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Greek Gods: Demigods & Spirits: Muses

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the Muses, the nine goddesses over the Arts and the Sciences, whose job was to make humans forget their sorrows and cares.
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Greek Gods: Demigods & Spirits: Nymphs

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the Nymphs, young goddesses of Nature including the sea, the land, and the woods.
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Greek Gods: Demigods & Spirits: Pleiades

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the Pleiades, seven sisters and goddesses of the mountains, who were turned into doves and then stars to form the famous Pleiades.
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Greek Gods: Demigods & Spirits: The Winds (Anemoi)

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the Winds (Anemoi), the personifications of the wind's various directions. The most important Winds were Zephyrus, Boreas, Notus and Eurus and others were Skiron, Kaikias, Apeliotis and Lips.
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Greek Gods: Demigods & Spirits: Adonis

For Students 9th - 10th
Adonis was a handsome young hunter who was sent by Aphrodite to be reared by Persephone until he was grown, but she refused to give him up because he was so handsome. Read more to see what happened.
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Greek Gods: Demigods & Spirits: Asclepius

For Students 9th - 10th
Asclepius, the god of healing and medicine, was the personification of the ideal doctor. He even had the power to raise the dead. Zeus feared his power; read to find out what he did to Asclepius.
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Greek Gods: Demigods & Spirits: Eros

For Students 9th - 10th
Eros (Cupid), the winged god of Love in Ancient Greece, shot golden arrows into the hearts of both humans and gods.
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Greek Gods: Demigods & Spirits: Hebe

For Students 9th - 10th
Hebe, the goddess of youth and the cupbearer of the gods, was married to Heracles and acted as a servant to the Olympian gods.
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Greek Gods: Demigods & Spirit: Helios

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about Helios, the personification of the sunlight.
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Greek Gods: Demigods & Spirits: Hemera

For Students 9th - 10th
Hemera was the goddess of the day, the female embodiment of daylight, in Greek Mythology.
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Greek Gods: Demigods & Spirits: Hyacinth

For Students 9th - 10th
Hyacinth was a handsome young man from Sparta, Greece, and a lover of Apollo, whose shed blood was used to create the flower Hyacinth.
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Greek Gods: Demigods & Spirits: Hypnos

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about Hypnos (Sleep), the god who calmed the tired and sent dreams to mortals.
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Greek Gods: Demigods & Spirits: Iris

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the golden-winged Iris who was a goddess of the sea and the sky, the personification of the rainbow, and the female messenger of the gods.
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Greek Gods: Ancient Greece

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a list of links to 20 archaeological sites of Greece, Cyprus, and Italy with temples and places of worship, dating back to ancient times.
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Greek Gods: Ancient Greece: Anafi

For Students 9th - 10th
This site focuses on the Ancient Greece island of Anafi, a small island of the Cyclades, located east of Santorini. It is also known as the Island of the Argonauts.
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Greek Gods: Ancient Greece: Athens

For Students 9th - 10th
This site focuses on Ancient Athens, the largest and most prosperous city in Ancient Greece and the birthplace of Democracy. It was named after Athena, the goddess of wisdom. It also offers a virtual tour of the Acropolis.
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Greek Gods: Ancient Greece: Corinth

For Students 9th - 10th
This site focuses on Ancient Corinth, the wealthiest city in the ancient world which was located on the north side of the Peloponnese, in southern Greece, and was the home of Bellerophon (the master of the winged horse Pegasus). It...
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Greek Gods: Ancient Greece: Argos

For Students 9th - 10th
This site focuses on the city of Argos, the second oldest city in Ancient Greece and the sanctuary of Hera.
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Greek Gods: Ancient Greece: Brauron

For Students 9th - 10th
This site focuses on the Ancient Greek city of Brauron, the Sanctuary of Artemis located on the Aegean coast, about 35 km from Athens.
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Greek Gods: Ancient Greece: Cephalonia

For Students 9th - 10th
This site focuses on the Ancient Greek city of Cephalonia, the largest Ionian island which named for the mythical hunter Cephalus.
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Greek Gods: Ancient Greece: Eleusis

For Students 9th - 10th
This site focuses on the Ancient Greek city of Eleusis, the Sacred Place of Demeter and one of the 5 sacred cities of Ancient Greece.
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Greek Gods: Ancient Greece: Delos

For Students 9th - 10th
This site focuses on the ancient Greek island of Delos, the birthplace of Apollo and Artemis, which was declared the sacred Island of Antiquity.
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Greek Gods: Ancient Greece: Delphi

For Students 9th - 10th
This site focuses on the ancient Greek city of Delphi, the Ancient Center of the World and the most popular archeological site in Greece after Athens. It also provides a YouTube video of the Delphic Maxims, aphorisms from Apollo to the...
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Greek Gods: Ancient Greece: Ephesus

For Students 9th - 10th
This site focuses on the ancient Greek city of Ephesus, a well preserved ancient city on the coast of Asia Minor, which was the home of the Temple of Artemis, one of the Seven World Wonders.