Ancient Greek and Roman Writing

When you think of ancient writing from the west, you naturally think of Plato and Aristophanes; but they are not the only Greek and Roman writers nor the only Greek or Roman Writings worth investigating.

Vindolanda Tablets
The Vindolanda Tablets consist of some 1300 slivers of wood (to date) on which are written the day to day details of life in a Roman Empire fort in Britain.

Oxyrhynchus Papers
The POxy project is a website on the papyrus texts recovered from the Egyptian, Hellenistic, and Roman occupations of Oxyrhynchus; from Oxford University.

Linear B
Linear B is the name of the ancient script used by the Mycenean culture, inscribed on (or possibly inadvertently fired into) clay tablets on the Mycenanean site of Knossos and likely first used around 1350 BC

Periplus of the Erythraean Sea
The complete text of the unknown traveler to the southern Arabian peninsula in the 1st century AD, from the Ancient History Sourcebook.

Resource Pages for Philo of Alexandria
Information on the Greek and Hebrew philosopher, Philo of Alexandria, including links to his writing in the original Greek and English translations.

The Decipherment of Linear B
A discussion of the cracking of the old writing form called Linear B, a precursor to Greek; part of the Homeric Questions series by your Guide.

The History of Herodotus
Written 440 BC and translated by George Rawlinson; from the Internet Classics Archive.

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