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Ithaka: Cultural Study Program in Greece
Ithaka offers a rigorous experiential and academic work/study immersion in Greek culture. The study is inter-disciplinary, covering the main areas of culture and learning from ancient times to the present day. It is accessible to the...
Tufts University
Perseus: The Greek City States and Religious Festivals
Discusses the difference between modern and ancient Greek Olympic games, and goes into depth about the religious festivals that took place. Additional links to related material.
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Music History Online: Music Before the 16th Century
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.
Tufts University
Tufts University: Ancient Olympic Events
This resource gives an overview of the ancient Greek Olympic games. Learn about the history of wrestling, running and the discus. Includes images and video (requires QuickTime).
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University of Illinois: The Early Centuries of the Greek Roman East
Read about the history of the Romiosini, or Greek Middle Ages and the development of the Greek-Roman east. The article is divided into two different sections. The first section includes the foundation of Constantinople as a means to...
Greek Gods
Greek Gods: Demigods & Spirits: Hygieia
Read about Hygieia, the goddess of health, tidiness, and pureness.
Greek Gods
Greek Gods: Demigods & Spirits: Nemesis
Read to learn about Nemesis, the spirit of divine retribution and a symbol of justice.
Greek Gods
Greek Gods: Demigods & Spirits: Nyx
Read to learn about Nyx, the goddess of the night, who meets the goddess of the day to transition from day to night.
Greek Gods
Greek Gods: Demigods & Spirits: Persephone
Learn about Persephone, the Queen of the Underworld, and see the pictures.
Greek Gods
Greek Gods: Demigods & Spirits: Selene
Read about Selene, the goddess of the moon, the night and the months, and see her pictures.
Greek Gods
Greek Gods: Demigods & Spirits: Styx
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.
Greek Gods
Greek Gods: Monsters: Minotaur
Read to learn more about Minotaur, a cannibalistic monster who had the body of a man and the head of a bull.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Greek Playwright Research Project
Through this lesson students research Greek playwrights, analyze their works, and explain how their works relate to the 21st century.
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Ancient Greek Philosophy: Zeno of Elea
Describes the little that is known of Zeno of Elea's life. Also discusses his denial of motion and plurality hypothesis. He explained his ideas using paradoxes that continue to challenge intellectual minds today, and that have had a big...
University of Virginia
University of Virginia: How the Greeks Used Geometry to Understand the Stars
An article explaining how the Greeks were able to use their science and mathematics to predict where astronomical objects such as the Planets could be found in the nighttime sky even though their underlying premise was that the earth did...
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Natural History Magazine: With Hands or Swift Feet (Ancient Olympic Games)
Article adaptation from "A Brief History of the Olympic Games" (Blackwell Publishing, 2004) summarizes key aspects of the ancient Olympic competitions, ideals, and festivals.
World History Encyclopedia
World History Encyclopedia: Achaean League
Illustrated encyclopedia entry on the Achaean League, a federation of Greek city-states during the 3rd and 2nd centuries BCE. Site includes timeline, maps, photos and bibliography.
National Institutes of Health
Nat'l Library of Medicine: Islamic Culture and the Medical Arts: Greek Influence
This site details Greek and other influences on Islamic medicine and includes illustrations of Arabic translations of earlier texts. Mentions The House of Wisdom (Bayt al-Hikmah) and its origins.
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Architeacher: Architectural History and Building Styles
A slideshow that introduces learners to nineteenth-century architectural history by displaying a variety of homes constructed in specific historical styles, such as Greek revival, Queen Anne, Italianate, and Gothic revival.
World History Encyclopedia
World History Encyclopedia: Alcestis
Reference page on Alcestis, mythical queen of Thessaly in Classical Greek mythology. Page includes links to further reading, timeline and illustrations.
World History Encyclopedia
World History Encyclopedia: Athens
Encyclopedia entry defines and provides an overview of the ancient greek city of Athens. Includes a timeline of history events and explores its early settlement, government and laws, and culture.
Tom Richey
Tom Richey: Power Point: Ancient Greek Olympics
PowerPoint presentation by Tom Richey explains the nature of ancient Olympic events and ceremony in ancient Greece.
World History Encyclopedia
World History Encyclopedia: Epicurus
Read about the life of the Greek philosopher Epicurus and the philosophy he developed called Epicureanism.
World History Encyclopedia
World History Encyclopedia: Aphrodite
Illustrated encyclopedia entry provides a definition and overview of Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love, beauty, and desire.
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