Literature and Language
An excellent introduction to the Poets, Playwrights, Gods, and Heroes of Ancient Greece can be found in Ancient Greek Literature & Mythology
In Greek Authors, you meet the writers whose works live on today.
A very useful guide to Greek Mythology — with their stories and some pictures.
As does the Encyclopedia of Greek Mythology
A very comprehensive guide to the subject can be found in the Theoi Project: A Guide to Greek Gods, Spirits & Monsters
Students will find that Greek Mythology from the Illiad to the Fall of the last Tyrant is a very useful reference.
Images of the Trojan War Myth Edited by Robin Mitchell-Boyask, Associate Professor of Classics, Temple University displays Greek vases that depict scenes related to the Trojan war.
While Classical Mythology by Geography gives students interested in classical mythology “a way to associate the stories with the land.”
Encyclopedia of Myths provides a comprehnsive overview of myths from all over the world.
The Epic Cycle was a set of twelve archaic epic poems, known to every educated Greek. The best-known being the Iliad and Odyssey of Homer, which are also the only epics that have survived.
Greece Myths: The legendary Amazons provides an introduction to the subject.
The role of Amazons in Greek literature is discussed in greater detail in The Amazons in Greek Legend.
