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Ancient Greece Pathfinder
The following are some quality website links on the topic’s of
Ancient Greece. Explore the General
Resources for all of your topics. There
are some specific topic websites below the General Stuff.
General Greece Stuff
BBC - Schools
- Ancient Greece -
www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ancientgreece/main_menu.shtml
Info
on Athens, Olympia, Corinth, Plus a timeline,
useful glossary, and more!
Ancient Greece for
Children ( 430 BCE ) - http://home.freeuk.net/elloughton13/greece.htm
A family from Sparta and a family from Athens are at war. Follow their fortunes
through good and bad. Discover what it was like to live in Greece circa 430 BCE, how democracy gave
way to tyranny, and how Alcibiades kept changing
sides.
Electronic Passport to Ancient
Greece - http://www.mrdowling.com/701greece.html
Brief look at the
civilization and its influence on the way people live today
The
Ancient Greek World - http://www.museum.upenn.edu/Greek_World/Index.html
From the University of Pennsylvania Museum. Topics include land and time, daily
life, economics, and religion.
Olympics
The Ancient Olympics - http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/Olympics/
Includes a comparison
of ancient and modern Olympics, essays about the history of the Olympics, and
stories of ancient Olympic athletes.
Ancient Olympics - http://www.upenn.edu/museum/Olympics/olympicintro.html
The real story of the ancient Olympic
Games. Were the ancient games better than ours?
Mythology
Mythweb - www.mythweb.com
Heroes, gods and monsters in Greek mythology. This site includes a
section explaining how characters from Greek mythology appear in everyday
speech.
Greek Mythology -
http://www.pantheon.org/areas/mythology/europe/greek/
On-line
encyclopedia on mythology, folklore, and legend.
Theater
Ancient Greek Theater http://users.panafonet.gr/ekar/
Study great Greek playwrights, learn about the cult of Dionyssos,
and elements of the play.
Wars
Ancient Greece: The
Pelopponesian War
http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~dee/GREECE/PELOWARS.HTM
Brief look at the conflict and the causes
behind it.
Ancient Greece: The
Persian War
http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~dee/GREECE/PERSIAN.HTM
Brief
look at the conflict and the causes behind it.
Books and Videos
Ancient Greece
938 COHFocuses on the personalities and historical events which shaped the civilization of ancient Greece, from the story of the Trojan war to the conquests of Alexander the Great
Ancient Greece
938 NARTraces the history of Greek civilization from the rise of the city-states to the flourishing of the classical Greek empire
Olympic Games in ancient Greece
796.4 GLUAn account of the Olympic games as they probably occurred in 400 B.C. when they were at the height of their classic glory
The traveler's guide to ancient Greece
938 MACExplore the aspects of Greek society such as theater, festivals, Athens, the Olympics and the Acropolis
The Greek news
938 POWWritten in newspaper form, this book on the Greek civilization combines news stories from home and abroad with fascinating features on all aspects of daily life - from food to philosophy, farming to fashion - illustrated with dramatic pictures, maps and cartoons
The story of architecture
720 GLAText and plentiful illustrations present the history of architecture from the temples of ancient Egypt through the Deconstructivist designs of the late 1990s
Ancient times
930 AUSAlphabetically arranged articles present information about the ancient world, covering events, people, and practices around the world from prehistoric times to 500 A.D. and treating such topics as architecture, politics, family life, and religion
Architecture
720 NEAContains over four hundred color photographs that chronicle the history of architecture around the world from ancient times through the twentieth century, and includes an introductory essay that looks at the nature and styles of the art form
Math and mathematicians
REF 510.92 BRUCompilation of fifty biographies of mathematicians from throughout history and approximately thirty-five articles describing math concepts and principles
Ancient Greece and Rome
REF 938 ANCPresents a history of ancient Greece and Rome as well as information about the literature and daily life of these early civilizations
Handbook to life in Ancient Greece
REF 938 ADKExplores three millennia of ancient Greek history and archaeology, from the advent of the Minoan civilization in Crete to the Roman conquest in 30 B.C