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This guide was developed for University of Texas undergraduate students beginning studies in Greek and Roman Mythology, and was designed to help you get started with your research. Standard abbreviations are used for the Perry-Castañeda Library (PCL), the Fine Arts Library (FAL) and the Classics Library (CLA). If you need additional assistance please consult a librarian.

GETTING STARTED: Online Encyclopedias, Dictionaries and other overviews

From the Library homepage
select Research Tools/Databases

select Gale Virtual Reference search by keyword
select Oxford Reference Online search for myth, person or place

GETTING STARTED: Hard copy Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, and other overviews

From the Library catalog, type in title search or visit following locations:

Oxford Classical Dictionary DE 5 O9 Ref (PCL, CLA), or online through the Library catalog

Cassell Dictionary of Classical Mythology BL 715 M37 1998 Ref (PCL, CLA) includes ancient sources of myths

The Dictionary of Classical Mythology (Grimal) BL 715 G713 1986 Ref (CLA), Stacks (PCL)

Dictionary of Classical Mythology: Symbols, Attributes & Associations BL 715 B44 Ref (PCL, CLA), Stacks (FAL)

Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology DE 5 S68 Ref (PCL, CLA)

The Meridian handbook of classical mythology (Tripp) BL 303 T75 1974 Ref (CLA) stacks (PCL)

Place Names in Classical Mythology: Greece DF 16 B45 1989 Ref (PCL, CLA)

Women of Classical Mythology: a Biographical Dictionary BL 715 B445 1991 Ref (PCL), or online through the Library catalog

Classical Mythology, Morford M.P.O. & Lenardon, R.J. BL 722 M67 Ref (CLA), Stacks (PCL).

Additional encyclopedias, dictionaries and handbooks may be found through the Library Catalog using subject or keyword searches, for example:

Mythology Classical Dictionaries
Mythology Greek Dictionaries
Mythology Classical Encyclopedias
Mythology Classical Biography
Animals Mythology
Women Mythology

FINDING MYTHOLOGY SOURCES

Some of the dictionaries noted above will cite the source of the myths. In some cases you may need to look up authors’ names or titles from a list of abbreviations found in the first few pages of the dictionary. English translations of the cited works may be found online and in print.

Two sites with full-text English translations of selected works:
Tufts University’s Perseus Project
MIT’s The Tech Classics Archive

Printed translations of both Greek and Roman works are available in a set of volumes called the Loeb Classical Library. You will find these volumes in PCL and CLA by executing a keyword search in the Library Catalog. Enter keywords: "(name of author) Loeb". For example: ovid loeb or homer loeb

FINDING ARTICLES ON MYTHOLOGY
From the Library homepage
select Research Tools/Databases

select Academic OneFile search for title, author, subject
select Academic Search Complete search for title, author, subject
select L’Annee Philologique search keyword for title, author, subject in “full text”; limit to English language articles under “Other Criteria”
select ATLA Religion Database search by subject, keyword etc
Select Religion & Philosophy Collection search by subject, keyword etc