Ancient Greece

In the Library
On the web

Books

Browse the 938 section of the shelves for books on Ancient Greece.

Browse the 909 section for chronologies that will include information on Ancient Greece.

Architecture books in the 720 section may have information on important building in Greece.

Greek mythology is located in the 200 section.

Magazines

Back editions of National Geographic and an index are located in the Reference section.

See the library staff for back issues of Calliope magazine.

 

This teacher created site covers much of Greek life
http://members.aol.com/Donnclass/Greeklife.html

The access to the information on this PBS site is through a timeline
http://www.pbs.org/empires/thegreeks/htmlver
/index.html

This site from the British BBC is designed for young people
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/landmarks
/ancientgreece/main_menu.shtml

The commercial banners on this site make you crazy but the information is useful
http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/greeks/index.htm

This site from WSU was created by a world civilization class for students
http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~dee/GREECE/GREECE.HTM

Another teacher created site
http://www.mrdowling.com/701greece.html

A great site about the Olympics
http://www.museum.upenn.edu/new/research/Exp_Rese_Disc/
Mediterranean/Olympics/olympicintro.shtml

An impressive site for Greek antiquties and their explanation but requires a very new browser http://www.museum.upenn.edu/Greek_World/x_gods.html