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Ancient Library Provides Searchable Database of 1,060 Greek and Latin Texts

Ancient Library offers a searchable database of 1,060 Greek and Latin works, with a clickable word feature that displays grammatical parsing and dictionary definitions.

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Ancient Library offers a searchable database of 1,060 Greek and Latin works, with a clickable word feature that displays grammatical parsing and dictionary definitions. The collection includes 293 Latin and 767 Greek texts from 140 authors, spanning categories such as epic, lyric, tragedy, comedy, history, biography, oratory, philosophy, letters, didactic, myth, satire, fiction, science, and grammar. Latin entries are based on Lewis & Short, while Greek entries follow Liddell‑Scott‑Jones, according to the site. Users can browse an alphabetical index of authors and click any word to view its lemma, morphology, and full dictionary entry. The platform is accessible at ancientlibrary.net.

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