Credo Topic Pages
Brings together various resources available through the library's subscription databases. Designed by Credo Reference, topic pages provide excellent background material including definitions, encyclopedia entries, scholarly articles and relevant e-books.
Plato and his Context
- Metropolitan Museum of Art: The Greek and Roman WorldThe Met has a phenomenal collection of Greek and Roman art, you can explore their exhibitions online and read corresponding essays but it is worth a trip up to 5th avenue and 82nd street. Hint: Although it seems that there is an admission cost in reality you can "pay what you wish"
- Philosophers and Kings: Plato's Republic, I-II (Open Yale Courses)An online lecture on the Republic from the Yale course, Introduction to Political Philosophy
- The Allegory of the Cave - Plato (Youtube)A short video of Plato's story, which is a excerpt from The Republic.
- THEOI Greek MythologyA site exploring Greek Gods and mythology in classical literature and art
