Primus Pilus Posted March 2, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 2, 2009 The site seems to have been down for some time. It hosts William Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology which is an excellent resource to double check various references. Anyone have a clue? AncientLibrary.com is back!!! :D -- Nephele Thank heavens. I found the navigation on his site so useful, that I even offered to buy it from him while it was down... (never heard anything back), but I was fairly desperate. LOL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nephele Posted March 2, 2009 Report Share Posted March 2, 2009 Thank heavens. I found the navigation on his site so useful, that I even offered to buy it from him while it was down... (never heard anything back), but I was fairly desperate. LOL. When AncientLibrary went down last summer, that was when I decided to purchase my own set of Smith's Dictionary. I really lucked out on that deal, as I got my 3-volume set (1890 edition) for the insanely low price of no more than $50 per volume. Plus, the set I got was barely used, as many of the pages were still uncut. But, yes, nothing beats AncientLibrary for ease of navigation. I'll go back to accessing the site, to spare wear and tear on my Smith's volumes. (And I've no regrets having purchased those -- the gems among a few rare treasures in my personal library.) -- Nephele Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caesar CXXXVII Posted March 3, 2009 Report Share Posted March 3, 2009 Dear Smith is back ? ...Yes !!! Why they don't make a new edition ? So many things have changed since 1860 or so . In 1860 they thought that Brutus "the first" was a real person and now we know (O.K.,I think that I know) that his image is somekind of a combination of several people from the aristocracy who stood against the Tarquins etc' . There is a chance for a new edition ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ingsoc Posted March 3, 2009 Report Share Posted March 3, 2009 Dear Smith is back ? ...Yes !!!Why they don't make a new edition ? So many things have changed since 1860 or so . In 1860 they thought that Brutus "the first" was a real person and now we know (O.K.,I think that I know) that his image is somekind of a combination of several people from the aristocracy who stood against the Tarquins etc' . There is a chance for a new edition ? Try using "The Oxford Classical Dictionary", much more updated than Smith. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Primus Pilus Posted March 3, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 3, 2009 There is a chance for a new edition ? Since since has been dead since 1893... I doubt it. LOL. (Yes, I'm just kidding) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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