I will continue adding to this list as I run across material that I think will be of interest to the class. I hope that you, too, will all be on the lookout for good web links. If you run across a particularly helpful site, please post the URL (Uniform Resource Locator, or the web address that begins with http://) on the discussion board so I can add it here.
First
of all, here's a link to the Merriam-Webster
on-line dictionary and thesaurus. Invaluable if you want to look up how something
is spelled or you can't quite think of the word you want when you're right in
the middle of a post on the discussion board. I use this site almost daily!
The rest of the links are directly related to the subject matter of this class.
Complete text of Aristotle's Poetics, trans. S.H. Butcher, from MIT's Internet Classics Archive.
A stunningly complete list of links and study guides for Greek tragedy, provided by Barbara McManus of the College of New Rochelle. I can't recommend this site enough--it has wonderful information and an excellent collection of images. Unfortunately, some of the outside links are broken because the page hasn't been updated for a while, but be persistent and you are bound to find something that will fascinate you.
Roger Dunkle's comprehensive pages on Greek tragedy, which McManus linked to, have been moved to a new server.
Reed College's Humanities Department provides some nice diagrams and a glossary of terms having to do with the structure of Greek theaters and Greek tragedies. A related page from the same site gives a step-by-step reconstruction of what a tragedian would have gone through to have his play presented at the City Dionysia.
Crossing the Stages is a set of abstracts of academic papers presented at a "conference on the ancient stage, held in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan (Canada) on 22-25 October, 1997." Many of the authors are well-known figures in the study of Greek tragedy, and even though these are only short synopses of their papers they are well worth reading.
Didaskalia, an on-line journal "dedicated to the study of ancient Greek and Roman drama and its reception." Don't miss their excellent study area, which offers a wealth of information about ancient drama in performance and is richly illustrated.
An almost unbelievably complete collection of links to sites about Dionysos
Dr. J's Illustrated Lectures contain pictures along with information on classical sites. This link will take you to the section on Greek theaters.
Key Terms for the Context and Performance of Greek Tragedy by Robin Mitchell-Boyask of Temple University
The Costumer's Manifesto: Ancient Greece and Environs has fascinating links to many sites that discuss costumes, props, accessories and such as used in Greek tragedies in ancient times and today.
Greek Web Resources from Bucknell's Classics' department: Everything from art to maps to lessons in Ancient Greek.
Ancient Greek (Hellenic) Sites on the World-Wide Web: Similar to the previous link only laid out in a grid and easier to navigate.
Electronic Resources for Classicists: The Second Generation: This site has links to just about anything you can think of concerning the classics.
The University of Saskatchewan's classic's web site offers class notes, study guides, pages on general subjects such as medicine, and focused bibliographies on topics that might prove useful for research on any number of topics. Here's the link to the general course notes page: http://www.usask.ca/antharch/cnea/coursenotes.html
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