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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: 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: 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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Mythweb

Mythweb: Teaching Tips From Mythweb

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
"Teaching Tips from Mythweb" features lesson ideas for integrating mythology into the writing and reading curriculums of all grade levels.
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Greek Gods

Greek Gods: Demigods & Spirits: Hygieia

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about Hygieia, the goddess of health, tidiness, and pureness.
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Greek Gods

Greek Gods: Demigods & Spirits: Nemesis

For Students 9th - 10th
Read to learn about Nemesis, the spirit of divine retribution and a symbol of justice.
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Greek Gods

Greek Gods: Demigods & Spirits: Nyx

For Students 9th - 10th
Read to learn about Nyx, the goddess of the night, who meets the goddess of the day to transition from day to night.
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Greek Gods

Greek Gods: Demigods & Spirits: Selene

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about Selene, the goddess of the moon, the night and the months, and see her pictures.
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Greek Gods

Greek Gods: Demigods & Spirits: Styx

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn more about Styx, who personified the sacred river of the gods that separated the world of the living from the world of the dead.
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Greek Gods

Greek Gods: Monsters: Minotaur

For Students 9th - 10th
Read to learn more about Minotaur, a cannibalistic monster who had the body of a man and the head of a bull.
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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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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: The Myth of Icarus and Daedalus

For Students 9th - 10th
Amy Adkins explains the myth of Icarus and Daedalus. [5:08]
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CommonLit

Common Lit: "The Story of Prometheus and Pandora's Box" by James Baldwin

For Students 7th - 8th
A learning module that begins with the "The Story of Prometheus and Pandora's Box" by James Baldwin, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned...
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Greek Gods

Greek Gods: Monsters: Centaurs

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn more about the Centaurs, the half- horse creatures of ancient Greece and the spirits of the storm, who were generally lawless, aggressive creatures.
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Greek Gods

Greek Gods: Monsters: Cerberus

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn more about Cerberus, Hades' monster dog and the guard of the Underworld, who had three heads and snakes on his tail and mane. He guarding the entrance to the underworld to prevent the dead from exiting.
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Greek Gods

Greek Gods: Monsters: Cyclopes

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn more about the Cyclopes, mythological giants with only one round eye in their forehead. See why they only have one eye.
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Greek Gods

Greek Gods: Monsters: Giants

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn more about the Giants of Ancient Greece, huge, frightful monsters who tried to attach the Olympian gods.
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Greek Gods

Greek Gods: Monsters: Graeae

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn more about the Graeae, three old sisters who shared one tooth and one eye and responsible for the guard of the Gorgons.
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Greek Gods

Greek Gods: Monsters: Sphinx

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the frightful Sphinx, his riddle, and who solved it.
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Greek Gods

Greek Gods: Monsters: Typhon (Typhoeus)

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn more about Typhon, a terrifying part man part beast monster whose mission was to destroy the earth and cause problems for Zeus.

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