Classical Reference Library

Ancient Philosophy

Explore the ideas and arguments of the ancient world’s most influential thinkers, from questions of ethics and human nature to knowledge, happiness, society, and our place in the natural world.

Enlightenment Philosophy

Explore the thinkers and ideas of the Enlightenment, from reason, freedom, and human nature to questions of knowledge, morality, society, and political authority.

Greek Tragedy

Explore the plays, characters, ideas, and enduring questions of ancient Greek tragedy, from Sophocles and Aeschylus to the dramatic traditions they helped shape.

History of Science

Explore the development of scientific thought and the changing ways human beings have sought to understand nature, from ancient philosophy and medieval cosmology to the emergence of modern experimental science.

Teaching the Classics

Resources about teaching, studying, and sustaining the classical tradition.

Homer & the Epic Tradition

Resources for exploring, reading, and teaching Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey and the epic tradition.

The Trojan War

Background and reference materials about Troy and the Trojan War.

Lectures

Quotation Collections

Character Guides

Reference Guide

Articles/Essays

Videos

Curated Resources

Aeschylus

Aristophanes

Denis Diderot

Euripides

Homer

Franz Kafka

Lucretius

Niccolò Machiavelli

Jean Jacques Rousseau

Sophocles

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe