Odyssey (EN1021)

Background Information
Books & Videos at Landmark College
Books & Videos Available from Other Libraries
Articles 
Websites
Citations

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Find Background Information

Use the encyclopedias, anthologies, and handbooks in the Reference Area for overviews and basic information about various facets of Ancient Greece and the Odyssey.

Ask a librarian for others.

Reference area (first floor)

• Encyclopedia of the Ancient Greek World — 938.003 SAC 1995
• Use this background information on a wide variety of topics connected to the Odyssey.

• Facts on File Encyclopedia of Art — 703 F142 v.1

• See chapter 6: Aegean Art and chapter 7: Archaic Greek Art .

• Handbook to Life in Ancient Greece — 938 ADK
  • Includes information on all aspects of Ancient Greek civilization including its rulers, economy, military, art, education, culture and every day life.

• The Oxford Classical Dictionary — 938 OXF
  • Includes entries on Homer, Mycenaean Civilization, and other subjects connected to The Odyssey.
       
    

Find Books & Films at the Landmark College Library

Use WebCat to search for other books, ebooks, and films at the Landmark College Library.

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Book stacks (second floor)

• Ancient Greece:  From Prehistoric to Hellenistic Times — Martin, Thomas R. — 938 MAR
• The Complete History of Costume & Fashion: From Ancient Egypt to the Present Day — Cosgrave, Bronwyn — 391.00962 C8343C
• Greek Fire, Poison Arrows, and Scorpion Bombs:  Biological and Chemical Warfare in the Ancient World — Mayor, Adrienne — 358.34 M473G
• Homer's The Odyssey — Bloom, Harold — 883.01 HOM
• Homosexuality and Civilization — Crompton, Louis — 306.76609
• Sexuality and Gender in the Classical World:  Readings and Sources — McClure, Laura — 305.409 S518
• The Ulysses Voyage:  Sea Search for the Odyssey — Severin, Timothy — 883.01 SEV
• Women's Work:  The First 20,000 Years:  Women, Cloth and Society in Early Times — Barber, E.J.W — 305.4 BAR

E-Book

• The Returns of Odysseus: Colonization and Ethnicity — Malkin, Irad

Videos in our collection (second floor)

• Aegean: Legacy of Atlantis (VHS) — 939.1 AEG 1995
• Ancient Greek Civilization, Part I (VHS) — 938 ANC
• The Great Ideas of Philosophy, Part I (VHS) — 109 GRE
• Helen of Troy (DVD) — 291.13 H4745 (on reserve)
• The Odyssey (DVD) — 791.4372 O277 (on reserve)

 

Find Books & Films Available from Other Libraries

• Search in WorldCat for materials available from other libraries.

• Bring a print out of the book you want to the front desk of the library.
• Allow up to two weeks (average is one week) for the materials to arrive.
     
  

Find Articles

Can't find the article?

• Search for the title of the journal in Serials Solutions to see if the full text is available in one of our databases. 
• If the article is not available, ask for help at the Library front desk. 
• We will get the article from another library.

Databases

Britannica Online

This comprehensive online encyclopedia is an excellent source for background information on all aspects of Ancient Greece.

• Type Greek Mythology or Ancient Greek Civilization into the Search box for overview articles
• Use the hyperlinked terms to find related articles on topics, such as the Odyssey, Homer, the Trojan War

• Search for other specific topics, using the Search box.\
• Useful articles include:
  • The History of Middle Eastern and Western Dress: Ancient Greece
  • Western Sculpture: Ancient Greek

 

General OneFile

Includes articles from scholarly journals, magazines, and newspapers.

• Try a Subject Guide Search
• Search for terms, such as "Homer", "Odyssey" or "Ancient Greek Civilization"
• Click on "Subdivisions" and choose from among the options
• Or click on the Subject Term and add additional terms in the "Search" box on the left side

 

Websites

Use the Website Evaluation Checklist to evaluate your web sources.

Some reliable website directories and websites are:

Electronic Resources For Classicists: The Second Generation

http://www.tlg.uci.edu/index/resources.html

• Extensive list of gateways, databases, and indexes related to the classical world
• Collections of Images and Electronic Publications webpages have useful links

Timeline of Art History:  Metropolitan Museum of Art

http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/intro/atr/04sm.htm

• Ancient Greece Timeline provides an overview of Ancient Greece from 1000 B.C.E. to 1 C.E.
• Greek Art in the Archaic Period provides images of archaic Greek art with historical context

An Overview of Classical Greek History: Perseus Project (from Tufts University)

http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0009

• Provides primary and secondary sources for the study of Ancient Greece
• Use the hyperlinks to view annotated images from archaic and ancient Greece

 

Citations

Use the Landmark College Citation Style Guides.

 

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