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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...
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Greek Mythology Today and Myth of the Month

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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Music History Online: Music Before the 16th Century

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about music dating from the early Neanderthals to the Proto-Renaissance period. Also included is music from the Greeks and Romans as well as the early Christian church.
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Bartleby

Bartleby.com: Bulfinch's Mythology: The Age of Fable

For Students 9th - 10th
Bulfinch's collection of Greek and Roman myths is available here in full text format. A little known feature of this work is its sections on Eastern mythology, Northern mythology and a section on Druid religion.
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Mythweb

Mythweb: Greek Mythology: The Labors of Heracles from Greek Mythology

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
A modern retelling of the Greek myth of Heracles, also known in Roman mythology as Hercules. The story begins with Heracles' birth and tells of his twelve labors, including defeating the Nemean Lion, the Hydra, the Minotaur, and more....
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Middlebury College

Middlebury College: Essays on the Latin Authors

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Middlebury College provides unique and useful essays on a variety of Latin authors in ancient Roman literature.
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Google

Google Maps: Virtual Tour of Pergamon Museum, Berlin

For Students 9th - 10th
Take a virtual tour through the Pergamon Museum located on Museum Island in Berlin. This world famous museum has life-size, reconstructed monuments from ancient civilizations, including the Pergamon Altar of Zeus, the Roman Market Gate...
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Ap Literature & Composition: Allusion and Symbols

For Students 9th - 10th
This unit focuses on allusions and symbols using the poem "To His Coy Mistress" by Andrew Marvell and Dante's Inferno. It provides links to a list of common allusions from the Bible and Greek/Roman mythology, Dictionary of Symbolism, and...
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Intro to Odyssey

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Greek and Roman mythology come alive as students follow Odysseus's journey. Epic poetry and heroes are introduced.
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Curated OER

Fact Monster: Greek and Roman Mythology

For Students 6th - 8th
A comprehensive "who's who" listing of the names and descriptions of Greek and Roman deities.
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University of Massachusetts Lowell: Italian Renaissance: Neoplatonism

For Students 9th - 10th
This site explains how the Platonic tradition was revived in Italian Renaissance humanism. It presents an analysis of Ancient Greece and Plato's thought, and then describes how his ideas were adapted to fit humanistic teaching. It also...
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Mythweb

Mythweb: The Olympians

For Students 9th - 10th
Mythweb profiles selected gods and goddesses from Greek mythology who ruled from Mt. Olympus, including Aphrodite, Apollo, Ares, Artemis, Athena, Demeter, Dionysus, Hephaestus, Hera, Hermes, Poseidon, and Zeus.
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University of Tennessee: An Ancient Greek Hymn to the Muse

For Students 9th - 10th
This site shows an Ancient Greek Hymn in musical notation, along with audio files. Also includes links to other ancient musical works.
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University of Calgary

U Calgary: Italy During the Decline of the Etruscan League and the Rise of Rome

For Students 9th - 10th
A map showing the relative small size of Rome in relation to its neighbors in 380 BC. The Greek colonies are shown at the foot of the boot of Italy, the Etruscan League is to the north and the Italic Tribes to the east.
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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: Greek Heroes: Odysseus

For Students 9th - 10th
This site focuses on Odysseus including his ancestry, his participation in the Trojan War, his ten-year journey at sea, and pictures and myths about him
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Greek Gods

Greek Gods: Monsters: Satyrs

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the Satyrs, half-man and half-goat mythological creatures, whose leader was Pan.
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Greek Mythology: Zeus

For Students 9th - 10th
This comprehensive resource, compiled by Carlos Parada, author of the Genealogical Guide to Greek Mythology and lecturer at Lund University (Sweden), details Zeus's (Roman name "Jupiter") large family and discusses his many feats and...
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Curated OER

Greek Lamp

For Students 9th - 10th
This site takes a brief look at aspects of ancient Roman private life. It examines where the Romans lived, describes some of their household goods, and includes clear color pictures. Links at the end of the article provide information on...
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Curated OER

Etc: Maps Etc: Roman Power After the Samnite Wars, 290 Bc

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of the Roman territories on the Italian Peninsula after the Samnite Wars in 290 BC, showing the cities of Rome, Beneventum, Capua, Naples, and Ausculum, including the territories of Latium, Etruscans, and Samnites under Roman...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: The Enduring Art of Marble Sculpture

For Students 9th - 10th
In the 5th century B.C., Greek artists perfected an idealized version of the human form, representing figures with youthful, serene faces and toned bodies in elegant, balanced poses. Painters and sculptors of later centuries were greatly...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Gems of Antiquity

For Students 9th - 10th
The beauty of carved gemstones has captivated craftsmen, collectors, and connoisseurs since antiquity. Precious markers of culture and status, gems were sought by Greek and Roman elites, and are still valued by modern monarchs and...
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Foundation of the Hellenic World: Greek History: The History of Greece

For Students 9th - 10th
Covers the different periods of Greece's history from 3200 BC, with the Cycladic Civilization, up to the latter half of the twentieth century.
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Edkins Family Index Page: Minerva Goddess of Wisdom

For Students 9th - 10th
Quick overview of Minerva - her role in Greek society, and her support of Perseus when he killed Medusa.