CLASS 1524: Stairway to Hell: Dante's Inferno and Classical Myth (Spring 2024)

What makes a source primary?

Depends on the topic; it can be complicated.  Talk specifics with your advisor.

Very basic, simplistic definition: What is a primary source?

Browse footnotes and bibliographies of books, encyclopedias, and articles for information about primary sources. >/p> Search the Library Catalog for primary sources-- modern editions in print and online, sometimes in translation, of original primarysources. Use the advanced search with your topic words in combination with the term sources. In the context of a library catalog, sources means primary sources, either primary sources themselves in modern editions, or books about primary sources, or excerpts of primary sources.

• Loeb Classical Library Online  A collection of Classical texts published by Loeb. In Greek or Latin with facing page English translation.
• Perseus Collection: Greek and Roman Materials in Latin, Greek, and English translation.
• PHI Classical Latin Texts (The Packard Humanities Institute)
• Internet Ancient History Sourcebook