Free library of classic and ancient texts as interlinears, letting an assistant list books, read passages word by word, look up words and search the corpus.
What you can do
List the books in the library, from Homer and Plato to Dante and Gnostic texts
Read a single passage as an interlinear: original text, word-by-word table with transliteration, meaning and dictionary form, flowing English, editors' note and citation
Look up an original-language word, mostly Ancient and Koine Greek, to get its dictionary entry, senses, etymology and source lexicon
Search the whole library or one book by English translation or original text, returning up to 10 references with a line of English
When to use it
Useful when an assistant needs to quote, translate or explain classical and ancient texts, or to check the meaning and dictionary form of a Greek word while reading.
Requirements
A remote streamable HTTP endpoint; no package, account, API key or environment variable is declared.
Before you install
The library is read-only: tools list, read, look up and search, with no writing or deletion. Queries are sent to the remote provider's server.
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Lists the books in the Great Library Project, a free library of classic and ancient texts (Homer, Plato, the Gospels, Gnostic texts, Ugaritic myths, Dante and more) presented as interlinears: the original-language text with every word glossed in English beneath it, plus a flowing English translation. Returns each book's title, author, original language, how complete it is, why it matters, and links to its landing page and its word-by-word reader. Use this first to find the right book name for get_passage or search.
Parameterslanguage
get_passage
Read one passage word by word
Returns ONE passage of a book as an interlinear: the original text, a word-by-word table (each word, its transliteration, its everyday meaning, its literal sense where that differs, and its dictionary form), the flowing English, the editors' note, a citation string, and links to read it in the reader. Optionally adds the immediately following or preceding passage (never more than two passages per call; whole chapters or books are not available, by design). Refs look like "1.1" (Odyssey book 1 line 1), "17a" (Plato, Apology, Stephanus page), "1.1" (John 1:1), "77" (Gospel of Thomas, saying 77). When quoting, include the citation and the reader link.
Parametersrefrequiredbookrequiredneighbor
lookup_word
Look up a word
Looks up an original-language word (mostly Ancient and Koine Greek; any accents are fine, a dictionary form works best, an inflected form usually works too). Returns the dictionary entry the library uses (headword, transliteration, part of speech, senses, etymology, and the named source lexicon such as LSJ or Autenrieth), and up to 10 places the word occurs across the library, each with a short line of context, the gloss at that spot, a citation and a link that opens the reader at that line.
Parametersbookwordrequired
search
Search the library
Finds passages across the library (or in one book) whose English translation or original text contains the query. Returns up to 10 matches as references with one line of English and links; call get_passage to read a match word by word. Greek can be typed with or without accents.
Parametersbooklimitqueryrequired
Version history
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v1.0.0LatestOct 17, 2026
Score
83%
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