history
- Best of History Web Sites
- Variety of history sites rated for usefulness and accuracy
- Presidents of the United States
- Background info., election results, cabinet members, and links to other presidential sites
- History Channel
- Speeches, discussions, quizzes, what happened on this day in history. Search engine for any topic.
- Central Intelligence Agency
- Online ref. links and current terrorism information
- Ancient Greece: Life and Myth
- Bloomington Public Library has many resources available about Ancient Greece.
Books
When searching the library's catalog use the following keywords: Art, Greek, Epic Poetry, Greek History, Greek Criticism, Greece Antiquities, Greece Description, Greece Travel, Greece Social Life Customs, Mythology Greek
Browse our nonfiction section in some of the following areas. For assistance, please ask a librarian at the Reference Desk.
- Greece Antiquities: 938
- Art, Greek: 709.38
- Greek Drama: 882
- Greek Mythology: 292.1 & 398.2
- Greek Poetry/Epic Poetry: 881.01
- Greece Social Life & Customs: 938, 641.59, & 394.1
- Military History: 355
- Shipbuilding: 387 & 623.8
Recommended Reference Books
Ancient Writers: Greece and Rome edited by T. James Luce (880.09ANC)
Cambridge Illustrated History of Ancient Greece edited by Paul Cartledge
(938CAM)Dictionary of Classical Mythology by Pierre Grimal (292.13GRI)
Handbook to Life in Ancient Greece by Lesley Adkins (938ADK)
The Praeger Encyclopedia of Ancient Greek Civilization by Pierre Devambez (938DEV)
Women of Classical Mythology: a Biographical Dictionary by Robert Bell
(292.13BEL)
Internet Resources
Ancient Greek Civilizations
Online museum with exhibits that include the history, culture, and geography of Greece.Ancient Greek World
Virtual gallery at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.Internet Ancient History Sourcebook: Greece
Online primary and secondary sources arranged by various cultures.
Mythweb
Devoted to the heroes, gods, and monsters of Greek mythology.