacher Oz's Window on History

Current, thorough.   Excellent links, dedicated WebMaster/Scholar.

Voice of the Shuttle: Classical Studies Page

Leading resource site in language, archaeology, art, history, literature, mythology, philosophy.

SOME SIGNIFICANT, ORGANIZED CLASSICS LISTS

So many folks have labored to organize and coordinate sources across the Web for the Ancient World.  I particularly liked these:

Classical Resources (J. Ruebel)

Egyptology Pages

Electronic Resources for Classicists: The Second Generation

Doesn't get much better.  Full, intensive, future oriented.

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