Classical Mythology

The Myths of Ancient Greece & Rome

ABOUT THE CLASSICAL MYTHOLOGY WEB SITE

Welcome to Classical Mythology: The Myths of Ancient Greece and Rome. This web based resource was established to provide authoritative information on the topic of classical mythology for the purposes of education and personal enjoyment. The primary focus of this web site is providing full text e-books for the most prominent classical myths by the great poets Ovid, Homer and Virgil, as well as an Art Gallery with classic paintings depicting scenes from the myths of Ancient Greece and Rome. A bibliography, site index and links to the "Top 10" classical mythology web sites are provided as well.

Myths (full text e-books)

This section features full text versions of the greatest literary classics from the myths of Ancient Greece and Rome. The primary works included are Homer's Odyssey and Iliad, Virgil's Aeneid, Ovid's Metamorphoses, and Hesiod's Works & Days and Theogony. On the Classical Mythology web site these works are provided only in plain text format (primarily due to space limitations); however, sometime in the near future I plan to release a Classical Mythology CD-Rom that will provide alternate formats such as HTML, Microsoft Word document and Adobe Acrobat PDF.

Art Gallery

The Art Gallery features classic works of art work by the great artists who chose mythological settings for their subjects. The art work depicted is primarily of paintings and sculptures. On this web site there is only a small sampling of the entire collection that can be obtained by purchasing the Classical Mythology CD-Rom which I hope to release in the near future.

Top 10 Classical Mythology Web Sites

These are the best web sites I could find on the Internet on the topic of classical mythology. Web sites are selected based on the LRC evaluation criteria.

Bibliography

A bibliography of works on classical mythology. Many of these books are available at public and academic libraries, or they can be purchased through a book store.

Site Index

The Site Index provides an alphabetical index of the the entire Classical Mythology: The Myths of Ancient Greece and Rome web site. All of the Classical Mythology pages are listed here.