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The Internet Classics Archive, originally known as The Tech Classics Archive, has received many awards over the years and is referenced from over 10,000 pages around the Web. It is also extensively referenced from the online edition of Encyclopaedia Brittanica.

PC Magazine Top 100 Web Sites
"In a world of Achilles' heels, Oedipus complexes, platonic relationships, and cesarean sections, you ought to know your classic texts as well as you know your sitcoms. The Tech Classics Archive provides such an education you may even discard your Cliffs Notes collection."
	Point Communications Top 5%
	"For Netheads who ain't got no cultcha, this undergrad-run MIT Web site provides an unbelievable education."
WebCrawler formerly the Whole Internet Catalog Best of the Net
"A superb site that uses modern technology to spread the wisdom of the classics."
	QuickClue QuickLinks
	"Do you think that Plato is that stuff you played with as a kid and that Xenophon is the name of a new long distance carrier? Well, perhaps the classics page at MIT is for you."
Eliki The Eliki Award
"For Exemplary Design and Outstanding Achievement and Commitment to presenting Classics on the Web"
	Discovery Channel School Valuable Internet Resource
	"...has been selected as a valuable Internet resource for Discovery Channel School's Great Books Program for spring 1998."
Yahoo Cool Link
The archive was featured in the March 1995 issue of i/s, the MIT Information Systems newsletter, in an article titled "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum: The Classics Get a Digital Archive"
	rhetor.com Site of the Month January, 1997
	"The archive is sporting a new look, and resides on a new server. Some new features have been added, including a trivia section, a "recent work" window that pops up if you have a JavaScript-enabled browser, and a "featured work" on the home page."
JAMMIN (Greek television show) Cool Site of the Week May 11, 1997
"Cool, huh? Good looking also! Way to go, American fellows!"
	L.A. Times Times Pick June 25, 1997 April 22, 1998
	"To read the originals, try the Internet Classics Archive at MIT for translations of almost 400 works."
Political Site of the Day Political Site of the Day November 12, 1997
Specifically honored Aristotle's Politics.
	World Village Too Cool School House Educational Site of the Week January 4, 1998
	"A superb digital repository that makes classical literature available and searchable online"
Episteme Links Gem of the Web April-May, 1998
	WebTrips Network Rockin' Site of the Week June 2, 1998
The History Channel Recommended Site	Brain Bait Golden Links Award
Magellan 4-Star Site	I-Way (WEBNOW) I-Way 500
Forum Romanum The Perseus Award	CyberLatin The Odysseus Award for Promotion of the Classics
Lady Socrates The Socrates Award for Thought Provoking Content	Mr. Allison Select Site
2ask.com Best of the Planet People's Choice	The Password Password Pick
WebFlier Wings Award Resource-One Awesome Site Awesome Library Star Rating