Classics
Aeschylus
Isabelle Torrance
Subject: Classics »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Aeschylus Introduction Aeschylus (also spelled Aischylos or Aiskhylos) was born c. 525/4 bce to an aristocratic family in Eleusis, a town i...
Alexander the Great
Joseph Roisman
Subject: Classics »
Date Added: 2011-04-14
Alexander the Great Introduction It has been said about Alexander the Great (b. 356–d. 323 bce) that his name marked the end of an old world ep...
Ammianus Marcellinus
Gavin Kelly
Subject: Classics »
Date Added: 2011-05-25
Ammianus Marcellinus Introduction Ammianus Marcellinus (b. c. 330—d. after 390) was a native Greek speaker who served in the Roman army and in ...
Apollonius of Rhodes
Martine Cuypers
Subject: Classics »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Apollonius of Rhodes Introduction Apollonius of Rhodes (3rd century bce) is the author of the Argonautica, the only full-scale epic surviving ...
Apuleius
Stephen Harrison
Subject: Classics »
Date Added: 2011-04-14
Apuleius Introduction Apuleius (no other names certain, c. 125–after 170 ce) is one of the key Latin writers of the 2nd century ce, a period th...
Aratus
Helen Van Noorden
Subject: Classics »
Date Added: 2011-05-25
Aratus Introduction Aratus of Soli (3rd century bce) is the author of the Phaenomena, a hexameter poem of just over one thousand lines on const...
Archaeology, Greek
Maria Stamatopoulou
Subject: Classics »
Date Added: 2011-08-26
Greek Archaeology Introduction The study of Greek archaeology was until the late 1970s art historical in its approach, focusing on the study of...
Archaeology, Roman
Kathryn J. McDonnell
Subject: Classics »
Date Added: 2011-06-29
Roman Archaeology Introduction In its broadest sense, Roman archaeology encompasses all forms of study of the material remains of the Roman wor...
Architecture, Etruscan
Ingrid Edlund-Berry
Subject: Classics »
Date Added: 2011-05-25
Etruscan Architecture Introduction The study of Etruscan architecture suffers greatly in comparison with its Greek and Roman counterparts becau...
Architecture, Roman
Janet DeLaine
Subject: Classics »
Date Added: 2011-07-27
Roman Architecture Introduction Architecture is the quintessential Roman art, and the well-preserved remains of Roman buildings dominate our vi...
Arena Spectacles
Kathleen M. Coleman
Subject: Classics »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Arena Spectacles Introduction The staging of various types of violent spectacle characterizes Roman urban culture from the mid-Republic...
Aristophanes
David Konstan
Subject: Classics »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Aristophanes Introduction Aristophanes was recognized in antiquity as one of the greatest poets of Old Comedy, along with Eupolis and C...
Art, Etruscan
Alexandra Carpino
Subject: Classics »
Date Added: 2011-04-14
Etruscan Art Introduction Although Etruscan art has never been accorded the same value or respect given to the material remains of the Greeks o...
Art, Greek
Ioannis Mylonopoulos
Subject: Classics »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Greek Art Introduction Greek art is all about images: images of gods, images of heroes, and images of humans. The self-awareness of the...
Augustine
Eric Rebillard
Subject: Classics »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Augustine Introduction Augustine (354–430) is the author of one of the classics of Western literature, the Confessions, and one of the most...
Callimachus of Cyrene
Dee Clayman
Subject: Classics »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Callimachus of Cyrene Introduction Callimachus of Cyrene was a central figure in the literary and scholarly community that flourished in Ale...
Catullus
David Konstan
Subject: Classics »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Catullus Introduction Catullus, a master of lyric poetry, epigram, and other forms during the late Roman Republic, was born in Verona in 87...
Christianity, Early
Eric Rebillard
Subject: Classics »
Date Added: 2010-02-15
Early Christianity Introduction Early Christianity is the period of the history of Christianity between the life of Jesus, in the early fir...
Cicero
Catherine Steel
Subject: Classics »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Cicero Introduction Marcus Tullius Cicero (106–43 bce) was a prominent lawyer and politician, active at Rome during the final decades of ol...
Classical Art History, History of Scholarship of
A.A. Donohue
Subject: Classics »
Date Added: 2011-04-14
History of Scholarship of Classical Art History Introduction The study of classical art began in antiquity, and the remains of its critical and...
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