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Helps for Studying Vases in Perseus
Contents
- The Basics
Vases in Perseus
The Basics . . .
- Each of the 5 major divisions of Perseus 1, or the 6 divisions of Perseus 2 opens by putting you into a finding aid -- a kind of index.
- Text files in Perseus are composed on HyperCard stacks, which you can imagine as a stack of 3 x 5 inch note cards. You can advance from one to the next by clicking on the right arrow in the navigator, or move back by the left arrow or the keyboard shortcut, command-~. This is true of all kinds of texts in Perseus, texts as diverse as:
- the indices by which you enter the major divisions of Perseus
- the historical overview itself
- classical Greek texts and their translations
- descriptions of scenes on vases
- descriptions of relief sculptures like the friezes of the Parthenon
- descriptions of pictures of archaeological sites or buildings
Every object in the Art & Archaeology databases has two corresponding cards: the Summary Card and the Description Card by which it is accessed and indexed, and which identify and describe the corresponding object. These cards for vases are called Pottery Summary Card and Pottery Description Card.
You can toggle back and forth between Summary and Description Cards by clicking on the buttons marked "Description" and "Summary" in the upper right corner, top zone, of every card.
Every photograph is accompanied, when it first appears on the screen, by a small window with photo or drawing credits. Credits should be included in any student paper which reproduces photographs or drawings from Perseus. The window may be closed for unobstructed viewing of the image.
Remember, in Perseus you click only once to activate any option. If you click twice, the 2nd click may unintentionally initiate some procedure or open some file which you did not intend.
Helps for study of Vases in Perseus
Your best help in working with vases in the Perseus Encyclopedia. Simply highlight any technical term found in the description or summary cards, and select Encyclopedia in the Links Bar Menu. The Perseus Encyclopedia will provide you with instant definitions and drawings or other illustrations.
The same procedure may be followed for names of deities and other proper names found in the description or summary cards.
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