Some links of interest for Latin 201 Catullus and Cicero

The Perseus Project text of Catullus' poems, where you can click words to get the dictionary entry and analysis of morphology; also has links to Merrill's commentary; only accessible from Wes or if you are a subscriber, I think.

An online version of Allen and Greenough's Latin Grammar  from the Perseus site.

Latin text of Catullus' poems, in case you want to print out clean versions for any reason. Texts also available at http://www.tlg.uci.edu/~tlg/index/resources.html.

Little Active Verb Review Sheet (printable)   How are active verbs formed? Print this and review.

Many of the texts can also be found in A Catullus Reader, an annotated and thematically-arranged selection of the poems put together by Bill Harris.

You may also be interested in The Intelligent Person's Guide to the Latin Language, also produced by Bill Harris.

For classics-related discussion lists et al., see Electronic Resources for Classicists.

New Summer Classics website, incl. Intensive Intro Greek/Latin

CICERO LINKS:

The Perseus Project text of Cicero's Pro Caelio, with morphological analysis; only accessible from Wes or if you are a subscriber, I think.

Latin text of Cicero's Pro Caelio from The Latin Library, which a number of texts by Cicero and other Latin authors in searchable e-format.

Notes from a lecture on Clodia   By David Noy of the University of Wales, Lampeter; follow his links back to his whole "Roman Women" course pages.

Annotated passages (in Latin and English) on Roman Elite Women (including Clodia) By Judith Hallett of the University of Maryland (check out too the whole site Diotima: Materials for the study of Women and Gnder in the Ancient World)

Marcus Tullius Cicero-"The Cicero Homepage" Very good page; some pics, a chronology, links to texts, and some bibliography (aimed at advanced students, mainly).

Cicero's Oratory: A brief overview of Cicero's life and his work in philosophy and rhetoric.

CICERO ON THE GENRES OF RHETORIC  "a translation by John F. Tinkler (c) 1995 of selected Ciceronian texts dealing with the deliberative and demonstrative genres"
 

LAT 215: GOLDEN AGE PROSE

Many Classics program use the Pro Caelioin intermediate or advanced college courses; here's a course home page from Lemoyne.
Latin 215: Republican Literature and here's one from Vassar
 
Mr. J's Cicero Page I don't know this guy's story, but he's got a Cicero page with a pic and some links

Ancient Rhetoric Online    "explores the fundamental concepts of ancient rhetorical practices in an effort to approach the transition from printed to electronic texts, much in the same way rhetorical concepts were adapted from spoken to written discourse in earlier centuries."

A Glossary of Rhetorical Terms with Examples Pretty good!

A Glossary of Literary Terms and A Handbook of Rhetorical Devices  by Robert Harris, Professor of English at Southern California College in Costa Mesa, California

ROMAN HISTORICAL FICTION LINKS:

The Fictional Rome Home Page developed by Louis M. Seigal, Leslie Phillips & Fred Mench, and housed at supported by the Richard Stockton College of New Jersey.  Searchable Database; Authors & Reviews; Essays; Glossary of Latin words used in novels; Information on Historical Figures; Reference Works on Historical Fiction; Timeline; Discussion; Web Rings; Links.

The Detective and the Toga: Novels in English by Richard M. Heli.  Extensive list, with frequent updates; see the general page at http://www.best.com/~heli/roman/  which describes the page as a "Bibliography of mystery novels and short stories set in Ancient Rome"

Bibliography (see also Diotima and other sites):

  • Look it up! THIS IS GOOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!**** (great search tool for all kinds of stuff in Classics, including the next two bibliographic tools)
  • TOCS-IN Search (great search tool for recent articles in Classics)

  • Gnomon: Titelsuche (Classics bibliographical tool; you don't really have to know German; just type your terms in the Alle Felder [all fields] box and click Suche Starten [start search]. Then it may help to know that Rez. = "a review", S. = p. [page].)


    The Catullus Project at Oxford is under construction but has some information on it already. Perhaps during the course of the semester more will be available. The page is concerned in particular with Catullus 8.

    John Porter's Class Notes, from the University of Saskatchewan. Background information on the life and poetry of Catullus.

    Teenage, tennis-playing Rudy Negenborn has a Catullus site. Links and translations.
     

    Catullus on the Web R. Cardona's page at Penn.
    Carmina Catulli text of the poems; starts with list of all first lines
    Notes on Catullus' meter by R. Cardona
    The Qualms of Catullus and K-mart, by Don Cheney A print you can buy.
    The Catullan Resource Page A page somebody has put on geocities.
    Classics Poetry Recitation Page Harvard page includes a reading of Catullus 96 (need fast connection!)
    Bibliography (from the Oxford Catullus page--in progress)
    Catullus Another brief list of www stuff
    Catullus in English Verse One guy's page with his father's Catullus translations
    CATULLUS Another little page, from Vassar
    LATIN 305:Catullus Syllabus Jerry Clack's syllabus for a a course at Duquesne
    Catullus at Nobles Project of an A.P. Latin class
    Catullus Reference Infobase Page for a CD you can buy
     
    DH Catullus and Cicero, Latin 201 (Debra Hamel's page for LAT 201 at Wes in Fall 98)
    Marcus Tullius Cicero Good Cicero home page of Andrew Riggsby of Texas

    General Classical Studies:
     
  • Wesleyan Classical Studies Department Home Page
  • Related Resources for Classical Studies (Wesleyan Page)
  • Perseus Project Home Page (Great online material on Greek stuff: texts in G. & E., pics of vases etc., historical and mythological background. Roman stuff [next] just getting started.)
  • Roman Perseus (Roman part of Perseus project is in early stages but has texts and translations of major authors.)
  • Diotima: Women & Gender in the Ancient World (lots of info: links, pics, bibliog., some texts)
  • Diotima Anthology of Translated Materials
  • Tech Classics Archive (Eng trans)
  • The Romulus Project: An Electronic Library of Latin Literature With Virtual Commentary
  • Fiction.html (about antiq.) (Nothing to do with this course, directly, but it's fun to know about the many good historical novels and mysteries (esp. Davis & Saylor) being written about the ancient world.)
  • CLASSICS List (an internet discussion list; often annoying but sometimes useful & fun)

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    Other Sites for Classics Resources in General:
     

  • Tools of the Trade for the Study of Roman Literature Lowell Edmunds and Shirley Werner (scholarly stuff)
  • Bullfinch's Mythology online. Searchable.
  • Missouri Classics (with resources)
  • Classics Resources LWright
  • Classics and Mediterranean Archaeology Home Page
  • Mississippi classics
  • Holy Cross Topoi
  • Jim O'Donnell's Classical, Medieval, etc links and indices
  • Kentucky: Classics Elsewhere
  • Diogenes'Links To The Ancient World
  • Pantelia-Resources for Classicists
  • Classical Resources (J. Ruebel)
  • Stanford Links (good on depts.)
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    some random stuff I haven't organized much yet
    The Ancient World Web
    The Ancient World Web: History
    Little Venture Latin Pages
    The Online Medieval and Classical Library (DL SunSITE)
    Latin - Home Page
    Dictionaries/Lexicons - Latin - Net Links
    www.georgetow...ces/latin.lex
    LacusCurtius Home Page
    LacusCurtius - Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities
    RomanSites - Gateway to 1,863 Websites on Ancient Rome
    Classics and Ancient History: Pro Caelio  nice title but looks like a defunct page
    RomanSites ¥ Language & Literature - Reports on 137 websites
    Electronic Thesaurus Linguae Latinae Project
    Latin Phrases and Words Used in English
    Latin Dictionary and Grammar Aid
    Computers and Ancient Langugages discussion list
    FAQs Regarding Latin Grammar - Latin
    Mirabile Dictu! - Latin
    Links to Other Classics Pages
    Latin Teaching Materials
    Latin Grammar and Vocabulary Helps
    Acceleration Readers
    Latin Readers: Beginning and Intermediate
    All Wheelock Vocabulary 1-20

    A Glossary of Rhetorical Terms with Examples