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Greek Myths, Monsters, & Heroes
Popular translations of 86 of his famous fables. To hear the fables, to learn about Aesop himself, or to read alternative versions of the fables, click on the sign below.
20 of Aesop's fables with illustrations added.
Use their geography page as a starting off point for links to maps, photos, and virtual tours of ancient Greece. Nice genealogy diagram in their mythology section.
This is very silly and great fun. Make sure to get wacky and type in the first words that come to your mind. Their "mythology generator" will do the rest. For another fun Greek MadLib, try:
Read all about this most famous Greek hero. Uses excellent close-up photos of pottery depicting various Gods, Goddesses, and heroes for its illustrations.
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Iliad The great epic story by Homer. Find out about Achilles and that darned heel of his, and learn why the Trojans dragged that big horse inside the city. (No, it's not "just because they were dumb".) The Iliad -- "non-adapted" version To get a taste of the real thing, sample a few books from this version of the Iliad. Of course, bear in mind that this too is an adaptation -- the real original was written in Greek, and was poetry, not prose. This site actually rates a triple wow -- it's that awesome! If you only visit one of the links on this page, make it this one. Contains all the myths, hero tales, biographies of all the major Greek gods and heroes, plus information on Mount Olympus, the Underworld, Greek Costumes and much more. Beautiful pictures too!
Cartoon--illustrated versions of great hero tales. Learn about Odysseus, Jason, Bellerophon, Hercules, and the many, many tales of Theseus . Some with animation. At this site you will also find explanations of Greek words and phrases that we still commonly use today, and an online encyclopedia of people and places in Greek mythology.
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Odyssey Even more popular today than the Iliad -- perhaps because it's fantastic monsters and catastrophe's make for exciting Hollywood movies. Learn about the journey of Odysseus and his crew as they run the gauntlet past a giant Cyclops, singing sirens, whirlpools, and windstorms. What a man won't go through to get home to his family!
Excellent source for all the Greek Myths. Includes myths of creation, the constellations, love tales of the gods, the 12 tales of Hercules' labors, and much more.
Several different images of ancient Greek pottery.
Pottery Collection -- Berlin Museum Huge and amazing collection of pottery images. Note: When you get there, choose a pottery picture to view and then click on it's title. Example Berlin F 1805. Then...at the next page, click Browse Images selection. This will let you view pictures of this pot. Use your back browser to exit.
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