About Perseus 2.0. Named for the Hellenic hero who explored the world to its most distant reaches, Perseus is a remarkable, award-winning digital resource that is revolutionizing the study of ancient Greece by expanding the ways in which ancient Greek literature, history, art, and archaeology can be examined. Now available for the first time for PCs and Windows-based computers, Perseus has been widely praised as one of the most innovative educational tools ever published Perseus is the work of a collaborative team including philologists, historians, and archaeologists.

Perseus 2.0 is the most comprehensive collection of primary sources and supporting reference materials on ancient Greece ever created. It contains over 380 texts in Greek and in translation, representing all of the major authors of the classical period and others, extensive morphological tools, art and archaeology resources, and much more. Superb navigational tools and hypertextual links make searching this enormous resource quick, intuitive, and effective. This unparalleled program supports teaching and study in literature, art, history, and language and is an invaluable resource for anyone interested in the ancient world.

Four CD-ROMs contain the complete textual database, encyclopedia, lexicon, and atlas, plus the complete visual database of 25,000 full-screen images.

Perseus is developed by a large team of classicists, including philologists, historians, and archaeologists. Major funding has been provided by the Annenberg/CPB Project, with additional support from the following: the National Science Foundation, Apple Computer, Inc., Boston University, Bowdoin College, the Foundation to Improve Postsecondary Education, the Getty Grant Program, Harvard University, the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Packard Humanities Institute, Tufts University, and Xerox Corporation.

Perseus 2.0 and its predecessor Perseus 1.0 (released in 1992) have been used in hundreds of high schools, colleges, libraries, and museums worldwide. Among the institutions that have used Perseus are:

Auburn University, Ball State University, Canisius College, Clark University, College of the Holy Cross, Dalton School, Hiram College, Howard University, National Gallery of Art, Rhodes College, Seton Hall University, Skidmore College, St. John's University, Stanford University, Temple University, and the University of Toronto.

The Perseus users forum is an excellent way to communicate with other users and get the latest information about Perseus. For information on subscribing, visit the forum home page here: http://www.egroups.com/group/perseusproject

The Perseus WWW Home Page: http://www.perseus.tufts.edu

The Perseus Home Page can be accessed from any networked computer using a World Wide Web client such as Netscape. Visit this site for prototypes of a networked Perseus, and samples from Perseus 2.0.

"If you have an interest in ancient Greece . . . you'll find Perseus endlessly fascinating."

"Perseus is quite simply a wonderful resource, developed-and this is crucial-by specialists who know their subject. And, equally important, they know what their subject has to offer, what is exciting about it, and how new technology might provide a different kind of access to the classical world from the traditional library or the encyclopedia. . . . Perseus is the Rolls-Royce of all classical interactive programs."

"For serious scholarly inquiry . . . Perseus does things beyond the reach of any other program, or of pen and paper."

"The variety of approaches to linking the content make Perseus an effective interactive teaching tool. . . . Perseus is probably the preeminent example of the multimedia program based on hypertext format. Since 1987, the tool has developed into a premiere product that represents what is the best in a quality mulitmedia program."