Ancient Greece & Rome: History & Culture

A guide to selected books, primary sources, and classical texts online

Primary Source Books

Ancient Greece: Social and Historical Documents from Archaic Times to the Death of Alexander the Great by Matthew Dillon (Editor); Lynda Garland (Editor)
Publication Date: 2010

E-book
As the Romans Did: A Sourcebook in Roman Social History
Call Number: HN10.R7 S45 1998

Provides excerpts of primary source material on a variety of topics in the social history of Rome.
The Roman World: Sources and Interpretation by D. Brendan Nagle
Call Number: DG209 .N255 2005

An annotated selection of texts illustrating the social, cultural, political and military history of Rome.
Sexuality in Greek and Roman Society and Literature: A Sourcebook by Marguerite Johnson; Terry Ryan
Call Number: PA3014.S47 J64 2005

Contains numerous original translations of ancient poetry, inscriptions and documents, all of which illuminate the multifaceted nature of sexuality in antiquity.
Anthology of Classical Myth: Primary Sources in Transalation
Call Number: PA3621 .A585 2004

Includes selections about ancient myth from over fifty primary texts by several classical authors, including Heraclitus, Diodorus of Sicily, Plato, and Thucydides.
Also available as an e-book.
Epigraphic Evidence: Ancient History from Inscriptions
Call Number: CN350 .E77 2001