Perseus 2.0 User's Guide
by William Merrill
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction
Section 1.1: What is Perseus?
Section 1.2: Key Goals
Section 1.3: General Readers and Specialists
Section 1.4: New Features of Perseus 2.0
Section 1.5: Quick Entry for Perseus 2.0 Users
Section 1.6: The Concise Edition of Perseus 2.0
Section 1.7: Future Developments
Chapter 2: Equipment Requirements and Setup
Section 2.1: Hardware and Software Requirements
Section 2.1.1: Hardware
Section 2.1.2: Software
Section 2.2: Configurations for Perseus
Section 2.2.1: Using Perseus on a Single System
Section 2.2.2: Using Perseus on a Network
Section 2.3: Quick Startup
Section 2.4: Detailed Installation and Startup
Section 2.4.1: Hardware Installation
Section 2.4.2: Startup Procedure
Section 2.5: Using Hypercard (TM)
Section 2.5.1: Hypercard Issues That Affect Perseus
Section 2.5.2: Incompatibility of Hypercard with Other Applications
Section 2.5.3: Hypercard Search Paths (for System Administrators)
Section 2.6: Troubleshooting
Section 2.6.1: Chart
Section 2.6.2: Check the Memory Partition of Perseus Player or Hypercard
Section 2.6.3: Hardware
Section 2.6.4: Software
Chapter 3: The Perseus Environment, the Guided Tours, and Online Help
Section 3.1: The Perseus Environment: Some Basics
Section 3.1.1: Accessing Data in Perseus
Section 3.1.2: Using Tools to Search and Organize Data in Perseus
Section 3.2: Using Paths to Take Guided Tours of Perseus
Section 3.2.1: Novice Tour
Section 3.2.2: Expert Tour
Section 3.2.3: Philological Tour
Section 3.2.4: Archaeological Tour
Section 3.3: Online Help
Chapter 4: Tools for Navigating Perseus
Section 4.1: Buttons, Menus and Windows
Section 4.1.1: Buttons
Section 4.1.2: Menus
Section 4.1.3: Windows
Section 4.2: Perseus Gateway
Section 4.2.1: Perseus Resources
Section 4.2.2: Settings
Section 4.2.3: Home (Hypercard Function)
Section 4.2.4: Go To Path Index
Section 4.2.5: Perseus Information and Credits
Section 4.2.6: Quit (Hypercard Function)
Section 4.3: Navigator Palette
Section 4.4: Author/Drawing Credits
Section 4.5: Links Pull-Down Menu
Section 4.5.1: Lookup Tool
Section 4.5.2: Go To a New Perseus Resource or Tool
Section 4.5.3: Open a Links Menu Item in a New Window
Section 4.6: Perseus Menu
Section 4.6.1: Navigator
Section 4.6.2: Current Assignment
Section 4.6.3: Help
Section 4.6.4: Notebook
Section 4.6.5: Slide Shower
Section 4.6.6: Path Menu Items
Section 4.6.7: Video Controller
Section 4.6.8: Search Saver to Notebook
Section 4.6.9: Go To CD Swapper
Section 4.6.10: Stacks Currently Open
Chapter 5: Search Tools
Section 5.1: Browser
Section 5.2: Thumbnail Browser
Section 5.3: English Index
Section 5.4: Search Saver
Section 5.4.1: Saving Searches from the Browser
Section 5.4.2: Saving Searches from Other Perseus Databases
Section 5.4.3: Use the Search Saver to Notebook Feature
Chapter 6: Perseus Resources and Databases
Section 6.1: Historical Overview
Section 6.1.1: Table of Contents
Section 6.1.2: Topics
Section 6.2: Essays & Catalogs
Section 6.2.1: Greek Vase Painters
Section 6.2.2: Caskey-Beazley Vase Catalogs
Section 6.2.3: Sculpture Essay
Section 6.2.4: Historical Essay
Section 6.3: Art & Archaeology
Section 6.3.1: Art & Archaeology Index
Section 6.3.2: Sites
Section 6.3.3: Architecture
Section 6.3.4: Sculpture
Section 6.3.5: Vases
Section 6.3.6: Coins
Chapter 7: Atlas
Section 7.1: Introduction to the Atlas
Section 7.1.1: A Definition of Terms
Section 7.1.2: Map Themes
Section 7.1.3: Color Atlas Features
Section 7.2: Navigating the Atlas
Section 7.2.1: Graphic Maps, Graphic Map Indexes, and Detailed Maps
Section 7.2.2: Atlas Tools
Section 7.2.3: Atlas Menu
Section 7.2.4: Scroll Window
Section 7.3: Black and White Atlas Features
Section 7.3.1: Outline Maps
Section 7.3.2: Black and White Ccontour Maps
Section 7.4: The Atlas and Memory Issues
Chapter 8, part 1: Primary Texts
Section 8.1: Primary Texts Index
Section 8.2: Primary Texts Display
Section 8.2.1: Title
Section 8.2.2: Text Reference
Section 8.2.3: Meter or Structure
Section 8.2.4: Utility Bar
Section 8.3: Text Menu
Chapter 8, part 2: Philological Tools
Section 8.4: Philological Tools
Section 8.4.1: Key Terms: Words, Strings, Forms and Dictionary Entries
Section 8.4.2: Description and Limitations of the Philological Tools
Section 8.4.3: Calculating Frequencies
Section 8.4.4: Related Tools Button
Section 8.4.5: Overview of the Philological Tools
Section 8.4.6: Morphological Analysis Tool
Section 8.4.7: Greek-English Lexicon
Section 8.4.8: Greek Word Search
Section 8.4.9: Greek Words in Proximity
Section 8.4.10: English-Greek Word Search
Section 8.4.11: Greek Dictionary Entry Search
Section 8.4.12 Greek Word Frequencies
Chapter 9: Tools and References
Section 9.1: Tools & References Index
Section 9.2: Encyclopedia
Section 9.2.1: Subject Index
Section 9.2.2: Alphabetical Index
Section 9.2.3: Encyclopedia Article
Section 9.3: Bibliography
Section 9.3.1: Sources Used
Section 9.3.2: Further Sources
Chapter 10: Saving Your Work
Section 10.1: Personalizing Stacks
Section 10.2: Paths
Section 10.2.1: Current Path Stack
Section 10.2.2: Path Index
Section 10.2.3: Follow a Path
Section 10.2.4: Create a Path
Section 10.2.5: Path Card
Section 10.2.6: Use the Path Items from the Perseus Menu
Section 10.2.7: Path Conversion Perseus 1.0 to Version 2.0
Section 10.3: Notebook
Section 10.3.1: Notebook Index
Section 10.3.2: Note Card
Section 10.3.3: Search Saver to Notebook
Section 10.3.4: Lock Notebook Stack
Section 10.4: The CD Swapper
Section 10.4.1 Swapping CD-ROMS
Section 10.4.2 Storing and Recalling Requests
Section 10.5 Settings
Section 10.5.1 Path, Notebook and CD Swapper Settings
Section 10.5.2 Choose Image Type
Section 10.5.3 Window Control
Section 10.5.4 Detailed Configuration
Section 10.6 Current Assignment