Find Books
Use the Library catalog or browse the circulating and reference stacks in these call number ranges:
B 108-708 Philosophy, Ancient
BL 300-325 Mythology, General
BL 720-820 Mythology, Classical (Etruscan, Greek, Roman)
BL 830-875 Mythology, Germanic and Norse
BL 1600-1685 Mythology, Ancient Near Eastern
CB 305-311 History of Civilization, Ancient
D 51-90 History, Ancient (General)
DE 1-100 History of the Greco-Roman World
DF 10-289 Ancient Greece
DG 11-365 Ancient Rome
DF 501-649 Byzantine Empire
DT 56.8-93 Ancient Egypt
DS 56-62.25 Mesopotamia
DS 65-75 Mesopotamia
HC 31-39 Economic history, Ancient
JC 51-93 Ancient state & Political theory in antiquity
PA 1-99 Classical Philology
PA 3001-3043 Classical Literature
PA 3051-4505 Greek Literature
PA 6000-6971 Roman Literature
N 5300-5925 Art in the Ancient Mediterranean
Q 124.95 Science, Ancient
S 421-431 Agriculture, Ancient
T 16 Technology, Ancient
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Listed are 85,000 books in 47 subjects including Classical languages and literatures (1194 titles) and ancient history (747 titles). McNeese will have only a small percentage, but most should be available via interlibrary loan.
Here are a few books from the McNeese Library
Ancient Greece and RomeCall Number: Ref. DE 5 .A57 1998ISBN: 0684805073Publication Date: 1998-05-20Presenting the history, mythology and culture of the great civilizations of Greece and Rome, this work covers such areas as philosophy, technology, literature and art.
Civilization of the Ancient Mediterranean by Call Number: DE 59 .C55 1988ISBN: 0684175940Publication Date: 1988-01-01A three-volume reference work of 97 original essays on the people, customs, government, religion, and arts of the ancient world, from 2000 B.C. to the fall of Rome in A.D.476. Structured to present a comparative rather than chronological study of Greek and Roman institutions and life. The essays are
Oxford Companion to World Mythology by Call Number: Ref. BL 312 .L44 2009ISBN: 0195387082Publication Date: 2009-03-13In The Oxford Companion to World Mythology, David Leeming explores the role of mythology in history, revealing how the dreams of specific cultures add up to the larger collective story of humanity. Appealingly illustrated with nearly one hundred black-and-white halftones, the Companion provides thousands of alphabetically arranged entries covering all aspects of mythology including areas traditionally ignored by mythologists such as Polynesia, Africa, Native North America, Australia, and more. Leeming includes substantial essays on the worlds major mythological traditions, on mythological types and motifs, on mythological figures, and on numerous related subjects such as fairly tales and legends. The Companion also locates myth in our lives today, relating it to psychology, religion, science, politics, art, and much more. From King Arthur and the Round Table to Jonah and the Whale, from the wicked and destructive Norse trickster Loki to the great mother goddess of Chinese mythology Nuwa, here is a comprehensive and thoughtful look at mythology around the world.
Women Writers of Ancient Greece and Rome by Call Number: PA 3621 .W66 2004ISBN: 0806136227Publication Date: 2004-04-26Despite a common perception that most writing in antiquity was produced by men, some important literature written by women during this period has survived. Edited by I. M. Plant, Women Writers of Ancient Greece and Rome is a comprehensive anthology of the surviving literary texts of women writers from the Graeco-Roman world that offers new English translations from the works of more than fifty women. From Sappho, who lived in the seventh century B.C., to Eudocia and Egeria of the fifth century A.D., the texts presented here come from a wide range of sources and span the fields of poetry and prose. Each author is introduced with a critical review of what we know about the writer, her work, and its significance, along with a discussion of the texts that follow. A general introduction looks into the problem of the authenticity of some texts attributed to women and places their literature into the wider literary and social contexts of the ancient Graeco-Roman world.
The Oxford Classical Dictionary by Call Number: Ref. De 5 .O9 2003ISBN: 0198606419Publication Date: 2003-05-01.For almost half a century The Oxford Classical Dictionary has been regarded as the unrivalled one-volume reference work on all aspects of the Graeco-Roman world.
