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Greek Gods

Greek Gods: Greek Heroes

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides links to individual Ancient Greek heroes including famous ones like Heracles and Jason, Kings and Founders, Extraordinary Women, Olympic heroes, and others.
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Greek Gods

Greek Gods: Greek Heroes: Heracles

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site focuses on the Greek hero Heracles including his ancestry, pictures, events in his life, and links to myths about him.
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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: 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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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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Greek Gods

Greek Gods: Olympian Gods: Hermes

For Students 9th - 10th
This site focuses on Hermes, the Greek god of the trade, the god of eloquence, and a luck-bringing messenger of the gods. It provides biographical information, background, English and Greek pronunciations of his name, other titles,...