Greece
These sites are generally suitable for middle school students. Sites aimed at senior and tertiary students have not been included because they are too difficult or specialized.
General links
Ancient Greece - a first rate site with links to science, religion, daily life, sports, environment etc. Check this one first
The Ancient Greek world - sections on the land and time, daily life (very interesting!), economy, religion and death.
A detailed chronology of Greek history - timeline of Greek history for quick historical reference.
Odyssey online - Greece - learn more about the ancient Greeks and their rich cultural legacy.
Mr Donn's Ancient History Page - a very rich and interesting site with clip art, activities and many interesting links.
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Olympic Games
The Ancient Olympics - a comparison of ancient and modern sports, a tour of the site of Olympia, the context of the games and the Olympic spirit, and information about athletes famous in ancient times.
A tour of Ancient Olympia - with maps and pictures.Cities and places
The Ancient City of Athens - tour of the archaeological remains of ancient Athens. A brief description of each site.
Sites and monuments of Ancient Athens - 13 sites including the Acropolis, the Arch of Hadrian, the Agora.
The City of Athens - related WWW links.Art and architecture
Greece : Art and architecture - extensive links.
Greek Architecture - the styles and structures.
Greek pottery - history of Greek potter divided into seven time periods.
History of Greek Architecture - important Greek places including Delphi, Argos, Parthenon, Korinthos, Temple of Apollo.
The Virtual Sculpture Garden - thumbnails of great Greek sculpture, architecture, ceramics.
Daily life
Greece: daily life Greece: death and burial Greece: writing Greece: daily life and culture Humanities Handbook - daily life War and Military, Society
Persian Wars - brief history, battles, timeline, maps.Drama and theatre
Classical Drama - comprehensive site with many links on the theatre and acting.
The Classics pages - comprehensive.
Classics Pages: Euripides' Orestes - translated by Andrew Wilson.
Euripides' Helen - translated by Andrew Wilson.
Ancient Greek Theatre - designed to provide a brief introduction to Ancient Greek Theater.
Greek Drama - introduction to Greek theater. Link to Tufts University website on the development of Greek tragedy; move to ancient Greek music. Read "Medea" and "Antigone" and "Lysistrata".
Perseus Project - texts in Greek, and other translations, images, catalogue entries. Another good place to start!
Medicine and science
Ancient Locker Rooms - provides brief but interesting information on this topic relevant to sport.
Astronomy of the Greeks - excellent site for middle school students.
Greek environment - a brief one-pager on the topic.
Greek and Roman surgical instruments - information with pictures to make you flinch!
The history of plumbing - Greece - the Greeks made strong headway in the development of water systems, especially cold water systems.
History of mathematics
Medicina Antiqua: Ancient Medicine - a more difficult site for those after in-depth detail.
Medicine in Ancient Greece - information on the Hippocratic oath, medicine in Homer, midwifery and more.
The Plague in Athens during the Peloponnesian War - from the writer Thucydides.
Greek Astronomy - a brief glance
Greek mathematics and its modern heirs - classical roots of the scientific revolution.
Ancient Greek civilization - science links.
Jason's web site on Ancient Greek Science
The sea
Warfare in Hellas - Naval Warfare - an overview of the subject including the evolution of the fighting ship.Gods, myths, religion
Classical Mythology - excellent summary site with all the gods and goddesses, monsters, heroes.
Encyclopedia Mythica - Greek mythology - extensive, organized and thorough.
Greek Mythology - gods, heroes, creatures, stories, family trees etc.
Greek Mythology - from the Iliad to the Fall of the last Tyrant - lists of gods, origins of Greek mythology.
Greek Myths - Oedipus - the Theban story and its interpretation.
Hercules: Greece's greatest hero - stories, life, his women, his travels.
The Muses from Greek Mythology - the Muses are the Greek goddesses who preside over the Arts and Sciences.
Mythmedia - Mythology in Western Art - a collection of Art images relating to Classical Mythology.
Siren's Greek gods - lists and links.
Temple of Zeus - excellent effort to create a 3D reconstruction of the Temple at the time of the Olympic Games using VRML.
Women in Greek myths - goddesses, monsters, the Fates, nymphs, human women in Greek myths.
The Hellenic Pantheon - information about the Greek deities and mythology related links.
From Myth to Eternity - a Greek myth project with summaries of information on myths.
The Pantheon - a project that details the stories, the deities, and other characters.
The Ancient Gods - brief descriptions and a family tree.
Classical Myth: the Ancient Sources - timeline, images and text.
Mythology 101 - a crash course in Greek mythology.
Mythology of the Seven Sisters (Pleiades) - from an astronomical perspective.
The Odyssey - by Homer, translated by Samuel Butler.
People - thinkers, writers, scholars, scientists
Archimedes Home Page - information on many topics including the Archimedes' screw, solids, spheres, coins.
Archimedes of Syracuse: History - his life, contributions to geometry, his major theories.
Aristotle - Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy - life, writings, ideas, extensive.
Greek Philosophy Archive - links to dialogues of Plato and works of Aristotle.
Essays on Ancient Greece - Plato Plato for the young inquirer Plato's 'Phaedo' Plato's 'Apology' Plato's 'The republic' Plato's 'Symposium' The life of Plato
Antigone Sophocles - biography
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