Ancient Greece Resources

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Ancient Greece Resources


Books

Descamps-Lequime, Sophie and Vernerey, Denise. The Ancient Greeks In the Land of the Gods. Millbrook Press. 1992.

Jefferies, David. Thematic Unit Ancient Greece. Teacher Created Materials, Inc. 1993.

Raphael, Elaine and Bolognese. Drawing History: Ancient Greece. Scholastic. 1994.


Websites

Broken links have been removed.

Aesop's Fables. July 2001.

Ancient Greece - History for Kids.   December 2001.

Bower, Calvin. Ancient Greek Music.  1993.

Cole, Hollie, Pavelsek, Penny, & Arnold, Becky. Greek Art. June 2001.

Donn, Lin and Don. Daily Life Ancient Greece.  May 2001.

Dilos Holiday World. Minoan Civilization. 1995 - 1998.

Tufts University. The Ancient Olympics. http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/Olympics/index.html . February 21, 1997.

Kluth, F. John. The Role of Women in the Art of Ancient Greece.  1997

Mavromatis, Anna. The Costume of Ancient Greece.  1998.

Michael C. Carlos Museum. Odyssey/Greece/Daily Life  2001.

PBS. The Greeks. http://www.pbs.org/empires/thegreeks/. November, 2001.

Stephen, T. Greek Culture . June 2001.

Tamar, M., Marido, N., and Yasuhiro, O. Ancient Greek Civilization. August 1997.

University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Greek Mythology - From the Iliad to the Fall of the Last Tyrant.  1996 - 2000.

University of Pennsylvania Museum. The Ancient Greek World .  1996.

Yoji. Greek Art and Archaeology. 2000 - 2001.

Photos and Clipart

Art Today Inc. 2002.
Permission given on site.

Clipart used:

  • Cartoons on Olympic Games page
  • Cartoons used on Time Line page

Andrus, Kathryn. Greek Art and Architecture. 2000.
e-mail permission

Photos used:

  • Charioteer
  • Knossos, The Palace of Minos
  • Lion Gate of the Citadel of Mycenae (c1300 BC)
  • "Mask of Agamemnon"
  • Myron - Discobolos
  • Phidias - carved the Statue of Athena
  • Praxiteles - carved the "Hermes holding the baby Dionysus"
  • Sculptures from the West Pediment of the Temple of Zeus
  • Funerary Stele for a woman late 5th century BC

  • Poseidon

Caricature Zone. http://www.magixl.com/heads/view.html. August 2001.
Permission given on site.

Images used:

  • Socrates
  • Plato
  • Aristotle

Classroom Clipart.    July 2001.
Permission given on site.

Images used:

  • Decree of Athenian Assembly
  • Continents According to Eratosthenes
  • Map of Greek and Phoenician Colonization about 550 B.C.
  • Greek Soldier
  • Greek Vessel
  • Greek Reading Scroll
  • Odysseus Slaying the Suitors

Curran, Leo. Maecenas: Images of Ancient Greece and Rome. 1997.
e-mail permission

Photos used:

  • Parthenon
  • The Theater and Temple of Apollo in Delphi
  • Looking up from Delphi at the twin Phaedriades ("Shining Cliffs") of Mount Parnassus
  • Agrigento. Temple of Hera. West end
  • Segesta. Theater
  • Segesta, Temple. Interior from E
  • The Acropolis at Sun Set
  • The Acropolis with Oleander
  • The Temple of Apollo
  • Looking towards Argos
  • Temple of Athena Nike

  • The view from Delphi down over the plain of olive trees towards Itea

 Wiki Commons

Siegel, Janice. Dr. J’s Illustrated Guide to the Classical World. 1999.
permission e-mail

Photos used:

  • Grave Relief of Dexileos
  • Old Market Women
  • Parthenon South Frieze
  • Porch of the Caryatids
  • South Metope XXXI of the Parthenon 

University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. The Ancient Greek World. 1996.
permission e-mail

Photos used:

  • Attic Black Figure Amphora
  • Attic Black Figure Lekythos
  • Attic Red Figure Stamnos
  • Campanian Red Figure Bell Krater
  • Coins
    • Silver Decadrachm
    • Silver Tetradrachms
    • Alexander the Great, Babylon mint
  • East Greek Hoplite Aryballos ca. 600 - 570 B. C.
  • Geometric Attic Horse Pyxis
  • Italic Low-Footed Red Figure Bowl with High Handles 4th century B.C.

Yoji. Greek Art and Archaeology.  2000 - 2001.
Permission given on site.

Clipart used:

  • Greek Ornament Fonts


Javascript and Applets

Simple Maze rebuilt in JavaScript by Book Units Teacher, 2026. Original Java version: Diorio, Jason. Simple Maze. 07/13/2001.
Permission given on site.


Ancient Greece Home Page

Ancient GreecePermission Letters

In 2001 our class sent this request to each website owner below:

The purpose of this email is to request permission to use copyrighted materials found on your website in a web design contest called ThinkQuest Junior. ThinkQuest Junior is a classroom-based competition that encourages girls and boys in grades 4-6 to take a meaningful interest in computers and technology. Our group is developing a website on the Ancient World including Ancient Greece. We promise the photos will be used for educational use only.

Thank you,
Gay Miller
ThinkQuest Coach

Kathryn Andrus - Greek Art and Architecture

July 4, 2001

Dear Gay, you have my permission to use any image from the Art History Greek web pages that you need for your projects. Thanks for asking.

Kathryn Andrus, PhD
Dept. Visual and Performing Arts

Leo Curran - Maecenas: Images of Ancient Greece and Rome

June 29, 2001

As long as you do not charge any fee for the materials you will use my images in, you have my permission.

Regards,
Leo Curran

Janice Siegel - Dr. J’s Illustrated Guide to the Classical World

July 1, 2001

Yes, sure. But I would like the URL of the finished product, if you don't mind! Have fun!

Cheers to you and your students,
Dr. J
Janice Siegel, Assistant Professor of Classics, Illinois State University

University of Pennsylvania Museum - The Ancient Greek World

July 1, 2001

Greetings, It is fine to use material from our Greek World site, so long as you credit the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Thank you.

Museum Websiters
University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology