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Resources for Classical Studies: Theatre History on the Web
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- Ancient Egypt: Pyramids
- Ancient Theatre Pictures from the GreekLandscapes.com and GNTO Collections.
- Ancient Vienne, just south of Lyon, France. Discussion of the ancient city and it's
theatre. Site hosts a virtual museum as well.
- Bulfinch's Mythology 'The Age of Fable or Stories of Gods and Heroes.' This excellent site contains the texts of all the major myths, and is richly enhanced with pictures, maps, etc.
- Classics University of Michigan. Links to the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology and The University of Michigan Papyrus Collection.
- DIDASKALIA Greek and Roman drama, dance and music as they are performed today.
Roman ruins, including the theatre at Dougga, Tunisia. Excellent photos of both the theatre and other major buildings on the site, located an hour and a half drive south and west of Tunis.
- Diotima: Materials for the study of women and gender in the Ancient World. An absolutely superb site, maintained by the University of Kentucky Department of Classics. Beautifully organized, and with a wealth of data!
- Hellenic Culture: Hellenic Ministry of Culture. This site has many excellent links to cultural Greece, past and present.
- Hellenic Ministry of Culture: Index to Archaeological Sites. An excellent and extensive resource.
- Justin's Drama and Theatre Links. Has some good links to Classical Greek resources.
- Mythology in Western Art. University of Haifa. A very robust collection of world art, depicting mythological figures and events. New section on Troy. [Gone missing from the WWW as of 11/01/05]
- On-line Classics archive of nearly 400 Greek and Roman texts in translation, at M.I.T.. Completely searchable.
- Pergamon 3D Computer projections of the Acropolis. This study by David Schulz at the University of Washington, about 1990, was an early attempt to make use of the computer and 3D CADD in the analysis of a complex archaeological site.
- The Perseus Project An extraordinary resource for Classical materials, textual and iconographic.
The Pompeii Project, University of Virginia. Excellent introduction to the archaeology of the site. Excellent detailed photographs of the site.
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The Reception of the Texts and Images of Ancient Greece in Late Twentieth-century Drama and Poetry in English, a Project at the Open University, UK. Includes a data base of modern performances, critical essays and conference publications, and a recently added section of video clips of a Masks workshop.
- Theater of Dionysus: Introduction Department of Classics, University of Saskatchewan. [JRW, November 2001: I feel compelled to leave this link in place. It is a sad commentary on the role of the Classics in higher education.]
- THEATRON-Theatre History in Europe,
Theatron Ltd. "Theatron Limited is a small, dynamic company specialising in the field of virtual
reality and multimedia for cultural heritage clients."
- Theatre Tours, virtual reality tours of ancient theatre sites in Turky, Greece, Italy, France and Spain. The work, now several years in progress, of Dr. Thomas Hines, Whitman College, WA.
Revised 6/28/07
©Jack Wolcott 2007