Perseus Digital Library

So it's been an eventful summer for the Perseus Digital Library! Please check out our latest blog post(https://sites.tufts.edu/perseusupdates/2026/08/17/ongoing-perseus-disruptions-and-future-plans/) for some new information on ongoing P4 outages as well as two exciting new projects: MVP (Minimum Viable Perseus) and the Perseus Multitext Viewer!

There are a number of exciting new development to discuss at Perseus! To begin with, a long planned move of the Scaife Viewer to the Tufts IT infrastructure has finally occurred.

Many of our long term Perseus Digital Library 4.0 (P4) users have requested that the morphology and dictionary tools available in P4 also be implemented in the Scaife Viewer.

Another common request has been the addition of more reference works found in P4 such as commentaries on individual authors (e.g. Cicero, Sophocles, Homer), which form an integral part of the P4 reading environment. We are happy to announce that the first steps towards both of these requested features have been taken and are now available for use on the Scaife Viewer. To read more, please visit our blog: (https://sites.tufts.edu/perseusupdates/2026/04/27/updates-to-the-scaife-viewer-dictionaries-commentaries-and-a-preliminary-interface-redesign/)

April 8 Update:

Perseus access has been restored. We will continue to monitor the traffic and post further updates as necessary.

Perseus 4.0 Outage

As of April 7, 2026, malicious traffic has interrupted service on Perseus 4.0 and related sites.

The Scaife Viewer remains online at this writing.

We will update when we have further information