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Ancient texts
Loeb classical library
Original Greek and Latin texts with English translation.
Thesaurus Linguae Graecae
TLG has collected most literary texts written in Greek from Homer to the fall of Byzantium in AD 1453.
Perseus Digital Library
Primary and secondary sources for the study of ancient Greece and Rome.
Library of Latin texts Online
Texts from the beginning of Latin literature including Cicero, Virgil, and Augustine.
Project Gutenberg: classics bookshelf
A compilation of public domain literature.
Chicago Homer
A multilingual database with translations of early Greek epics.
Attalus
Contains lists of events and sources for the history of the Hellenistic world and the Roman republic
Inscriptions
Epigraphik-Datenbank Clauss
A database of Latin inscriptions.
Attic Inscriptions Online
Inscriptions from ancient Athens in English translation.
Eagle Project
Portal to the inscriptions of the Ancient World.
Inscriptiones Graecae Online
Offers German translations of inscriptions in the IG.
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CSAD: Centre for the Study of Ancient Documents
Images of inscriptions and links to the Vindolanda tablets and Oxyrhynchus Papyri.
Supplementum Epigraphicum Graecum Online
Database of published Greek inscriptions and studies on previously known document.
Coins
Numismatische bilddatenbank eichstatt ( NBE Online)
German database of ancient coins
Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum
Greek coins in public and private collections in the United Kingdom.
Ptolemaic Coins Online
Provides access to the coinage produced by the Ptolemaic dynasty of Egypt.
Papyri
Duke Papyrus Archive
Images of and commentary on papyri from ancient Egypt.
The Oxyrhynchus Papyri
Includes link to digitised collections of papyri found from late 19th century onwards at Oxyrhynchus, Egypt.
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