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Comparison of Perseus Digital Library vs. Perseus CDs
Some of the materials in the Perseus Digital Library have been released on CD-Rom: Perseus has produced three CD-Rom packages, all published by Yale University Press.
Building on the success of the 1992 CD-ROM release of Perseus 1.0: Interactive Sources and Studies on Ancient Greek Culture, the Perseus Project produced Perseus 2.0 (Macintosh only) in 1996 and Platform Independent Perseus 2.0 in 2000.
The Perseus Project does not sell or provide technical support for Perseus CD-Roms: all inquiries about purchasing Perseus CDs should be directed to Yale University Press, special projects division. Platform Independent Perseus 2.0 is available for the Macintosh or for Windows on four CD-Roms, or in a concise version on one CD-Rom.
You may read more about the advantages of Platform Independent Perseus 2.0 in a past issue of the Perseus Newsletter. Keep in mind that the main difference between the CD-ROM and the Perseus Digital Library is that we provide access to this WWW version as an act of collegiality but without any guarantees, implicit or otherwise. We make no guarantees about access to any materials at any time. See the site policy page for more information.
| Perseus 2.0/PIP (CD-ROM versions) | Perseus Digital Library | |
| Atlas | Four themes & three functions | Multiple layers of information on one theme with expanded links to Perseus tools and the ability to plot sites from within a text. |
| Art & Archaeology: | ||
| Catalog Entries | entries for 1,420 vases, 366 sculptures and sculptural groups, 523 coins, 381 buildings and 179 sites | entries for 1,642 vases, over 1,844 sculptures and sculptural groups, 1,297 coins, 390 buildings, 78 sites and 140 gems. |
| Site Plans | Large & Small site plans | Large plans only |
| Number of Images | over 24,000 (comprehensive versions) | over 38,000 available to all, with 25,000 in process. |
| Texts & Text Tools: | ||
| Texts | 420+ works by 31 authors in Greek & English | More authors, more works, and more languages (such as Latin). |
| Text Tools | morphological analysis; word search; word frequencies; English to Greek/Latin searches; words in proximity | Enhanced morphological analysis tools as well as new text tools (word collocation, synonym tool, words in context, etc.) |
| Lexica | Intermediate Liddell-Scott | Intermediate Liddell-Scott, plus the Liddell-Scott-Jones Greek-English Lexicon (LSJ9) and the Lewis and Short Latin dictionary. |
| New Collections | not included | English Renaissance materials, Bolles' London, Archimedes, American Memory, Tufts' History, and more. |
For more information on the versions of Perseus, consult the Help & Information Center, which features on-line manuals for CD releases, and help documents for the Perseus Digital Library.
Perseus 2.0 order form.
Thanks for your interest!
Last updated November 15, 2000.