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Classics: A Resource Guide

Classical antiquity refers to the civilizations of ancient Greece and Rome and spans the period from the eighth century BC to the end of the fifth century AD. This guide provides lists of classics materials as well as a section on search strategies.

Introduction

This guide is meant to acquaint researchers with materials on all aspects of classical studies at the Library of Congress. The types of items covered here include atlases, bibliographies, dictionaries, encyclopedias, and monographs.

Most of these resources can be requested in the Main Reading Room. However, there are a handful of items which must be requested in other reading rooms, namely the Law Library Reading Room and the Geography and Maps Reading Room. In the Library of Congress Online Catalog, clicking on an item will link to its catalog record which will indicate the item's location.

Carol M. Highsmith, photographer. Second Floor, East Corridor. Mosaic of Minerva by Elihu Vedder within central arched panel leading to the Visitor's Gallery. Library of Congress... 2008. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division

[The Trojan Horse]. 1488. Library of Congress Rare Book and Special Collections Division.

The Pantheon, Rome, Italy. [between 1870 and 1883]. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.

Guillaume de L'isle, cartographer. Theatrum historicum ad annum Christi quadringentesimum... 1712. Library of Congress Geography and Map Division.

[Fragment of Homer’s Iliad from the Seymour de Ricci Collection]. Library of Congress Rare Book and Special Collections.

Römisches reich zur zeit Constantin's des grossen. 1851. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.