Welcome to our guide on Mythology, where you will find tools to help you locate resources to further your research and general knowledge. Please note that the lists on these pages are not exhaustive lists on their topics. If you know of another good resource – or would like to see a page on another topic not currently included in this guide – let us know! Likewise, we would appreciate it if you would notify us of any dead links that you come across on these pages. Thank you!
General Sites
General Sites
- Brewer’s Phrase & Fable Dictionary
- Encyclopedia Mythica
- Myth Encyclopedia
- Mythology Cliffsnotes
- Mythopedia – Encyclopedia of Mythology
- Mythos Podcast
- Timeless Myths
Selected Journals & Databases
Academic Sites
- Centre for Myth Studies @ U of Essex
- Folklore & Mythology, Electronic Texts @ U of Pittsburgh
- Internet Ancient History Sourcebook
- Open Folklore
Classical Mythology
General Sites
- Encyclopedia Mythica: Greek Mythology (online encyclopedia for specific terms)
- Encyclopedia Mythica: Roman Mythology (online encyclopedia for specific terms)
- Mythopedia – Greek Mythology (introduction to the various Greek gods, goddesses, Olympians, mortals, and creatures)
- Mythopedia – Roman Mythology (introduction to the various Roman gods, goddesses, and some classical authors)
- Perseus Collection: Greek and Roman (Greek and Latin primary sources with commentaries)
- Theoi Greek Mythology (introduction to various Greek gods, goddesses, creatures, and family trees)
- Theoi Classical Texts Library (free online translations of various Greek and Roman texts in English)
OERs and Online Texts
- Mythology Unbound: An Online Textbook for Classical Mythology by Jessica Mellenthin and Susan O. Shapiro
- Mythoi Koinoi: An Open Access Anthology of Greek and Roman Myth by Kate Minniti; Tara Mulder; Pippa Rogak; and Luoyao Zhang (note: the printable PDF version of this anthology is over 1,000 pages long)
- The Iliad, translated by Michael Heumann
- The Odyssey, translated by William Cowper (public domain version)
- Thesaurus Linguae Graecae (Abridged version is freely available, will need to register in order to use)
Selected Journals & Databases
- Bryn Mawr Classical Review (book reviews only, no articles)
- Classical Inquiries
- Classical Outlook
- Classical World
- Classics
- Helios
- History of Classical Scholarship (articles published in multiple languages including English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish)
- Journal of Classical Teaching
- Journal of Hellenic Studies
- Mouseion
- TAPA
Academic Sites
- Ancient Greece from the British Museum
- Center for Hellenic Studies
- Chicago Homer (multilingual database with Early Greek and English)