Guides

Explore how the ancient poets of Greece and Rome were imagined, and re-imagined, through the ages. These short articles offer guidance on the sources assembled in our collections; sources that have not yet been uploaded appear in red.

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Title Aeschylus: A Guide to Selected Sources Aristophanes: A Guide to Selected Sources Homer: A Guide to Selected Sources Homer: A Guide to Sculptural Types Hesiod: A Guide to Selected Sources Orpheus: A Guide to Selected Sources Pindar: A Guide to Selected Sources Sophocles: A Guide to Selected Sources Catullus: A Guide to Selected Sources Horace: A Guide to Selected Sources Lucan: A Guide to Selected Sources Lucretius: A Guide to Selected Sources Ovid: A Guide to Selected Sources Plautus: A Guide to Selected Sources Terence: A Guide to Selected Sources Virgil: A Guide to Selected Sources The Perils of Autobiography Author Paola Bassino Nicholas Boterf and Erika Taretto Jane Burkowski Nicholas Freer Nora Goldschmidt Andrew Laird William Wallis Sarah Burges Watson