Ancient Texts

Ancient authors online, in the original and in translation.

For individual authors, choose a letter from the dropdown. For useful collections of ancient works, choose “Collections.”

Major Collection Archives

  • LacusCurtius —  Bill Thayer’s Gateway to ancient Rome. A large and carefully curated site dedicated to Roman antiquity, with many texts in Latin and Greek and in English translation, plus a photosampler of Roman and Etruscan cities and monuments, Latin inscriptions, maps, and more.
  • Perseus Greek and Roman Materials — The vast Tufts University collection of digital Greco-Roman documents in Greek, Latin, and English, with morphological and vocabulary assistance.
  • Loeb Classical Library — The entire Loeb library is digitized and online for those with access via their institution’s subscription, with the same facing page original on the left/English on the right system as in print.
  • The Latin Library — Extensive collection of source materials in Latin, curated by William L. Carey at George Mason. Index here. Latin and classics-related links here.
  • Forage — From Homer to Wittgenstein: each work in its original language beside a new translation in modern English—and many to listen to..

Other Collection Archives

  • L’antiquité grecque et latine — Comprehensive assemblage by the late Philippe Remacle of classical and medieval texts in French translation, often side-by-side with the original Latin or Greek.
  • Internet Sacred Texts Archive — John Bruno Hare’s site includes a section for texts from ancient Greece and Rome, largely with some connection to pagan beliefs; mostly in English or with English in parallel to the original.
  • Ancient History Sourcebook — A compendium of excerpts from ancient sources on specific topics, collected and edited by Paul Halsall at Fordham.
  • Bibliotheca Augustana - Graeca - Latina — Ulrich Harsch’s collection of arts and literature from various cultures, including texts in Latin, Greek, and several other languages and a virtual museum of ancient and medieval art and artifacts.
  • Elfinspell History collection — An open source publisher of arts, literature and invention, organized according to the nine Muses. Clio history site includes a variety of secondary sources on various periods and some primary source material.
  • PHI Latin Texts — A collection of classical texts compiled by the Packard Humanities Institute. Index here.
  • Theoi Classical E-Texts Library — A collection of works from ancient Greek and Roman literature in translation emphasizing classical mythology and so primarily ancient poetry, drama and prose renditions of myth.
  • Forum Romanum — Latin literature and modern texts on Roman life and history, plus links to sources and resources on other sites, maintained by David Camden. Index of authors here.
  • Livius — Articles, commentary, and source documents. Livius is a website on ancient history written and maintained since 1996 by the Dutch historian Jona Lendering. Includes articles on a broad array of ancient and related topics, including a subsite of materials relating to Alexander the Great.
  • Intratext – Latina — Republisher of texts of varying usefulness and provenance.

Linkstorms

  • Attalus — Contains detailed lists of events and sources for the history of the Hellenistic world and the Roman republic. It includes links to online translations of many of the sources, plus some original translations.
  • Library of Ancient Texts Online (LATO) — Aims to be the internet’s most thorough catalogue of online copies of ancient Greek texts, both in Greek and in translation.
  • The Latin Bookcase — Links to classical, medieval, and liturgical texts in Latin, some with translations.
  • The Rome Project — Compilation of links to resources on Rome relating to archaeology, drama, literature, military, philosophy, religion, trade, and so on.
  • Classical History Resources — Links to resources for classical and medieval history at Library of Congress.

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