Digital Encyclopaedia of the Hellenic World

The Encyclopaedia of the Hellenic World (EHW) is an original electronic project aiming at collecting, recording, documenting, presenting and promoting the historical data that testify to the presence of Hellenic culture throughout time and space. EHW includes entries that concern geographical-cultural areas lying beyond the borders of the Hellenic nation-state.

The privately funded Foundation for the Hellenic World was created in 1993 to preserve Hellenic history and tradition and to raise awareness of Greek contributions throughout time periods and geographical regions. To that end, the scope of the Digital Encyclopedia of the Hellenic World (EWH) extends far beyond the classical period or classical boundaries of the Greek mainland or islands.

A sister project, the Cultural Portal of the Aegean Archipelago, is also available http://www2.egeonet.gr/aigaio/Forms/fmain.aspx. Though libraries may house print resources that touch on topics covered by EHW--such as the Encyclopedia of Greece and the Hellenic Tradition, edited by G. Speake (CH, Jun'01, 38-5314), or the more recent Classical Tradition, edited by A. Grafton, G. W. Most, and S. Settis (CH, Mar'11, 48-3621)--those works do not offer this Web site's depth of coverage or ease of access.

Highly recommended by Choice, ACRL, August 2011.