[General] [Texts] [Commentaries] [Latin] [Masks] [Writing] [Miscellaneous]

General Sites for Ancient Theater

• Didiskalia: an electronic journal and resource dedicated to the study of ancient Greek and Roman drama in performance; including images of Roman temporary stages.
• Skenotheke: Images of the Ancient Stage links to images of the ancient stage available on various sites on the internet.

Texts

• Latin (via Perseus, with hyperlinks to vocabulary and translation): [Miles Gloriosus]
• Latin (text only): [Miles Gloriosus]
• English: Miles Gloriosus: Translated by Riley

Commentaries & Grammar

• W. M. Lindsay. Syntax of Plautus.
• W. M. Lindsay. An Introduction to Latin Textual Emendation Based on the Text of Plautus.
• Allen & Greenough. New Latin Grammar -- downloadable PDF of 1903 edition.

Latin Language

• The Hard Little Words: Prepositions, Adverbs, Conjunctions

Masks

• Chris Vervain's website, documenting his continuing research into recreating comic and tragic masks for performance. Includes some interesting images.
• W. M. Lindsay. An Introduction to Latin Textual Emendation Based on the Text of Plautus.

Writing Resources

• Haverford Classics Department's Guide to Research
• Haverford Classics Department's Guide to Quotations and Citations
• Further Resources for Writing Academic Papers
• Combination Search page for most on-line, non-subscription Classics resources (via Univ. of Kentucky)

Miscellaneous

• Prayers to Various Deities from the Plays of Plautus
• A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum: the musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and a book by Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart.
• Up Pompeii: a BBC series in the early 1970s inspired by the comic antics of a Plautine slave.