Curated OER
The Role of Myths
Fourth graders describe myths, and examine the characteristics and purposes of myths in Greek culture. They analyze the influences of myths in modern-day culture.
Emory University
Emory University: Odyssey Online
Odyssey Online is a resource for both students and teachers as they explore world mythology in reading, writing, history, and art classes. Providing sections on Near Eastern, Egyptian, Greek, Roman, and African mythology, Odyssey uses...
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Internet Classics Archive: Medea (Euripides)
MIT offers an online version of the classical play "Medea" by the Greek playwright Euripides.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Greek and Roman Mythology
This is a comprehensive unit on Greek and Roman mythology including essential questions, key terms, background information, reading assignments from both Greek and Roman mythology, influences of them today, assignments such as creating a...
SparkNotes
Spark Notes: Mythology by Edith Hamilton
This site offers all you need to read and study Mythology by Edith Hamilton. It includes an overview, a character list, an introduction to classical mythology, the themes, motifs, and symbols, a summary and analysis, the full text, a...
Mythweb
Mythweb: Bellerophon
Fun, illustrated trip through the story of "Bellerophon" from Greek mythology. Well-suited for younger audiences. Each page summarizes a part of the story along with a very eye-catching, animated illustration.
Mythweb
Mythweb: Perseus and the Gorgon Medusa
Fun, illustrated trip through the story of Perseus from Greek mythology well suited for younger audiences. Each page summarizes part of the story along with a very eye-catching, animated illustration.
Mythweb
Mythweb: The Labors of Hercules (Heracles)
The story of the twelve labors of Hercules, delightfully told with comic illustrations in slideshow format.
Greek Gods
Greek Gods: Olympian Gods: Aphrodite
This site focuses on Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love, beauty and eternal youth. It includes biographical and family information, the English and Greek pronunciations of her name, and links to her myths, pictures, places of worship,...
Greek Gods
Greek Gods: Olympian Gods: Ares
This site focuses on Ares, the Olympian god of war and defense and figure behind violence. It provides biographical information, background, English and Greek pronunciations of his name, other titles, pictures, myths, and his places of...
Greek Gods
Greek Gods: Olympian Gods: Artemis
This site focuses on Artemis, the Greek goddess of the hunt and the moon and protector of expectant women and the young. It provides biographical information, background, English and Greek pronunciations of her name, other titles,...
Greek Gods
Greek Gods: Olympian Gods: Athena
This site focuses on Athena, the Greek goddess of Wisdom, Skill and War. It provides biographical information, background, English and Greek pronunciations of her name, other titles, pictures, myths, and her places of worship.
Greek Gods
Greek Gods: Olympian Gods: Demeter
This site focuses on Demeter, the Greek goddess of agriculture and vegetation. It provides biographical information, background, English and Greek pronunciations of her name, other titles, pictures, myths, and her places of worship.
Greek Gods
Greek Gods: Olympian Gods: Hephaestus
This site focuses on Hephaestus, the Greek God of Metallurgy and the Smith of the Olympian Gods. It provides biographical information, background, English and Greek pronunciations of his name, other titles, pictures, myths, and his...
Greek Gods
Greek Gods: Olympian Gods: Hera
This site focuses on Hera, the Greek goddess of marriage and family and the protector of married women. It provides biographical information, background, English and Greek pronunciations of her name, other titles, pictures, myths, and...
Greek Gods
Greek Gods: Olympian Gods: Hestia
This site focuses on Hestia, the goddess of the hearth, home and family. It provides biographical information, background, English and Greek pronounciations of her name, other titles, pictures, myths, and her worshipers.
Greek Gods
Greek Gods: Olympian Gods: Poseidon
This site focuses on Poseidon, the Greek god of the seas, the horses, and the earthquakes. It provides biographical information, background, English and Greek pronunciations of his name, other titles, pictures, myths, and his places of...
Greek Gods
Greek Gods: Olympian Gods: Zeus
This site focuses on Zeus, the supreme god in Ancient Greece, the father of the Olympian gods, and the ruler of mankind. It provides biographical information, background, English and Greek pronunciations of his name, other titles,...
Greek Gods
Greek Gods: First Greek Gods: Theogony: Chaos
Learn about the first Greek gods who were created out of Chaos, a primeval state of existence. Learn how it all began and see Chaos' family tree.
Greek Gods
Greek Gods: The First Greek Gods and Goddesses: "Theogony"
"Theogony," a famous poem, by Hesiod explains the beginnings of Greek Mythology's first Greek Gods and Goddesses. From Chaos came Gaea (Earth), Uranus (the Heaven), and Eros (Desire) who produced the Titans and from them, the Olympian gods.
Greek Gods
Greek Gods: Greek Mythology: The Ancient Greek Titans
This site focuses on the ancient Greek Titans, a race of primordial, powerful deities that ruled during the legendary Golden Age. It offers links to individual Titans including the superior, main, and others.
Greek Gods
Greek Gods: Deucalion's Flood and the Creation of the New Human Race
Read this Greek Mythology story of the destruction of the earth by flood. Try comparing it to the story of Noah's Ark from the Bible.
Greek Gods
Greek Gods: Demigods & Spirits: Nereus, a Marine Deity
Learn about Nereus, a truthful and good-natured marine deity, who went from being half fish and half man to fully human and was father to 50 beautiful mermaids, the Nereids.
Greek Gods
Greek Gods: Demigods & Spirits: Proteus, Marine Deity From Egypt
Learn about Proteus, a gentle marine deity from Egypt and the personification of the waves who received the gift of prophecy.