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Extensive collection of Roman texts and classical resources with English translations.

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Poetry Off the Shelf

Producer Helena de Groot talks to poets about language, dreams, love and loss, identity, connection, anger, discomfort, the creative process, the state of the world and the world of the soul. Hard conversations are welcomed—laughter is, too.

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Lit Century

Host Catherine Nichols and guests choose one book for each year of the twentieth century (Nella Larsen's Passing, 1936, Jacqueline Susann's Valley of the Dolls, 1966; Mohandas Gandhi's Indian Home Rule, 1909) and talk about it in its historical and literary context. Tune in to find out what the 20th century was all about.

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theoi.com

Theoi is a comprehensive online resource on Greek mythology, featuring detailed profiles of gods and mythic figures, extensive art and iconography, and primary-source excerpts from classical texts (with translations) for study.

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Dickinson College Commentaries

An open digital library of annotated Latin and Greek texts edited by classicists, pairing passages from Caesar, Virgil, Ovid and others with grammatical notes, core vocabulary lists and introductory essays. Readers bridge from textbook Latin to reading real classical authors with scholarly support.

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Perseus Digital Library

Tufts University's Perseus Digital Library, a long-running collection of Greek and Latin texts with translations, plus catalogued images of ancient art, coins, sculpture, and archaeological sites. Learners can study classical artworks alongside the primary sources describing them.

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Ancient Greece

Wesleyan University survey of Greek history from the Minoan and Mycenaean Bronze Age to the trial of Socrates in 399 BCE. Learners trace the rise of the polis, Sparta and Athens, Athenian democracy, the Persian Wars, and the Peloponnesian War.

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