perseus-mcp MCP Server

A high-quality MCP server for Classical Greek and Latin literature. It runs as a local FastMCP server so MCP-capable applications can attach these Perseus tools to the LLM/model provider of your…

Local serverstdio

What is the perseus-mcp Server?

perseus-mcp is an MCP project maintained in the tonyjurg/perseus-mcp repository. The maintainer describes its purpose as “A high-quality MCP server for Classical Greek and Latin literature. It runs as a local FastMCP server so MCP-capable applications can attach these Perseus tools…”. Read the project documentation for the complete scope.

Local setup

The project provides a local client configuration using uv. Follow the repository’s build and installation steps before copying it, and replace example paths with the paths on your own computer.

Source

Project documentation · Repository · Discovery listing. This profile records the public documentation checked on 2026-10-08.

How to install the perseus-mcp Server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "perseus": {
      "command": "uv",
      "args": [
        "--directory",
        "/full/path/to/Perseus-mcp",
        "run",
        "perseus-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

From the project documentation. Replace placeholders and example paths before connecting.