About this project
Welcome to Lexundria, a digital library of classical antiquity. Although most of the texts on this site can be found elsewhere on the internet, this project aims to make them accessible in a maximally convenient and research-friendly format.
Finding a passage
Most classical texts are cited using a standard system of chapter and section divisions (analogous to the verse divisions of the Bible). These divisions are clearly marked in the texts on this site, even when the underlying print editions do not contain them.
To quickly locate a passage, enter its standard “pin” citation in the Lexundria search box. For example:
- Vitr. 1.2.3one section
- Vitr. 1.2.3-8a range of sections
- Vitr. 2.3a chapter
The search tool will isolate the passage and display it.
Finding a phrase
The Lexundria search tool also allows you to search the library for words or phrases. For example:
- Antoniussearches the entire library for “Antonius”
To limit your search to a single work, add a backslash followed by the standard abbreviation for that work:
- Antonius \Cic. Phil.limits the search to Cicero’s Philippics
By default, Lexundria will conduct a natural-language search. To conduct a Boolean search instead, add an equals sign to the beginning of the query and use the plus (+) and minus (-) signs to indicate which terms must or must not appear:
- =+Caesar -Ciceropassage must contain “Caesar” but not “Cicero”
Comparing editions
When Lexundria hosts more than one edition of a work, you will see a “Compare editions” option at the bottom of the work’s version menu. Select this to compare the editions side by side, one unit of text at a time. See, for example, the comparison page for Epicurus’s Principal Doctrines, which displays the original Greek alongside two English translations.
Contact
To get in touch, please write to: contact@lexundria.com
Philip Huff
Editor