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(1) So, I started uni with no experience of Classics. I’m only currently a 2nd yr student but thought I would make a thread of useful websites and resources for anyone who wants to get involved in Classics. #classicsforall #classicalstudies #classics
(2) If Roman History is your cup of tea then there's a really good website by Dr Richard Alston. It's aimed at A-Level students and people who are new to Classics. https://ancientromanhistory31-14.com/
(3) @PerseusDigLib is a massive website that I use ALL the time for Intermediate Greek. I think I’ve barely scratched the surface of it but you can access so many ancient texts in the original language and in English. If you click on a word, it takes you to a DICTIONARY which -
(4) gives you every single definition of the word and also parses it for you - so tells you the declension or the conjugation. Literally blows my mind! http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/
(5) The next is similar to Perseus Tufts but you can view the original language and then English or German or a bunch of other languages simultaneously. Mainly for Homer and Homeric hymns.
https://homer.library.northwestern.edu/html/application.html
https://homer.library.northwestern.edu/html/application.html
(6) This website made by @LacusCurtius is another vast website with mainly Latin and Greek sources and ancient texts and there are some real gems in there. https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/home.html
(7) Before I went to uni, the In Our Time recordings from Radio 4 really helped me with both basic and niche knowledge. They've got a page for Ancient Greece and for Ancient Rome. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01h9vvk https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01hb0h8
(8) The last website is actually from my university! It turns out that my Classics department are making recordings and resources for the general population and for anyone who wants to get into Classics! @ClassicsRHUL https://royalholloway.ac.uk/research-and-teaching/departments-and-schools/classics/classics-schools-and-outreach-hub/resources-for-schools/
(9) These are just sites that I have used and found helpful. They might be obvious to other people, but they’ve been mind-blowing to me. If anyone has any other recommendations, feel free to add! #classicalstudies #classicsforall #ClassicsTwitter
(10) Also, fun fact: I edited this thread from a very long and rambling email to my friend who is hopefully doing Classics at sixth form next year. I had to apologise for sounding like a mad professor but I think most people who study classics sound a bit like that sometimes!!
