[AI Summary]: Perseus Digital Library is a foundational digital humanities project providing open access to classical texts and resources. It hosts 2,412 works in 3,192 editions and translations (1,639 in Greek and 636 in Latin) totaling 69.7 million words. The library offers primary sources from ancient Greece and Rome, including works by Homer, Plato, Vergil, and Caesar, along with art and archaeology materials. Perseus is developing next-generation reading environments including the Scaife Viewer and Beyond Translation project, which feature syntactic explanations, word-level alignments between source text and translations, meter explanations, and recorded performances. The project has been continuously funded by NEH, Mellon Foundation, and other institutions since its inception.
- Institution: Tufts University, Department of Classical Studies
- Status: Active
- Type: Digital library