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Greek Gods

Greek Gods: Greek Heroes: Achilles

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site focuses on Achilles including his ancestry, his participation in the Trojan War, and his weakness ("Achilles heel"). It offers links to pictures and myths about Achilles.
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Greek Gods

Greek Gods: Greek Heroes: Calchas

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site focuses on Calchas, ancient Greek seer famous for his interpretations of omens. It includes his ancestry, his part in the Trojan War, and his death.
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Greek Gods

Greek Gods: Greek Heroes: Tiresias

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about Tiresias, the famous blind seer and his prophecies. Find out how and why he was blinded and learn some of his famous prophecies.
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Greek Gods

Greek Gods: Greek Heroes: Agamemnon

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Learn more about Agamemnon, King of Mycenae and leader and hero of the Trojan War in this site. See pictures and links to myths about him.
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Greek Gods

Greek Gods: Greek Heroes: Cephalus

For Students 9th - 10th
Read to learn more about Cephalus, a famous hunter from Athens and the first king of the Ionian island of Cephalonia. See what the lack of trust can do to a relationship.
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Greek Gods

Greek Gods: Greek Heroes: Alcestis

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about Alcestis, a princess known for her unconditional love and heroism. See what her husband had to go through to win the honor and her sacrifice to save him.
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Greek Gods

Greek Gods: Greek Heroes: Danae

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about Princess Danae and why her father locked her away and later cast her and her baby out into the sea in a wooden box.
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Greek Gods

Greek Gods: Greek Heroes: Europe

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about Europe, the Greek princess for whom the continent of Europe was named. Learn how she was abducted by Zeus in disguise.
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Greek Gods

Greek Gods: Greek Heroes: Pandora

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about Pandora, the first woman created by the Olympian gods, and learn about what happened when she opened the jar she was forbidden to open.
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Greek Gods

Greek Gods: Greek Heroes: Psyche

For Students 9th - 10th
Read this and learn the story of Psyche and Eros. Do they get back together after the terrible accident?
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Greek Gods

Greek Gods: Greek Heroes: Pelops

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Will Pelops win the chariot race to wed his love? Read to learn Pelops's story.
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Greek Gods

Greek Gods: Greek Heroes: Actaeon

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about Actaeon, who was turned into a stag as punishment for accidentally seeing Artemis naked. Learn what happened to him as a result.
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Greek Gods

Greek Gods: Greek Heroes: Bellerophon

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Read about Bellerophon, the master of the winged horse Pegasus, in this passage.
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Greek Gods

Greek Gods: Geek Heroes: Daedalus

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about Daedalus, the most famous architect, painter, sculptor, and inventor of Ancient Athens.
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Website
Mythweb

Mythweb

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This kid-friendly site provides a collection of links for the following topics: major Greek gods, a Greek mythology game, major Greek heroes, myths' importance today, and a mythology encyclopedia. Additional links are provided for those...
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Other

Bernard Suzanne: Plato and His Dialogues: Heracles (Hercules)

For Students 9th - 10th
Read an extensive, scholarly retelling of the stories of Heracles and of the legends that surround him, including descriptions of his twelve labors and the geographical locations corresponding to the myths.
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Article
National Earth Science Teachers Association

Windows to the Universe: Gaea/mother Earth

For Students 3rd - 8th
This website focuses on Gaea the great goddess of the early Greeks. She is also known as Mother Earth. Use this website to see a picture of Gaea.
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Greek Gods

Greek Gods: Greek Heroes: Helen

For Students 9th - 10th
Read to learn more about Helen, "the most beautiful woman in the world," and learn how the Trojan War began.
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Classical and Modern Heroes

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson introduces classical and modern heroes.
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Other

Mythology Guide

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
"We have collected information on Greek and Roman myths. You can find information on our selection of topics by clicking on the appropriate God or myth name below." Provides simply-worded yet detailed summaries of the major myths of the...