I found this wonderful database filled with classical primary sources. The Perseus Digital Library has a vast collection of classical (Greek and Roman) primary sources. They have the original, for those who can read classical Greek and Latin, and a translated version for most, if not all, of their texts. These texts include writings like Virgil's Aeneid, Euripides' the Trojan Women and Favius Josephus' The Wars of the Jews. They also have Arabic, Germanic, and Renaissance material (which I haven't looked at yet).
The writings are listed alphabetically by author, so if you know who wrote it, you can find it. Also, they have a study tool which lets you click on a word and see what the most accepted definition of it is (this tool is obviously only available for non-English texts). Personally, I haven't used this tool because I don't know Latin or Greek enough (or linguistic-speak) to know how to use it, but I'm sure it's helpful for a lot of people.
This site is one of the best sources for primary material I have ever seen. I haven't even looked at everything simply because there is so much of it.
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