Iris and Emmanuel at work on the Vermeule slide inventory. Photo by Kristen Soule for ISAW.
Many members of the ISAW community are aware of our Ancient World Image Bank (AWIB) project. It began in 2009 — and continues today — as a collaborative effort to collect and share free, open-access images of archaeological sites, landscapes, and artifacts. This academic year we are working on two new initiatives that will enrich AWIB's content and improve access to it.
Digitizing the 35mm slides of Emily and Cornelius Vermeule
Among the treasures of the ISAW library are over 2,000 volumes that constitute The Collection of Emily and Cornelius Vermeule. The generous gift of Cornelius Vermeule to the Institute, this collection includes a number of rare editions of works on classical archaeology and philology, as well as many difficult-to-find books acquired on research trips abroad by the collectors. In addition to the books, the gift included pamphlets, offprints, and 43 metal boxes containing 35mm slides, most of which appear to have been original creations, rather than purchased sets. We estimate the total number of slides at around 3,200. Most of these boxes appear to have been organized for lectures, and are accompanied by varying degrees of documentation.
The AWIB team, in collaboration with Library staff, is currently conducting an inventory of these slides, with the objective of distinguishing between those that are original photography of objects or sites, and those that were shot from plates in books or other published sources. Once the inventory is complete, the original photography will be scanned and copies of these images, complete with as much descriptive information as can be collected, will be added to the contents of AWIB. Iris Fernandez, the AWIB Managing Editor, is carrying out this work with the assistance of an academic intern, Emmanuel Aprilakis, a Classics major from Hunter College.
Upgrading for access and preservation
We are also retooling the technology that underpins AWIB in order to:
improve our ability to publish images to the ISAW Photostream on the Flickr.com photo-sharing website,
establish a purpose-built website for all AWIB imagery, and
automate the deposit of all our content in the NYU Faculty Digital Archive (FDA).
Iris and Emmanuel are joined in this work by ISAW's Associate Director for Digital Programs, Tom Elliott, and by Ronak Parpani, a Master's student in Computer Science at NYU's Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences.
Our new software for uploading images to Flickr will take full advantage of the service's application programming interface, improving the quality of the imagery and descriptive information we can upload and making the process easier and faster.
The new "native" website for AWIB is being built with the open-source Omeka content management system, developed by the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media at George Mason University. It will provide more nuanced display and search of our descriptive information than Flickr provides, and will also give us an environment we can customize in the future to better integrate AWIB content with our other online resources.
Depositing copies of AWIB imagery and descriptive data in the Faculty Digital Archive will help protect AWIB from degradation or catastrophe for the long haul. Operated by NYU's library system, the FDA keeps multiple digital copies of each deposit in geographically separated locations and constantly performs automated testing to ensure that those copies remain complete and unchanged.
Impact and participation
This year's work, supported by the Director's Projects and Grants Fund, will not only expand the content and features of the Ancient World Image Bank, but also establish it as a mature system to support the entire ISAW community in collecting and disseminating imagery for teaching, research, and scholarly communication.
Readers interested in contributing their own original imagery to AWIB may contact the Managing Editor via isaw.awib@nyu.edu. Those interested in providing financial support to the project may contact Tom Elliott at tom.elliott@nyu.edu or make a contribution to the ISAW Digital Programs Fund via one of the mechanisms described on the Giving to ISAW page.
Open Access Textbooks and Language Primers
Posted: 26 Nov 2014 06:30 AM PST
Open Access Textbooks and Language Primers relating to the ancient world
Allen and Greenough's New Latin Grammar (at Dickinson College)
Ancient Greek Tutorials by Donald J. Mastronarde
Ancient Sanskrit Online, by Karen Thomson and Jonathan Slocum
Beginning Biblical Hebrew: A Grammar and Illustrated Reader [Online Companion], by John A. Cook and Robert D. Holmstedt.
Classical Greek Online, by Winfred P. Lehmann and Jonathan Slocum
Classical Armenian Online, by Todd B. Krause and Jonathan Slocum
A Digital Tutorial For Ancient Greek Based on White's First Greek Book Created by Jeff Rydberg-Cox (Classical and Ancient Studies Program, University of Missouri-Kansas City)
Getting started on Classical Latin
Greek Language and Linguistics
GREK 1332 online, by Dora Pozzi
Hittite Online, by Winfred P. Lehmann and Jonathan Slocum
Introducing Ancient Greek (Open University)
Introduction to Manichaean Sogdian by P. Oktor Skjærvø
Introduction to Maya Hieroglyphs by Harri Kettunen and Christophe Helmke
Introduction to Old Avestan by P. Oktor Skjærvø
Introduction to Old Persian by P. Oktor Skjærvø
Introduction to Sumerian Grammar by Daniel A. Foxvog / Elementary Sumerian Glossary / Timeline of Mesopotamian History / Chief Figures of the Mesopotamian Pantheon
Introduction to Young Avestan by P. Oktor Skjærvø
Introduction to Zoroastrianism by P. Oktor Skjærvø
Introduction to Manicheism by P. Oktor Skjærvø
Kurmanji Kurdish: A Reference Grammar with Selected Readings by W. M. Thackston
Learning Latin by Luca Graverini
New Testament Greek Online, by Winfred P. Lehmann and Jonathan Slocum
New Testament Greek Vocabulary Assessment
Old Iranian Online, by Scott L. Harvey and Jonathan Slocum
Reading Classical Greek (Open Unversity)
Sorani Kurdish: A Reference Grammar with Selected Readings by W. M. Thackston
Thus Wrote Onchsheshonqy - An Introductory Grammar of Demotic (Third Edition), by Janet H. Johnson
Tocharian Online, by Todd B. Krause and Jonathan Slocum
Additional resources of thus type are accessible through the Less Commonly Taught Languages (LCTLs) Project pages at the University of Minnesota.
And see also Lexicity
And see also Smarthistory, a "multi-media web-book designed as a dynamic enhancement (or even substitute) for the traditional art history textbook"
Textkit has a huge library of Greek and Latin textbooks
Learn Ancient Greek
Listed below is Textkit’s entire collection of Ancient Greek textbooks. All books are made available for full and free download in PDF format.
Greek Answer Keys
A Brief Introduction to New Testament Greek Key, Samuel G. Green
First Greek Book Key, John Williams White
First Greek Writer Key, Arthur Sidgwick
Greek Prose Composition Key, North and Hillard
Greek Prose Composition Key, Arthur Sidgwick
Greek Composition Textbooks
First Greek Writer, Arthur Sidgwick
Greek Prose Composition, North and Hillard
Introduction to Greek Prose Composition, Arthur Sidgwick
Lectures on Greek Prose Composition, Arthur Sidgwick
Selections from the Septuagint, Conybeare and Stock
Greek Lexicon/Dictionary
First Four Books of Xenophon’s Anabasis, William W. Goodwin
Illustrated Dictionary to Xenophon’s Anabasis, John Williams White
Pocket Lexicon of Greek New Testament, Alexander Souter
Greek Reading Text
Book Twelve of The Odyssey in Greek, Richard A. Minckwitz
Easy Selections From Plato, Arthur Sidgwick
Georgics Book IV in Latin, T.E. Page
Plato’s Apology of Socrates and Crito in Greek, Louis Dyer
Prometheus Bound of Aeschylus in Greek, F. D. Allen
Selections From Herodotus in Greek, W. Walter Merry
The Gospel of St. Luke in Greek, H.R. Heatley
The Iliad by Homer Books XIX – XXIV in Greek, Edward B. Clapp
The Odyssey by Homer Books V – VIII in Greek, B. Perrin
Xenophon’s Anabasis in Greek – Book VI, G.M. Edwards
Greek Reference Grammars
Greek Grammar, William W. Goodwin
Greek Grammar, Herbert Weir Smyth
Syntax of the Moods and Tenses of the Greek Verb, William W. Goodwin
Greek Textbooks
A Brief Introduction to New Testament Greek, Samuel G. Green
A First Greek Course, Sir William Smith
A Short Syntax of New Testament Greek, H.P.V. Nunn
First Greek Book, John Williams White
First Greek Grammar Accidence, W. Gunion Rutherford
First Greek Grammar Syntax, W. Gunion Rutherford
Homeric Greek – A Book For Beginners, Clyde Pharr
Introduction to the Language and Verse of Homer, Thomas D. Seymour
NT Greek in a Nutshell, James Strong
Learn Latin
Listed below is Textkit’s entire collection of Latin textbooks. All books are made available for full and free download in PDF format.
Latin Answer Keys
Latin for Beginner’s Key, Benjamin L. D’Ooge
Latin Prose Composition Key, North and Hillard
Latin Composition Textbooks
A New Latin Prose Composition, Charles E. Bennett
Latin Prose Composition, North and Hillard
Latin Reading Text
Caesar’s Civil War in Latin, Charles E. Moberly
Caesar’s Gallic War Commentaries – Literal Translation, Rev. Dr. Giles
Catiline Orations of Cicero – Literal Translation, Rev. Dr. Giles
Cicero Select Orations, Benjamin L. D’Ooge
Extracts From Cicero – Sections I & II in Latin, Henry Walford
Latin Prose Composition Based on Cicero, Henry Carr Pearson
Livy Book XXI in Latin, W.W. Capes
Livy Books I & II in Latin, J.B. Greenough
Ovid’s Metamorphoses – Literal Translation, Rev. Dr. Giles
Select Orations of Cicero – Interlinear, Thomas Clark
Selections From Ovid, Allen & Greenough
The Phormio of Terence in Latin, Fairclough and Richardson
Latin Reference Grammars
A Latin Grammar, Charles E. Bennett
New Latin Grammar, Allen & Greenough
Latin Textbooks
Beginner’s Latin Book, Collar and Daniell
Latin For Beginners, Benjamin L. D’Ooge
Second Year Latin – Part 1 – Selections of Easy Latin, J.B. Greenough
Lexundria is a digital library of classical antiquity. Although most of the texts on this site can be found elsewhere on the internet, this project aims to make them accessible in a more research-friendly format. The Lexundria editions are thus distinguished by the following features:
1. Standard reference numbers. Most classical texts have a standard referencing scheme used by academics and other authors (analogous to the verse divisions of the Bible). These divisions are clearly marked in the texts on this site, even when the corresponding print edition does not contain them.
2. Pin-citation functionality. You can easily look up a passage at Lexundria using its pin citation. Rather than browse through long blocks of text in order to find the passage you’re looking for, simply enter the standard citation in the Lexundria search box. Lexundria will automatically pinpoint the passage and display it.
3. Parallel-editions mode. When Lexundria hosts more than one edition of a work, you will see a “compare” option at the bottom of the version menu. This feature allows you to compare editions side-by-side, one passage at a time. For a taste of how this works, try reading Epicurus’s Kuriai Doxai in comparison mode.
4. A comprehensive search engine. Lexundria’s full-text search engine makes it easy to search for words and phrases. To search the entire Lexundria library, simply enter your search terms in the search box and hit submit. To limit your search to a single work, add a backslash followed by the standard abbreviation for the work. (For example, “Antonius \Cic. Phil.” will search for occurrences of “Antonius” only in Cicero’s Philippics.) To limit your search to a single edition, add another backslash followed by the Lexundria abbreviation for the edition. (Edition abbreviations can be found on Lexundria’s table of contents page for the work you’re interested in.)
Please note that Lexundria will conduct a natural-language search by default. To conduct a Boolean search instead, add an equals sign to the beginning of your query.
With only a few dozen texts online at the moment, this project is still in its infancy. But even a limited version is preferable to a “coming soon” page, and in that spirit this modest start is offered to the public. I hope that this resource will make consulting these important texts more convenient than ever.
Biographies
Josephus: Life of Flavius Josephus c. 100 AD
Plutarch: Parallel Lives c. 100 AD
Life of Theseus
Life of Romulus
Comparison of Theseus and Romulus
Life of Lycurgus
Life of Numa
Comparison of Lycurgus and Numa
Life of Solon
Life of Publicola
Comparison of Solon and Publicola
Life of Themistocles
Life of Camillus
Life of Pericles
Life of Fabius Maximus
Comparison of Pericles and Fabius Maximus
Life of Alcibiades
Life of Coriolanus
Comparison of Alcibiades and Coriolanus
Life of Timoleon
Life of Aemilius Paulus
Comparison of Timoleon and Aemilius Paulus
Life of Pelopidas
Life of Marcellus
Comparison of Pelopidas and Marcellus
Life of Aristides
Life of Cato the Elder
Comparison of Aristides and Cato
Life of Philopoemen
Life of Flamininus
Comparison of Philopoemen and Flamininus
Life of Pyrrhus
Life of Marius
Life of Lysander
Life of Sulla
Comparison of Lysander and Sulla
Life of Cimon
Life of Lucullus
Comparison of Cimon and Lucullus
Life of Nicias
Life of Crassus
Comparison of Nicias and Crassus
Life of Eumenes
Life of Sertorius
Comparison of Eumenes and Sertorius
Life of Agesilaus
Life of Pompey
Comparison of Agesilaus and Pompey
Life of Alexander
Life of Caesar
Life of Phocion
Life of Cato the Younger
Life of Agis
Life of Cleomenes
Life of Tiberius
Life of Caius Gracchus
Comparison of Agis and Cleomenes and the Gracchi
Life of Demosthenes
Life of Cicero
Comparison of Demosthenes and Cicero
Life of Demetrius
Life of Antony
Comparison of Demetrius and Antony
Life of Dion
Life of Brutus
Comparison of Dion and Brutus
Plutarch: Life of Aratus c. 100 AD
Plutarch: Life of Artaxerxes c. 100 AD
Plutarch: Life of Galba c. 100 AD
Plutarch: Life of Otho c. 100 AD
Suetonius: Lives of the Caesars c. 120 AD
Life of Julius Caesar
Life of Augustus
Life of Tiberius
Life of Caligula
Life of Claudius
Life of Nero
Life of Galba
Life of Otho
Life of Vitellius
Life of Vespasian
Life of Titus
Life of Domitian
Histories
Herodotus: Histories 5th cent. BC
Sallust: Catiline's War c. 41 BC
Sallust: The Jugurthine War c. 40 BC
Josephus: Wars of the Jews c. 77 AD
Josephus: Antiquities of the Jews c. 94 AD
Cassius Dio: Roman History c. 220 AD
Ammian: History 4th cent. AD
Philosophy
Parmenides: On Nature c. 480 BC
Epicurus: Letter to Herodotus c. 305 BC
Epicurus: Letter to Pythocles c. 305 BC
Epicurus: Letter to Menoeceus c. 300 BC
Epicurus: Principal Doctrines c. 300 BC
Marcus Aurelius: Meditations c. 180 AD
Political materials
Cicero: Catilinarian Orations 63 BC
Cicero: Philippics 44-43 BC
Augustus: The Deeds of the Divine Augustus c. 14 AD
Religious literature
Clement of Rome: Epistle of the Romans to the Corinthians c. 100 AD
Unknown Author: Muratorian Canon c. 170 AD
Melito of Sardis: Selections c. 175 AD
Socratic memorabilia
Plato: The Apology of Socrates c. 395 BC
Xenophon: The Apology of Socrates to the Jury c. 395 BC
Vitruvius: On Architecture c. 25 BC
Ethnography
Josephus: Against Apion c. 97 AD
Goodell/ A School Grammar of Attic Greek
Thomas Dwight Goodell, A School Grammar of Attic Greek (New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1902). The work was scanned by the Internet Archive. This version was created in 2013–2014 with support from the Roberts Fund for Classical Studies and the Mellon Fund for Digital Humanities at Dickinson College. Bruce Robertson of Mont Allison University performed the OCR using Rigaudon, the output of which is available on Lace. At Dickinson the OCR output was edited and the XML and HTML pages created by Christina Errico. Ryan Burke created the web interface, and Meagan Ayer edited and corrected the HTML pages. The content is freely available for re-use under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike license.
INDICES
English Index
Greek Index
Verb List
Pede certo: metrica latina digitale
Pede certo è uno strumento per l’analisi automatica dei versi latini, messo a punto dall’Università di Udine nell’ambito del progetto FIRB Traditio patrum. La sua applicazione all’archivio digitale Musisque Deoque — che comprende i testi della poesia latina dalle origini al VII secolo d.C. — ha consentito la scansione dei circa 244.000 versi dattilici in esso contenuti.
In questo sito un motore di ricerca appositamente sviluppato si avvale dei risultati dell’analisi per interrogare il corpus su base metrica, secondo molteplici approcci.
Nella pagina Scansioni libere è disponibile inoltre un dimostrativo semplificato, ma immediatamente usabile, dello strumento con cui è stata eseguita la scansione.
Mostra una panoramica delle ricerche di versi Mostra una panoramica delle strutture prosodiche
Pede certo is program for the automatic analysing of Latin verses developed by the Università di Udine as part of the Traditio patrum FIRB project. Its application to the Musisque Deoque digital archive – containing Latin poetry texts from the archaic period to the 7th century AD – has enabled the scansion of approximately 244,000 dactylic verses.
On this site, a specifically developed search engine that draws upon the results of the scansion may be used to conduct metrical investigations of the corpus, through a variety of approaches.
The Free scansions page offers a simplified but immediately usable demo version of the scanning program
Show an overview of verse searches Show an overview of prosodic structures
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