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Interactive Mythology Game Website Winged Sandals Perseus Digital Library Be sure to check out the 'Exhibits' at the bottom of the page: just click on 'Hercules' or 'Ancient Olympics' to have a illustrated tour of the topic. Indian Hill Middle School Web Site: Magistra Weis Magistra Weis has set up a terrific webpage. 'Links of Interest to Latin Students' contains a whole host of websites relating to classical civilization, including grammar, gladiators, Pompeii, myth, constellations, and much more. Be sure to click on 'convention' to see some of the terrific projects which OJCL students have done in the past few years. Mythology and History Information Website Classical Mythology Website This site has a summary of the mythological text 'Classical Mythology.' It also contains activities (games, quizzes, related websites with images of the stories, etc) which review each chapter. It is an excellent resource for advanced mythological study. Questions for Hamilton's Mythology (and Much More...) This site contains questions for the chapters in Edith Hamilton's 'Mythology.' There are also links in this site to certamen questions and quizzes on all area of the Latin language and classical civilization. http://www.mythweb.com/ this site contains good info on the major gods & goddesses and the main heroes of Greek mythology http://www.loggia.com/myth/myth.html good info on Greek & Roman (as well as Celtic!) myth http://www.bartleby.com/181/ this is an online text of Bullfinch's myth http://homepage.mac.com/cparada/GML/DisneyHercules.html did you like Disney's 'Hercules'? This site compares the original story to the 'Disney-fied' movie version. It contains great links to other mythology websites and images. http://www.accessart.org.uk/hercules/ a fun, animated, elementary/middle school site on the Hercules myth http://www.mainlesson.com/display.php?author=church&book=aeneid&story=_contents summary of Vergil's Aeneid. http://www.mainlesson.com/display.php?author=church&book=odyssey&story=_contents summary of Homer's Odyssey. http://www.abc.net.au/arts/wingedsandals/default_lowband.htm a fun, animated, elementary/middle school site on different classical myths. http://department.monm.edu/classics/Department/FoxContest/Default.htm creative writing contest on 'Helen of Troy' - win $250!! http://www.cambridgescp.com/myths/troy/ms_troy_order.html audio CD of storytellers doing various myths Pictures from/about the Ancient World http://www.classicsboy.50megs.com/ This is a huge archive of classical images. http://www.freestockphotos.com/Rome.html huge archive of pictures from Rome http://wings.buffalo.edu/AandL/Maecenas/ archive of pictures of the classical world http://www.animationlibrary.com/a-l/ All sorts of animation/pictures for power point presentations. http://www.txclassics.org/newteacher.htm#designingweb This site contains thousands of classical images for use in power points and on websites. http://lilt.ilstu.edu/drjclassics/ more images of the ancient world http://www.beloit.edu/~classics/Trojan%20War%20Site/Web%20Site/Home_Trojan_War_Art_Museum.htm contains both ancient and Renaissance images dealing with the Trojan War http://www.temple.edu/classics/troyimages.html contains only ancient images dealing with the Trojan War http://classroomclipart.com/cgi-bin/kids/imageFolio.cgi?direct=History//Ancient_Civilizations/Ancient_Rome contains images and clip art on ancient Rome. http://witcombe.sbc.edu/ARTHrome.html#Roman images from archaeological remains from ancient Rome http://homepage.mac.com/cparada/GML/Images.html tons of images on the classical world organized by mythological names - just scroll down. http://www.stoa.org/athens/index.html photo archive of archaeological remains in Athens http://www.historywiz.com/anc-rome.htm this site contains brief descriptions + paintings/statues of various topics, including the Aeneid, the Roman kings, Archimedes, and more http://www.latinteach.com/latingames.html scroll down and choose from a wide assortment of Latin games on vocabulary, culture, history, mythology, etc. |