What is the Perseus Project

The Perseus Project is an evolving digital library of resources for the study of the humanities. We are funded to perform research on developing tools to provide users with improved access to various types of materials. Past work has focused on building and linking together collections. Current work considers ways of developing and refining tools for presentation of the materials in the Perseus DL. We are primarily a research project, although we do incorporate services for our audience. For more on who we are and what we do, see the About Perseus page, our list of publications, and information on our collaborations.

Is this site free

Currently, we offer access to materials free of charge, with the exception of certain copyrighted images, noted below. As we explain elsewhere, we are not funded to provide services, but to do research on how people use these materials and how use may be improved or refined. We offer no warranty on use, as outlined here. Although portions of the data may be derived from public domain materials, the Perseus Project has created tools and structure to link this data to the remainder of the library. Please see copyright information for more on rights and right holders, and consider supporting Perseus with a donation.