Ancient Greek Resources

Hi! I’m adding some links to texts/platforms in Ancient Greek (not just translations) - I’d love for people to add to it if they have other sources! These are just some of the ones I used throughout my degree; I hope they can be of help to you guys too. These are all free as well!

https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/
This is pretty much THE most useful and comprehensive collection of ancient sources, including in Ancient Greek & Latin, and various translations. The software has SO many features that make translating and understanding so easy.

Internet Archive
Free to use, loads of older texts (especially those out of copyright/out of print). Super useful.

https://www.open.edu/openlearn/history-the-arts/getting-started-on-ancient-greek/content-section-overview?active-tab=description-tab
A FREE course for complete beginners, run by the Open University.
https://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/greek/
Also from the OU - an introduction to the alphabet (including pronunciation), sequence, basic words, and sentences. Also completely free!
[side note - the OU has a bunch of online modules you can take for free if you want to get a taste of or overview of many different topics]

https://chs.harvard.edu/learning-ancient-greek/
From the Centre for Hellenic Studies at Harvard; with a link to their YouTube videos.

https://grammaticus.co/ultimate-guide-learning-ancient-greek/
This site has a bunch of links to other resources (free and paid)

There are also lots of paid options and of course private tuition. However, I would argue that it is totally possible to learn Ancient Greek yourself, and there are PLENTY of free resources out there. It is also worth checking libraries (public or otherwise). Many university libraries will have readers rooms or access cards for non-university personnel to access the library and/or online resources.

Would love to hear of any more resources you guys know of!

https://stephanus.tlg.uci.edu/

has totally replaced Perseus, especially if you subscribe.

Is there a place where you can search English translations for an idiom and easily obtain a link to the original Greek (or Latin)?

Edit

Actually Scaife seems to work well for me, as it allows to add the original text in parallel.

@bedwere

Ah, thank you for that suggestion! I had been trying to use the Perseus Greek Word Study Tool to find all instances of the name Τισσαφέρνης in any case in the Anabasis and was not having any luck. But I just tried the Scaife Viewer Text Search and did a lemma search for Τισσαφέρνης and limited it to Anabasis and now I have exactly what I’ve been looking for :slight_smile: