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The Classics Pages
Consult an oracle, pit your wits against the Sphinx; this site invites you to interact with the ancient world.

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Greek

The Ancient Olympics Virtual Museum
Dartmouth University's virtual museum offers information about the ancient Olympics.
The Ancient World Web
All the information and links you might require on the ancient world.
Bullfinch's mythology
Type in the name of any mythological figure, place or object for links to Bullfinch's exhaustive.
Greek-English dictionary
Run by the Perseus Project, this is a fairly complex dictionary.
Greek-English-Greek dictionary
The Modern Greek dictionary on this Cypriot-run site has a much larger database than the ancient.
Greek Theatre
The importance of the theatre in ancient Greece is explained here.
Metis
An interface for viewing ancient Greek archaeological sites.
Mythweb.com - teaching tips
Mythweb is designed to make the Greek myths as fun as possible for children.
Primary texts online
Most of the major authors' works are available here, in different translations, as well as the original Greek.
Smyth's Greek Grammar
A dictionary of Greek grammar which is sophisticated and thorough.

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Latin

Allen and Greenough's Latin grammar
A dictionary of latin grammar will be coming soon on this site which is still under.
The Ancient World Web
All the information and links you might require on the ancient world has a search engine.
De Imperatoribus Romanis
Easy-to-navigate, database listing all the Roman emperors chronologically and alphabetically.
Latinteach
Latinteach is an online e-mail discussion forum for Latin teachers.
Latin-English dictionary
An archive of about 17000 words, compiled by William Whitaker.
Picture index
An index of over 250 pictures of ancient art, coins, busts, sculptures and mosaics.
Primary texts online
Most of the major works in classical Latin are available here in English and Latin.
Roman board games
The Romans played a lot of board games, many of which are detailed here. Cannot be played online.
The Roman Times
Students project, Roman newspaper, on eruption of Vesuvius and conversion of Constantine.
Virtual tour of Rome
Offers pictures, maps and information.

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