![]() |
Athenians Project |
|
||
Άθηναîος Classics, the study of ancient Greek and Roman civilization, has been considered for centuries a quintessential research subject for the education of humanity. It gained its foothold in many European countries in the 1800’s and 1900’s diminished only by the occurrence of World War II. In this modern day 21th Century, the passion thrives again as researchers from all over the world utilize innovative methods and technologies to enrich the many facets of the study of the rich ancient world.
The Athenians Project is now headed by Professor Emeritus John S. Traill of the University of Toronto in the Classics Department. Under Professor Traill’s leadership and by using modern technology, over a 100,000 entries have been digitized and maintained in an Empress Embedded Database . The database is used to search data in a variety of ways for further study. The entries includes Athenian citizens at home and abroad, slaves, resident aliens, and foreigners honored at Athens—all the known men and women of Athens from the beginning of alphabetic writing to the Byzantine period. Part of the data is made available to anyone via the Website Attica and on this website. The complete Athenians Project data is available in set of hardbound printed volumes titled “Persons of Ancient Athens”. "A half century earlier, even Albert Einstein, one of the most profound intellects in human history supported the project ab initio. Both Einstein and Meritt were original members of the Faculty of the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton. Now that's class!" Professor John Traill. |
||
|
||
News & Events The 14th International Congress of Greek and Latin Epigraphy August 27 - 31, 2012.
Digitizing the Ancient World of Epigraphy Printed Volumes: Persons of Ancient Athens PAA Foreword by Dr. Benjamin Dean Meritt The stones discovered between 1931 and 1967 in the Athenian Agora were given a preliminary publication in the journal Hesperia by Meritt and some 35 collaborators as their varied interests ... |
|
Articles |
Copyright ©2012 Athenians Project, Toronto, Canada |