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Links below  from "The Classics Page."

Mythology  Guide to myths - where to find information about myths on the site.
Harry Potter
  Greek Harry Potter - news and updates about my ancient Greek translation. Published in October 2004.
  Greek - English Lexicon - vocabulary for Greek Harry Potter.
  Notes & Commentary - notes and commentary on the ancient Greek translation.
Greek Literature
  Iliad - introduction to the Iliad, and an interactive game to test your knowledge
  Odyssey - play the Odyssey Game as Odysseus, Penelope or Telemachus. Also: the truth about the Cyclops.
  Sappho - poet of fire from the island of Lesbos. Includes samples read in Greek.
  Aeschylus - discussion of important issues raised in Agamemnon.
  Oedipus - several pages discussing Sophocles' Oedipus, and its importance. Includes the challenging Oedipus Game.
  Antigone - pages examining the play, and an intriguing game.
  Euripides - my translations of Helen, Phoenissae and Orestes (performed at Edinburgh Fringe Festival)
  Bacchae - discussion of the controversial drama, and a web game based on it.
  Medea - discussion of the play and its issues, and the Medea Game.
  Lysistrata - a light-hearted interactive game based on Aristophanes' notorious comedy.
  Aristophanes' Peace - Reading Guide, Production Notes, War & Peace
  Lucians 'True Story' - a translation of the first ever science fiction, by the Greek Douglas Adams.
  Greek Drama reviews - my assessment of productions I have seen.
Art
  Greek Pottery - pages on shapes, manufacture, decoration and use of Athenian vases.
  Sculpture - discussion of selected Greek sculpture
  Greek Architecture - how to study it in your home town.
Philosophy
  Plato's Republic - a reading guide to the Republic
Archaeology & Travel
  Greece - the Athenian agora, Nemea, Sparta
Social History
  Women - pages on women's status. Pages on women in myth - Atalanta, Cassandra, Echo, Diana, Pandora and more.
  The Symposium - drinking parties: men behaving badly
  Technology - the silver mines at Laurium
  Seapower - Trireme - the deadly Athenian warship - and why did they all have girls' names?
  Eros - aspects of Love.
  Olympic Games - fact and fiction about the ancient games.
  Oracles - How the ancient world tried to find answers to life, the universe and everything.

End "The Classic Page"

Gregory Nagy (Harvard and Center for Hellenic Studies)

  

Gregory Nagy's readings of Homer frolic on their own site.

Carolyn Higbie (Buffalo)

  

A selection from the beginning of Iliad I, in Greek hexameter.

A selection from the middle of Iliad 6.

 

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