US Energy Information Administration
U.s. Eia Energy Kids: Timelines: Hydropower
Learn about key milestones in the use of hydropower, as a source of energy, beginning with its use by the ancient Greeks to grind grains.
Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia Britannica: Pindar
An Encyclopedia Britannica entry on the greatest lyric poet of ancient Greece discussing his style of poetry. For the full article, get a free trial!
Yale University
Ynhti: The Athenian Court and the American Court System
A lesson plan with the goal to provide knowledge about the Athenian Court system and compare it to the American court system.
Other
Greek Mythology Today and Myth of the Month
A large Greek mythology site focused on students and expressing a great love of Greek myth. Contains the Myth of the Month, as well as Homework Help concerning myths. Humorous and colorful.
Other
Macedonian Heritage
Macedonian Heritage offers an extensive look at the history, affairs, and culture of Macedonia. You can see timelines, documents, and look at maps of the area.
Bartleby
Bartleby.com: Bulfinch's Mythology: Bacchus
The history of the god Bacchus, the god of wine, includes the perilous circumstances of his birth and the foundation of his devotions, the Bacchanal.
Other
Central Macedonia
Provides a brief description of the geography of Macedonia in Greece, including its famous fertile plains.
Steven Kreis, PhD
The History Guide: Thucydides
Provides a brief biography of Thucydides as an aristocrat and explains the reasons he wrote the history of the Peloponnesian War.
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Clavis
A key. The key was used in very early times, and was probably introduced into Greece from Egypt; although Eustathius states, that in early times all fastenings were made by chains, and that keys were comparatively of a much later...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Bracae
Trowsers, pantaloons, were common to all the nations which encircled the Greek and Roman population, extending from the Indian to the Atlantic ocean, but were not worn by the Greeks and Romans themselves. Accordingly the monuments...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Arcus
The bow used for shooting arrows, is one of the most ancient of all weapons, but is characteristic of Asia rather than of Europe. In the Roman armies it was scarcely ever employed except by auxiliaries; and these auxiliaries, called...
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Arcus
The bow used for shooting arrows, is one of the most ancient of all weapons, but is characteristic of Asia rather than of Europe. In the Roman armies it was scarcely ever employed except by auxiliaries; and these auxiliaries, called...
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Arcus
The bow used for shooting arrows, is one of the most ancient of all weapons, but is characteristic of Asia rather than of Europe. In the Roman armies it was scarcely ever employed except by auxiliaries; and these auxiliaries, called...
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Calceus
A shoe or boot, anything adapted to cover and preserve the feet in walking. The use of shoes was by no means universal amount the Greeks and Romans. The Homeric heroes are represented without shoes when armed for battle. Socrates,...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Clipeus
The large shield worn by the Greeks and Romans, which was originally of the circular form, and is said to have been first used by Proetus and Acrisius or Argos, and therefore is called clipeus Argolicus, and likened to the sun. But the...
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Clipeus
The large shield worn by the Greeks and Romans, which was originally of the circular form, and is said to have been first used by Proetus and Acrisius or Argos, and therefore is called clipeus Argolicus, and likened to the sun. But the...