Classical Studies

Resources for researching the culture and history of ancient Greece and Rome.

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Useful Subject Terms

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broad topics sample subject terms
art, architecture, archaeology
  • art, greek
  • art, roman
  • architecture, greek
  • architecture, roman
  • greece--antiquities
  • rome--antiquities
  • art and mythology
history and geography
  • greece--history (time period)
  • rome--history (time period)
  • athens--greece--politics and government
  • emperors--rome
  • greece--social life and customs
  • rome--economic conditions
  • women--rome
literature and drama
  • greek drama
  • greek literature
  • latin literature
  • latin drama, comedy
  • greek poetry
  • latin poetry

To search for works by an author, look under author:

  • aeschylus
  • euripides

To search for works about an author, look under subject:

  • aeschylus
  • euripides

To search for books about a particular work, try keyword or look under the author as subject:

  • aristophanes frogs
religion and mythology
  • mythology, greek
  • mythology, roman
  • individual characters, for example:
    • hippolytus (greek mythology)
    • hercules (roman mythology)
  • greece--religion
  • rome--religion
  • cults--greece
  • cults--rome