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Ancient Library: Parse 1,060 Greek & Latin Texts

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A complete parsing reader for the classical canon. Click any word in any text for its lemma, morphology, and full dictionary entry — Lewis & Short for Latin, Liddell-Scott-Jones for Greek. The library contains 1,060 works: 293 Latin, 767 Greek, from 140 authors.\n\nLatin works include epic (23), lyric & elegy (42), tragedy (10), comedy (26), history (16), biography (68), oratory & rhetoric (48), philosophy (22), letters (8), didactic & technical (5), myth & religion (12), satire & fable (6), prose fiction (4), science & medicine (2), and grammar & reference (1).

Greek works span epic (45), lyric & elegy (26), tragedy (34), comedy (11), history (47), geography & travel (2), biography (146), oratory & rhetoric (247), philosophy (53), didactic & technical (12), myth & religion (2), satire & fable (71), prose fiction (7), science & medicine (26), grammar & reference (2), biblical texts (27), and early Christian writings (9).\n\nBrowse the full A–Z index of authors, including Homer, Plato, and Cicero. Each text is parsed instantly, making it a powerful tool for students and scholars of classical languages.