Perseus - Help - Starting Points

<html> <head>   <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-NEP4GYP06J"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-NEP4GYP06J'); </script> <script type="text/javascript"> // avoid javascript errors without editing every page var pageTracker = {"_trackPageview": function(page){console.log('');}} </script> <title>Perseus - Help - Starting Points</title> <link href="/css/hopper.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet"/> <script type="text/javascript" src="/js/hopper.js"></script> </head> <body onload="checkRedirect();"> <div id="header"> <a id="banner" href="/hopper/"> </a> <div id="header_side"> <form action="/hopper/searchresults" class="search_form" onsubmit="return validate_form(this,q);"> <input name="q" /> <input type="submit" value="Search" /> <p>("Agamemnon", "Hom. Od. 9.1", "denarius")</p> <p><a href="/hopper/search">All Search Options</a> [<a href="javascript:abbrev_help()">view abbreviations</a>]</p> </form> </div> </div> <div id="main"> <div id="main_top"> <div id="tabs"> <a class=tab href="/hopper/home">Home</a> <a class=tab href="/hopper/collections">Collections/Texts</a> <a class=tab href="http://catalog.perseus.org" target="_blank">Perseus Catalog</a> <a class=tab href="/hopper/research">Research</a> <a class=tab href="/hopper/grants">Grants</a> <a class=tab href="/hopper/opensource">Open Source</a> <a class=tab href="/hopper/about">About</a> <a class=tab_active href="/hopper/help">Help</a> </div> <div id="subtabs"> <a class=tab href="/hopper/help/quickstart">Quick Start Guide</a> <a class=tab href="/hopper/help/copyright">Copyright</a> <a class=tab href="/hopper/help/faq">FAQ</a> <a class=tab_active href="/hopper/help/startpoints">Starting Points</a> <a class=tab href="/hopper/help/texts">Texts Help</a> <a class=tab href="/hopper/help/searching">Search Help</a> <a class=tab href="/hopper/help/vocab">Vocab Tool</a> <a class=tab href="/hopper/help/archives">Archived Help</a> </div> </div> <div id="content" class="2column"> <div id="index_main_col"> <h3>Starting Points in Perseus</h3> <p> The Perseus digital library provides a variety of resources on the ancient world. Here are a few jumping-off places which will help introduce you to what's in Perseus: The <a href="#overview">Historical Overview</a>, the <a href="#texts">primary texts</a> , and some sample <a href="#a&a">art & archaeology</a> searches, along with the large site plans. General <a href="#tools">help</a> is also available. <p> <hr size=2> <h3><a name="overview">Overview</a> of Greek Culture and History</h3> <ul> <li><a href="/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0009"> Tom Martin's extensive <B>Overview of Archaic & Classical Greek History</B></a> covers not only political history, but also cultural, religious, and social aspects of ancient Greece.<br> <font size=-1>The overview has been cross-linked to relevant resources in other parts of Perseus, including images from art and archaeology, passages in the texts, and Greek terms defined in our lexica. These links are fully functional in the web version of the Overview, with the exclusion of those 2.0 images which we do not have permission to distribute freely to the general public.</font> </ul> <h3>Introduction to the Primary <a name="texts">Texts</a></h3> <ul> <li>Read your favorite <a href="/hopper/collection?collection=Perseus:collection:Greco-Roman"> Greek or Roman work in translation</a> from our texts, which include <a href="/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0136">Homer's Odyssey</a>, <a href="/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0004">Aeschylus' Agammemnon</a>, <a href="/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0035">Aristophanes' Lysistrata</a>, <a href="/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.02.0019:text=Catil.:speech=1:chapter=1">Cicero's orations against Catiline</a>, and <a href="/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.02.0054">Vergil's Aeneid</a>. </ul> <h3>Introduction to the <a name="a&a">Art & Archaeology</a> Catalogs</h3> Perseus contains thousands of images and descriptions of vases, coins, sculpture, buildings, and sites. There are many ways to <a href="/hopper/artifactBrowser" target="_blank">explore and search these catalogs</a> - here are a few examples.<p> <ul>  <li><a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/image?img=1990.33.1040"> <img height="30" src="/img/site.gif" align="center" border="0"> <b>The Site of Delphi</b></a><br> <br> Visit the Sanctuary of Apollo at Delphi, using Delphi's large site plan, a clickable map that shows you plan drawings of the buildings there, along with photographs.<p> <li><a href="/hopper/artifactBrowser?object=Building&field=Building%20Type&value=Fortification"> <img height="30" src="/img/aphaia.gif" align="center" border="0"> <b>Fortification Architecture</b></a><br> <br> The ancient Greeks protected their cities from invaders with massive fortification walls. See some of the remaining walls and towers.<p>  <li>   <a href="/hopper/artifactSearch?q=ara+pacis+augustae&image=yes"> <img height=30 width=35 src="/img/columns.gif" align=center border=0> <b>Roman Architecture</b></a><br> <br> Explore the Emperor Augustus's altar to Peace, an ornate monument whose sculptures show Augustus and his family, Aeneas, and Mother Earth.<br> </ul> <h3><a name="tools">Tools and Resources</a></h3> <p>See the Perseus <a href="/hopper/help">Help Center</a> for general information about using Perseus. The <a href="/hopper/help/faq">Frequently Asked Questions </a> list is one good starting point. At the top of most Perseus pages -- like this one! -- you will find handy links to the most-used pages: the Tables of Contents for the collections, the Configure Display tool for making Perseus work the way <i>you</i> want it to, the Help Center, the Tools menu, and more. There's also a Search box, in the right-hand corner. Look for these links in the colored "top bar" at the top of your window. <p>The colored "side bar" at the left of most Perseus pages contains links relevant to whatever you are reading. When there are place names in the text (in English), for example, the side bar will offer a link to the Atlas; when there are dates, you'll see a link to the Timeline Tool. When you're reading a Greek or Latin text, the side bar will give you links to the dictionaries, grammars, and Vocabulary Tool. And you'll also find a short Table of Contents for the text you're reading. <p>Between the general top bar links and the specialized side bar links, you always have the tools and references you need just a click or two away. </div> </div> </div> </body> </html>

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