Biography Databases
- American National Biography Online This link opens in a new window Biographical dictionary of notable deceased American men and women from all eras of American history. Includes illustrations and links to other web resources.
- Oxford Dictionary of National Biography This link opens in a new window The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography is the national record of men and women who have shaped British history and culture, worldwide, from the Romans to the 21st century." Does not include living people or those recently deceased. Limited to one (1) concurrent user.
- Gale in Context: Biography This link opens in a new window Biography In Context offers biographical information about historically significant figures as well as present-day newsmakers. It includes reference content alongside magazine and journal articles, primary sources, videos, audio podcasts, and images.
Ancient
- Thesaurus Linguae Graecae This link opens in a new window A full text database of ancient Greek texts surviving from the period between Homer (8th century B.C.) and A.D. 600, and a large number of texts deriving from the period between A.D. 600 and the fall of Byzantium in 1453. Scholia and Byzantine historiographical and lexicographical works are also included. Includes the Canon of Authors and Works, a searchable database and a bibliographic guide to the authors and works included in the TLG. Use of the full corpus requires each user to create a user profile.
- Thesaurus Linguae Latinae This link opens in a new window Thesaurus linguae Latinae provides digital online versions of the Thesaurus linguae Latinae (TLL) and the Bibliotheca Teubneriana Latina (BTL) linked by a common user interface and accessed through one panel, allowing various searches. Texts are from the Latin series of the Bibliotheca scriptorum Graecorum et Romanorum covering c. 300 B.C.E. - c. 500 A.D./C.E. (from Plautus to Martianus Capella). Both TLL and BTL are updated as new editions are published.
Chronicle of the Roman Emperors: the reign-by-reign record of the rulers of Imperial Rome by
These portraits of the emperors form the building blocks of an invaluable and highly readable popular history of Imperial Rome, brought to life using the colorful testimony of contemporary authors.
Location: Mugar Stacks DG274 .S28 1995Publication Date: 1995
The Roman emperors : a biographical guide to the rulers of imperial Rome, 31 BC-AD 476 by Location: Mugar Stacks DG274 .G73 1997bPublication Date: 1997
Encyclopedia of Women in the Ancient World by
An extensive and fascinating collection of stories featuring both famous and everyday women, giving a well-rounded view of the lives of women in the ancient world. When did women first become rulers, athletes, soldiers, heroines, and villains? They always were, observes historian Judith Salisbury. From Mesopotamian priestesses and poets to Egyptian queens and consorts, "there was never a time when women did not participate in all aspects of society." Salisbury tells the stories of 150 women from the ancient world, ranging from the very famous, such as Cleopatra VII, immortalized by Hollywood, to the barely remembered, such as the Roman poet Nossis. Writing for a general audience, Salisbury begins by painting each woman into her historical context, then recounts each woman's story, describing the choices she made as she looked for happiness, wealth, power, or well-being for herself and her family--stories much like our own. In entries on general themes--clothing, cosmetics, work, sexuality, prostitution, gynecology--Salisbury analyzes the commonalties in the lives of these women of antiquity from a cross-cultural perspective. Entries including women from myth, religion, and legend including Eve, Aphrodite, the earth goddess Gaea, Helen of Troy, and Isis Entries arranged by categories such as Greece, Rome, Christian, and Northern Europe for ease of research Many rare and revealing images including a procession of virgin martyrs, ca. A.D. 560 Photographs of ancient sculptures including a Minoan snake goddess, ca. 1600 B.C.; numerous maps of ancient Greece and Mesopotamia; and a depiction of the Hellenistic monarchies Genealogical charts of the Herodian family, the family of Augustus, and the Julio-Claudian house
Location: Mugar Reference X HQ 1127 S25 2001Publication Date: 2001
Who's Who in the Age of Alexander the Great by
This book contains concise biographies of over 800 individualsknown from the literary and epigraphic sources for the age ofAlexander. Covers significant figures, ranging from leading commanders inAlexander's army to the nobles and regional leaders of the Persianempire whom he encountered on his epic campaign The only complete collection of its kind in English Gives complete and balanced biographies, extending beyond thedeath of Alexander in 323 BC where relevant Contains a full index and a concordance giving the variantnames found in the ancient sources
Location: Mugar Stacks DF234.2 .H39 2006Publication Date: 2006
Who's Who in the Greek World by
Was there such a person as Homer? Who were the key figures in the first democracy of the Western World? Who is the father of tragedy? Who is the father of history? Of all the world's ancient civilisations, it is perhaps the Ancient Greece that has the strongest hold over the modern imagination. The history, philosophy and literature continue to intrigue and enthral. Now John Hazel has compiled the definitive biographical guide to the Greek and Hellenistic world from 750 BC to the end of the Roman Empire. The lives of Alexander the Great, Socrates and Plato are opened up, but so too are those of lesser-known figures: Bacchylides the lyric poet; Chares the general; and the traitor Ephialtes, giving a thorough and fascinating overview of life in Ancient Greece.
Location: OnlinePublication Date: 1999
Who's Who in the Classical World by
Who's Who in the Classical World offers biographical entries on nearly 500 individuals of central importance from the civilizations of ancient Greece and Rome, including writers, thinkers, artists, scientists, statesmen, kings, queens, and other historical figures; mythological figures areexcluded. Entries offer far more than just biographical information: many are short essays in themselves covering major historical and cultural themes in antiquity centred round individuals as varied as Herodotus, Socrates, Plato, Alexander the Great, and Augustus. Drawing on the latest edition ofthe Oxford Classical Dictionary, this book offers authoritative and accessible scholarship from over 190 world-experts on their subjects, providing an invaluable guide for students and general readers alike.
Location: OnlinePublication Date: 2000
Who's Who in the Ancient near East by
What do we know of the real Nebuchadnezzar? Was there an historical precedent for the mythical Gilgamesh? Who were the Hittites? When did Isaiah preach? How did Jezebel get her reputation? These and many more questions are answered in this fascinating survey of the people who inhabited the Near East between the twenty-fifth and the second centuries BC. From Palestine to Iran and from Alexander the Great to Zechariah, Who's Who in the Ancient Near East presents a unique and comprehensive reference guide for all those with an interest in the ancient history of the area. A comprehensive glossary, chronological charts, maps and bibliographical information complement the biographical entries.
Location: OnlinePublication Date: 1999
Modern
- Database of Classical Scholars (Rutgers University) The Database of Classical Scholars is a multi-faceted database that aims to provide biographical and bibliographical information on classical scholars from the period associated with classical scholarship as currently understood, from the end of the eighteenth century and the publication of F.A. Wolf's Prolegomena zu Homer (1795) to the current day. Each entry is accompanied by an appreciation of the scholar's career by an expert and where possible, a portrait. This is a work of international cooperation with an advisory committee composed of experts in the history of classical scholarship not only in North America, but in the United Kingdom, Germany, and Italy.
- Brill's New Pauly Supplement: Volume 6: History of Classical Scholarship: A Biographical Dictionary This compendium gives a comprehensive overview of the history of classical studies. Alphabetically arranged, it provides biographies of over 700 scholars from the fourteenth century onwards who have made their mark on the study of Antiquity. These include the lives, careers and works of classical philologists, archaeologists, ancient historians, students of epigraphy, numismatics, papyrology, Egyptology and the Ancient Near East, philosophers, anthropologists, social scientists, art historians, collectors and writers.
- Classical Scholarship: A Biographical Encyclopedia byLocation: Mugar Stacks PA83 .C58 1990Publication Date: 1990
Biographical Dictionary of North American Classicists by
While European scholarship in the Classics has a long and established tradition, very little has been written on the history of classical scholarship in North America. By providing profiles of some 600 North American Classicists, this reference book presents a starting point for defining the history of Classical scholarship in Canada and the United States. Included are those Classicists who made significant contributions to the field and those who are representative figures. The people profiled were either born in the United States or Canada, or were born in other countries but had careers in North America.
Location: Mugar Stacks PA83 .B53 1994Publication Date: 1994
Women Classical Scholars: Unsealing the Fountain from the Renaissance to Jacqueline de Romilly by
Women Classical Scholars: Unsealing the Fountain from the Renaissance to Jacqueline de Romilly celebrates the pioneering women born between the Renaissance and 1913 who played significant roles in the history of classical scholarship and helped to shape the discipline over more than five hundred years. Twenty essays by international leaders in the field chronicle the lives and legacies of often overlooked key figures from around the globe, providing theclassical scholars of today with the female intellectual ancestors they did not know they had.
Location: OnlinePublication Date: 2016
