Classical knowledge base will assist in citing ancient Greek and Latin texts
Plaster casts in Cornell's Temple of Zeus, ca. 1905. Courtesy of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Scholars looking for multiple sources and translations from among 1,000 years of ancient Greek and Latin texts will have a powerful new tool in their research arsenal with a database being developed at Cornell.
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation recently granted $215,000 to the American Philological Association (APA) to implement the project, spearheaded by principal investigator Eric Rebillard, professor of Classics and history, in collaboration with Cornell librarians David Ruddy and Adam Chandler. The APA project also received a Mellon planning grant in 2008.