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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Greek Poets Aeschylus: A Guide to Selected Sources Anacreon: A Guide to Selected Sources Archilochus: A Guide to Selected Sources Aristophanes: A Guide to Selected Sources Euripides: A Guide to Selected Sources Hesiod: A Guide to Ancient Representations 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 Latin Poets Catullus: A Guide to Selected Sources Gallus: 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 Essays Embodiments of Literature The Perils of Autobiography Picturing Poets Author Paola Bassino Nicholas Boterf Jane Burkowski Nicholas Freer Nora Goldschmidt Barbara Graziosi Andrew Laird Donald E. Lavigne Micah Young Myers Verity Platt Erika Taretto William Wallis Sarah Burges Watson