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Main Library | 7:30am – 2:00am |
Circulation Desk | 7:30am – 2:00am |
Digital Humanities Lab | 7:30am – 2:00am |
Interlibrary Loan Office | 8:00am – 5:00pm |
Reference Desk | 9:00am – 10:00pm |
In this class you will be playing the game 'The Threshold of Democracy: Athens in 403 B.C.E.' This guide will help you find the suggested readings that will be necessary as you participate in the game, and will highlight resources that may be useful to you as you write speeches or develop your arguments.
This web site will introduce you to the hub of Athenian civic life, and has a building-by-building precis with illustrations, as well as a special section on Athenian democracy
Athenian Agora Digital Library - Publications, excavation reports, excavation notebooks, contexts, objects, plans and drawings, and photos from the Agora excavations at the American School of Classical Studies at Athens
Ancient City of Athens and Metis (from stoa.org)
Short entries with images, and at Metis, 3-d virtual tours of many Athens areas and monuments (including the Agora and the Pnyx), with links to Perseus articles when available.
You may also choose to search for other primary sources or scholarly writings to illuminate your character's situation or position.
Useful as references and background resources:
For primary sources, use Loeb Classical Library Online or Perseus Digital Library (Tufts University); note that texts are keyword-searchable (i.e. search for "metic" "tyrant" etc.)
For scholarly journal articles:
For scholarly books, use GILFind:
For even more resources related to ancient Greece, check out the Classics Research Guide