ENGLISH 251

INTERESTING WWW SITES FOR UNIT 2

Dr. Diane Thompson

  NVCC, ELI

Interesting Web Sites for UNIT 2

Introduction to Greek Tragedy: study guide; with links to Perseus database

 Homer's Iliad: study guide: links to Perseus database
Troy Web Site: Homer: links to etexts of Homer Great Books Index: Homer: links to etexts of Iliad and Odyssey
Troy Web Site: Greek Drama: links to etexts of Greek Dramas Great Books Index: Virgil: links to etexts of Aeneid
Thucydides: The Peloponnesian War Diotima: Materials for the Study of Women and Gender in the Ancient World
Oedipus and Thebes; Jason and the Argonauts: the Jason material is useful background if you read Medea An Introduction to Greek Tragedy: by Mark Damen; from his course: A Guide to Writing in History and Classics
Vergil and the Aeneid : by Mark Damen; from his course: A Guide to Writing in History and Classics Aeschylus and Agamemnon: by Mark Damen; from his course: A Guide to Writing in History and Classics
Troy Web Site: Virgil: links to Virgil etexts  The Christian Catacombs of Rome: Many excellent  visual images and explanatory text
Didaskalia: ancient theater today The Ramayana: Instructional Aids for middle and high school teachers
New Testament Textual Criticism  Ramayana: elements of the story in a rich scrolling banner of images
The New Testament Gateway The Ramayana: etext and background
The Jewish Roman World of Jesus Didone Liberata: by Salvatore Conte; a play, images and links about Dido, some in English, much in Italian.

"Royal Beauty as Object of Desire: Politics of Abduction in Greek and Indian Mythology": by Gill Jitender on Helen of Troy and some abducted women from the Indian tradition.

 Bhagavad-Gita: etexts in many languages.
The Underworld, Orpheus and Perseus: narrative and some interesting images dealing with Greek and Roman ideas of the afterlife.  

(c) Thompson: 07/10/2007