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Table of Contents
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.	1. Building a Base of Knowledge	.	-6. Government
.	-----Historical Background---Greek Geography---Legacy	.	------Laws and Democracy---The City States
.	2. Daily Life	.	-7. War and Conflict
.	-----Daily Life ---Families---Food---Education--Clothing----The Olympics	.	------The Military ---Peloponnesian War---Trojan War ---Persian Wars ---Alexander the Great
.	3. Farming and the Economy	.	-8. Science, Inventions, and Technology
.	-----Farming---The Economy---Transportation	.	------Greek Science---Archimedes---Astronomy---Mathematics---Medicine---Writing
.	4. Mythology, Greek Gods, and Literature	.	-9. Art and Architecture
.	-----Mythology---Greek Gods----Literature	.	------Architecture---Art
.	5. Historic Figures	.	10. WebQuests and Fun Activities
.	-----Homer---Hippocrates---Socrates and Plato---Aristotle---Others	.	------WebQuests and Fun
11. Misc. Resources
Doing Research ---Translate ---Misc. ---Myths and Folktales

1. Building a Base of Knowledge
Readability
. TOP	Historical Background
	1. Who were the Ancient Greeks? (Anglia Campus, UK)
	2. Ancient Greece Timeline (BBC School, UK)
	3. How do we know about the Ancient Greeks? (Woodlands Junior School, Kent County, UK)
	4. Timeline of Greek civilization (pbs.org)
	5. Ancient Greece (simple.wikipedia.org)
	6. Bronze Age and Classical Greece: PowerPoint presentation (East Tennesse State University, USA)
	7. Greece: Classical Period (historyforkids.org)
	8. Greece: Hellenistic Period (historyforkids.org)
	9. Roman Greece (historyforkids.org)
	10. Ancient Greece, Carthage and Rome: PowerPoint presentation (Mrs. Bradley, Ker H.S., Texas Education Network, USA)
	11. What is Civilization (wikipedia.org)
.	.http://www.ancientgreece.co.uk/ and http://users.ipfw.edu/gatesb/H113C.PPT
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. TOP	Geography
	1. The geography of Greece (University of Richmond, Virginia, USA)
	2. Ancient Greece — physical or Ancient Greece — outline: pdf slow to load (University of North Carolina, USA)
	3. Interactive map of Athens (PBS)
	4. Maps of the Ancient Greek World
	5. The Greeks and the Phoenicians: requires Shockwave (University of Oregon, USA)
	6. Macedonian Expansion under Philip and Alexander: requires Shockwave (University of Oregon, USA)
	7. Setting and climate (University of Pennsylvania Museum, USA)
	8. Greek environment (historyforkids.org)
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. TOP	Legacy
	1. What is a legacy? (simple.wikipedia.org)
	2. The legacy of the Greeks (Anglia Campus, UK)
	3. The legacy of Ancient Greece #1 (Woodlands Junior School, Kent County, UK)
	4. The legacy of Ancient Greece #2 (delfossedesigns.com)
	5. The legacy of Ancient Greece #3: scroll to bottom of article (Microsoft Encarta)
	6. The legacy of Ancient Greece #4 (International Olympic Academy, Greece)
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2. Daily Life
. TOP	Daily Life
	1. Daily life #1 (Emory University, GA, USA)
	2. Daily life in Ancient Greece (Woodlands Junior School, Kent County, UK)
	3. Life in Athens (pbs.org)
	4. Daily life #2 (Emory University, USA)
	5. Daily life #3 (University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology, USA)
	6. Meet the Greeks (Mr. Donns' Ancient History page)
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. TOP	Families
	1. Greek families (Mr. Donns' Ancient History page)
	2. Family roles (University of Richmond, VA, USA)
	3. Women at home (Anglia Campus, UK)
	4. Coming of age in Ancient Greece (Hood Museum, Dartmouth College, NH, USA)
	5. Greek slavery (historyforkids.org)
	6. Greek houses (Anglia Campus, UK)
	7. Domestic life (City University, NY, USA)
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. TOP	Food
	1. The marketplace (Anglia Campus, UK)
	2. The marketplace (City University, NY, USA)
	3. Greek food (Anglia Campus, UK)
	4. Greek food (historyforkids.org)
	5. Food and drink (University of Newcastle on Tyne, UK)
	6. Fish (www.greek-recipe.com)
	7. Daily diet (Tufts University, MA, USA)
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. TOP	Education
	1. Education (Anglia Campus, UK)
	2. Education (Woodlands Junior School, Kent, UK)
	3. Education (Mr. Donn's Ancient History page)
	4. Education (crystallinks.com)
	5. Education (Australian Broadcasting Commission)
	6. Education in Ancient Greece (encarta.msn.com)
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. TOP	Clothing
	1. Greek clothes (Anglia Campus, UK)
	2. Greek clothing (historyforkids.org)
	3. Greek clothing (Mr. Donns' Ancient History page)
	4. Greek clothing (annaswebert.com)
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. TOP	The Olympics
	1. An introduction - in cartoon form (BBC schools, UK)
	2. Ancient Greek Olympics (Mr. Donn's Lessons)
	3. The Ancient Olympics (thinkquest.org)
	4. Other Greek games (historyforkids.org)
	5. Tour the site of the original Olympic games (Tufts University, MA, USA)
	6. Courtenay Middle School Olympic Games web page
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3. Farming and the Economy
. TOP	Farming
	1. Greek farming (historylinks101)
	2. Life in the country (Anglia Campus, UK)
	3. Greek agriculture #1 (University of Richmond, VA, USA)
	4. Climate and geography (M. Hos-McGrane)
	5. Farmer's Year (University of Richmond, VA, USA)
	6. Agriculture of Ancient Greece (wikipedia.org)
	7. Greek agriculture #2 (thinkquest.org)
	8. Gathering food (historyforkids.org)
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. TOP	The Economy
	1. The Greek economy (historyforkids.org)
	2. Map of Ancient Greek trade routes (Pearson Education)
	3. Manufacturing bronze (University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology, USA)
	4. The Economy of Ancient Greece (wikipedia.org)
	5. The Bronze Age economy in the Aegean (The Foundation of the Hellenic World, Greece)
	6. Technological change: using iron (Tufts University, MA, USA)
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. TOP	Transportation
	1. Trade and transportation (Independent School District, Minnesota, USA)
	2. Greek exploration (The Mariners' Museum, Newport News, VA, USA)
	3. Greek ships and boats (historyforkids.org)
	4. Greek cargo ships (historyforkids.org)
	5. Ancient ships in art history (artsales.com)
	6. Ancient Greek shipwrecks (National Geographic Society, USA)
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4. Mythology, Gods, and Literature
. TOP	Mythology
	1. What is mythology? (Emory University, USA)
	2. Greek temples (Anglia Campus, UK)
	3. Greek mythology and gods (Woodlands Junior School, Kent County, UK)
	4. Stories from Greek mythology (John M. Hunt, Atlanta, GA, USA)
	5. An overview of Greek mythology (wikipedia.org)
	6. Encyclopedia of Greek mythology (mythweb.com)
	7. Theoi project - guide to Greek mythology (theoi.com)
	8. Greek mythology by topics: metasite (Carlos Parada)
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. TOP	The Gods
	1. The Immortals: Gods and Goddesses (Michael Wiik)
	2. Greek gods - in cartoon format (mythweb.com)
	3. Greek heroes - in cartoon format (mythweb.com)
	4. Winged sandals contains Flash - slow to load, and HTML versions (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
	5. The Goddess Athena (goddess-athena.org)
	6. Hercules (Tufts University, USA)
	7. Jason and the Argonauts (www.greece.org)
	8. Amazon warriors
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. TOP	Literature and Music
	1. An introduction to the theatre - in cartoon format (BBC Schools, UK)
	2. Greek theatre #1 (crystalinks.com)
	3. Greek literature (historyforkids.org)
	4. Aesop's fables read aloud: audio recordings (librivox.org)
	5. The Amphora of Eleusis: 4 minute video (archeologychannel.org)
	6. Greek music (historyforkids.org)
	7. Musical instruments - an Ancient Greek Hydraulis: 9 minute video (archeologychannel.org)
	8. Samples of Ancient Greek music: requires RealPlayer download (Austrian Academy of Sciences)
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5. Historic Figures
. TOP	Homer
	1. Some Greek scholars (Anglia Campus, UK)
	2. Homer ac. 700 BC (pbs.org)
	3. Homer - The writer (mrdowling.com)
	4. Homer - The writer (Minnesota State University)
	5. The Iliad (History for Kids)
	6. The Illiad audio and e-book written by Homer (booksshouldbefree.com)
	7. The Odyssey - book 1 audio and e-book written by Homer (booksshouldbefree.com)
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. TOP	Hippocrates
	1. Hippocrates 460 -377 BC (San Jose State University, USA)
	2. Hippocrates (Ohio State University, USA)
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. TOP	Socrates and Plato
	1. Socrates (historyforkids.org)
	2. Socrates 469 - 399 BC (pbs.org)
	3. Trial of Socrates (pbs.org)
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	4. Plato (historyforkids.org)
	5. Plato (eduweb.co.uk)
	6. Plato (thinkquest.org)
	7. The Apology of Socrates audio-book written by Plato, narrated by Michael Scott (thoughtaudio.com)
	8. The Philosopher King audio-book written by Plato, narrated by Michael Scott (thoughtaudio.com)
	9. Allegory of a Cave audio-book written by Plato, narrated by Michael Scott (thoughtaudio.com)
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. TOP	Aristotle
	1. Aristotle (historyforkids.org)
	2. Aristotle #2 (thinkquest.org)
	3. Greek Philosophy — Socrates (Socrates) — Plato (The allegory of the Cave) — Aristotle (The four causes)
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. TOP	Other famous Greeks TOP
	1. The story of Greece (The Baldwin Project)
	2. Pythagoras (simple.wikipedia.org)
	3. Cleisthenes 570 BC (pbs.org)
	4. Themistocles c. 523 - c.460 BC (pbs.org)
	5. Pericles 493 - 429 BC (pbs.org)
	6. Aspasia c. 469 BC (pbs.org)
	7. Alcibiades (historyforkids.org)
	8. Lysander becomes Spartan war leader (pbs.org)
	9. 15 Ancient Greek heroes (e-classics.com)
	10. Index of famous Greeks (thinkquest.org)
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6. Government
. TOP	Laws and Democracy
	1. Government in Ancient Greece #1 (Anglia Campus, UK)
	2. Government in Greece (University of Richmond, VA, USA)
	3. Democracy (historyforkids.org)
	4. Democracy (Emory University, USA)
	5. Greek government (historyforkids.org)
	6. Athenian democracy (wikipedia.org)
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. TOP	The City States
	1. Athens (BBC schools, UK)
	2. Democracy in Athens (Anglia Campus, UK)
	3. Athens (mrdowling.com)
	4. Athens: The Acropolis: virtual tour of modern site and other Greek sites (Stoa Consortium, Greece)
	5. Athens (Minnesota State University, USA)
	6. Athens (thinkquest.org)
	7. Corinth (BBC schools, UK)
	8. Delphi - visit the oracle (thinkquest.org)
	9. Sparta (mrdowling.com)
	10. Sparta (Minnesota State University, USA)
	11. Sparta (thinkquest.org)
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7. War and Conflict
. TOP	The Military
	1. Conflict between the city states (BBC Schools, UK)
	2. Greek warfare (historyforkids.org)
	3. History of warfare (University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology, USA)
	4. Weapons and armor (University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology, USA)
	5. Greek soldiers: PowerPoint presentation (ICT Oxfordshire County, UK)
	6. Greek arms and armour (University of Newcastle on Tyne, UK)
	7. Battles at sea (Anglia Campus, UK)
	8. Greek warships (historyforkids.org)
	9. The trireme (pbs.org)
	10. Warships of the Greeks (artsales.com)
	11. Maps and tactics of Ancient Warfare (US Military Academy - West Point, USA)
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. TOP	The Peloponnesian War
	1. The Peloponnesian War - between Athens and Sparta (mrdowling.com)
	2. The Peloponnesian War (Washington State University)
	3. Map of Greece during the Peloponnesian War: 431 B.C.E. (University of Texas, USA)
	4. Map of the Athenian League during the Peloponnesian War: requires Shockwave (University of Oregon, USA)
	5. History of the Peloponnesian War audio and e-book written by Charles Lamb (booksshouldbefree.com)
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. TOP	The Trojan War
	1. Overview of the Trojan War (infoplease.com)
	2. The Trojan War (Stanford University, USA)
	3. Virtual Troy (Stoa Consortium, Greece)
	4. Map showing where Troy was located (webwinds.com)
	5. The Trojan War (Carlos Parada)
	6. Heinrich Schliemann's search for Troy (Minnesota State University, USA)
	7. The Illiad audio and e-book written by Homer (booksshouldbefree.com)
	8. The Odyssey - book 1 audio and e-book written by Homer (booksshouldbefree.com)
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. TOP	The Persian Wars
	1. Who were the Persians? (mrdowling.com)
	2. The Persian Wars #1 (thinkquest.org)
	3. The Persian Wars #2 (thinkquest.org)
	4. The Persian Wars (Washington State University, USA)
	5. The Battle of Salamis - War with Persia (City of Salamis, Greece)
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	6. Military history podcast: the Persian Wars 499 -479 BC PodCast (militaryhistorypodcast.blogspot.com)
	7. Battle of Thermopylae: video trailer for tv show (thehistorychannel.co.uk)
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. TOP	Alexander the Great
	1. Introduction to Alexander the Great (mrdowling.com)
	2. Map showing conquests under Philip and Alexander: requires Shockwave (University of Oregon, USA)
	3. Biography of Alexander the Great
	4. Alexander the Great (Skip Knox, Boise State University, Idaho, USA)
	5. Alexander's impact, positive and negative, on the countries he conquered
	6. Alexander the Great (Government of Macedonia)
	7. The search for Alexander the Great's Royal Tomb - frames - scroll down for info (New Orleans Museum of Art, USA)
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	8. Military history podcast: Alexander the Great - part one and part two PodCast (militaryhistorypodcast.blogspot.com)
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8. Science, Inventions, and Technology
. TOP	Science
	1. The Sciences of Ancient Greece (library.thinkquest.org)
	2. Ancient Greek science (historyforkids.org)
	3. Overview of some scientific breakthroughs: PowerPoint (University of Florida, USA)
	4. Greek scientists (Technology Museum of Thessaloniki, Greece)
	5. Timeline of Greek scientific and technological discoveries (www.mlahanas.de)
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. TOP	Archimedes
	1. Archimedes (Enchanted Learning)
	2. Archimedes (ancientgreece.com)
	3. Examining Archimedes: click on next button for more info (Weber State University, Utah, USA)
	4. Archimedes and gears (Deutsches Museum, Munich, Germany)
	5. Archimedes: Mathematician and Scientist (Drexel University)
	6. Archimedes: and the volume of a sphere (www.wlym.com)
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. TOP	Astronomy
	1. Greek astronomy (historyforkids.org)
	2. Greek astronomy (astunit.com)
	3. Timeline of Greek Astronomy (Michael Lahanas)
	4. Greek astronomy (crystalinks.com)
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. TOP	Mathematics
	1. Greek mathematics (historyforkids.org)
	2. Pythagoras (simple.wikipedia.org)
	3. Pythagoras (Yale University, USA)
	4. Greek mathematics: Pythagoras (St. Andrews Academy, UK)
	5. Greek mathematicians (University of St. Andrews, Scotland)
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. TOP	Medicine
	1. Greek medicine (Anglia Campus, UK)
	2. Ancient Greek medicine (schoolhistory.org.uk)
	3. Greek medicine (Minnesota State University)
	4. Greek medicine: Hippocrates (San Jose State University)
	5. Hippocratic Oath #1 (pbs.org)
	6. Hippocratic Oath #2 (National Institutes for Health, USA)
	7. Galen #1 (about.com)
	8. Galen #2 (National Institutes of Health, USA)
	9. Greek and Roman surgical instruments (Indiana University)
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. TOP	Writing
	1. The Greek alphabet (Michael Wiik)
	2. From pictograph to alphabet (Emory University )
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9. Architecture and Art
. TOP	Architecture
	1. Greek architecture (historyforkids.org)
	2. The Acropolis experience: Flash (pbs.org)
	3. The Acropolis: 10 minute video (archeologychannel.org)
	4. Basic architectural styles (www.ancientgreece.com)
	5. The Acropolis of Athens (Greek Ministry of Culture)
	6. The Parthenon: 9 minute video (archeologychannel.org)
	7. Secrets of the Parthenon: 54 minute video (PBS on YouTube)
	8. Examples of Ancient Greek architecture (Leo Masuda, Japan)
	9. Greek art and architecture (Yoji Horikoshi, Japan)
	10. Seven Wonders of the Ancient World - interactive map (University of Southern Florida, USA)
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. TOP	Art
	1. Greek art (historyforkids.org)
	2. Images of Ancient Greek art (Detroit Institute of Art, MI, USA)
	3. Greek jewelery
	4. Painting Greek pots (Birmingham Museums, UK)
	5. Greek pottery #1 (historyforkids.org)
	6. Making Greek vases: Real Player video (The Getty, Los Angeles, USA)
	7. Traditional potter's wheel (wikipedia.org)
	8. Making a modern pot on a electric pottery wheel: video (video.google.com)
	9. Greek pottery #2 (University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology )
	10. Timeline and examples of Greek Art (Metropolitan Museum, NY, USA)
	11. Athenian vase painting (Metropolitan Museum, NY, USA)
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10. WebQuests and Fun
. TOP	WebQuests
	1. The Odyssey (Arizona State University, USA)
	2. Ancient Greece (Franciscan University of Steubenville, Ohio USA)
	3. Explore the character traits of Ancient Greek heroes? (iwebquest.com)
	4. Elysium: mythology (thinkquest.org)
	5. From Rhombus to the internet: a geometrical history of the world (thinkquest.org)
	6. Economic history of European empires (thinkquest.org)
	7. Trade in the Mediterranean (SCORE: Schools of California Online Resources for Education, USA)
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. TOP	Fun
	1. Life in a City State (Snaith Primary School)
	2. Flashcards about Ancient Greek mythology (studystack.com)
	3. Greek mythology: fun fact quiz (Michael Wiik)
	4. Who wants to be an Ancient Greek millionaire? (Woodlands Junior School, Kent County, UK)
	5. The Odyssey (Andrew Wilson)
	6. Classic games page (Andrew Wilson)
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11. Miscellaneous
. TOP	Doing Research
	1. How to do research: the CMS approach see left side of page (Avi Luxenburg, Comox Valley School District, BC, Canada)
	2. The Research Process (Oregon School Library Information System, USA)
	3. Why should we study history? (schoolhistory.co, U.K.)
	4. Primary vs. secondary sources (Bowling Green State University, Ohio, USA)
	5. A student's guide to the study of history (historyguide.org)
	6. How to do history (bbc.co.uk)
	7. Archaeology - excavations and techniques (bbc.co.uk)
	8. Learn about the impact of conquests (bbc.co.uk)
	9. Family histories (bbc.co.uk)
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	10. Sentences (actden.com)
	11. Writing paragraphs (actden.com)
	12. Writing essays (actden.com)
	13. Guide to writing a basic essay (Kathy Livingston)
	14. Turning Microsoft Word into a talking word processor (Paul Hamilton, SETBC)
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TOP	Translate . Traduisez . Traduzca . 翻译 . ترجم
	1. Babel Fish translation (altavista.com)
	2. Google Translate (google.com)
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. TOP	Misc.
	1. How do we know about the Ancient Greeks? (Woodlands Junior School, Kent County, UK)
	2. Using pottery to learn about soldiers PowerPoint presentation (ICT Oxfordshire County, UK)
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	3. Glossary of terms (BBC Schools, UK)
	4. Ancient Greek sayings (Southwest Missouri State University, USA)
	5. Metis: catalog of virtual tours of select Greek sites (The Stoa Consortium)
	6. Ancient Greece picture gallery (historylinks101)
	7. Alphabetical list of Greek Archaeological Sites (Greek Ministry of Culture)
	8. Alphabetical list of Greek Monuments (Greek Ministry of Culture)
	9. Alphabetical list of Greek Museums: by subject (Greek Ministry of Culture)
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	10. Ancient Greek money and coins (Deutsches Museum, Munich, Germany)
	11. Ancient Greek coins (Smithsonian Institution, USA)
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. TOP	Myths, Writings and Folktales
	1. Read and hear Greek myths (mr.donn.org)
	2. Greek Myths written by James Baldwin (thoughtaudio.com)
	3. The Illiad audio and e-book written by Homer (booksshouldbefree.com)
	4. The Odyssey - book 1 audio and e-book written by Homer (booksshouldbefree.com)
	5. The adventures of Ulysses audio and e-book written by Charles Lamb (booksshouldbefree.com)
	6. Bulfinch's Greek Mythology (bartleby.com)
	7. Hercules (mythweb.com)
	8. Classic mythology (timelessmyths.com)
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.. TOP	Writings
	1. The Apology of Socrates audio-book written by Plato, narrated by Michael Scott (thoughtaudio.com)
	2. The Philosopher King audio-book written by Plato, narrated by Michael Scott (thoughtaudio.com)
	3. Allegory of a Cave audio-book written by Plato, narrated by Michael Scott (thoughtaudio.com)
	4 Ancient Greek theatre (Eric Trumbill, Northern Virginia Community College, USA)
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.. TOP	Folktales
	1. The story of Greece (The Baldwin Project)
	2. Classic books on Ancient Greece 40 e-books (The Baldwin Project)
	3. Aesop's Fables 1 - 25 audio-book by Aesop (LibriVox.org)
	4. Aesop's Fables 26 - 50 audio-book by Aesop (LibriVox.org)
	5. Aesop's Fables 51 - 75 audio-book by Aesop (LibriVox.org)
	6. Aesop's Fables 76 - 100 audio-book by Aesop (LibriVox.org)
	7. Aesop for Children audio and e-book illustrated by Milo Winter written by Aesop (booksshouldbefree.com)
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