Two of the most common types of mythology and the people that studied it were Greek and Roman. These two groups and their myths make up Classical Mythology. Excellent links e.g. The Book of Gods, Goddesses, Heroes, and Other Characters of Mythology and Classics Course on Greek Mytholgoy at Princeton Universtiy . This project gives an overview of the major Greek Gods, some of the Greek heroes, important myths, and a special part giving an introduction to the basic Greek language. At Odyssey Online visitors will find museum objects from the Michael C. Carlos Museum at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia and the Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester in Rochester, New York.
Students can make their own discoveries through puzzles, games, and worksheets.
Topics include people, mythology, daily life, death and burial, writing and archeology. Also links to other online resources for further student research. This historical overview provides a brief summary of the history of ancient Greece from approximately 1200 B.C., the period when Mycenaean civilization perished, to 323 B.C., the death of Alexander the Great. If you want to learn more about The Persian Wars , The Peloponnesian War and Alexander the Great here is a site with some additional lectures by a professor from Idaho State University. As part of a series of lectures on World Cultures, here is a series of lectures and links to information on Classical Greek history.