Handout
CommonLit

Common Lit: Text Sets: Mythology

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a collection of 18 Grade-Leveled texts (6-12) on the topic of Mythology. From prehistory to the present, mythology has played an essential role in how humans interact with and understand the world around them. Explore a world of...
Website
Emory University

Emory University: Odyssey Online: Ancient Civilizations

For Students 9th - 10th
Brief studies of the peoples, mythology, daily life, death and burial, writings and archaeology of civilizations in the Near East, Egypt, Greece, Rome, Africa, and the Ancient Americas.
Website
Emory University

Emory University: Odyssey Online

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Odyssey Online is a resource for both students and teachers as they explore world mythology in reading, writing, history, and art classes. Providing sections on Near Eastern, Egyptian, Greek, Roman, and African mythology, Odyssey uses...
Website
Other

Greek Mythology Today and Myth of the Month

For Students 9th - 10th
A large Greek mythology site focused on students and expressing a great love of Greek myth. Contains the Myth of the Month, as well as Homework Help concerning myths. Humorous and colorful.
Handout
Encyclopedia Mythica

Encyclopedia Mythica: Greek Mythology

For Students 9th - 10th
Encyclopedia Mythica offers a comprehensive resource on Greek mythology. Content includes a look at the principal gods, Zeus's consorts and offspring, the descendants of Prometheus, and much, much more. Click on "browse articles" for a...
Website
Other

Greek Mythology Link: Hera

For Students 9th - 10th
Zeus' beautiful but jealous wife is explained in detail, including stories of her epic rages. There are images, a chart of family relationships, and an extensive bibliography. Site by Carlos Parada, author of Genealogical Guide to Greek...
Website
Other

Greek Mythology Link: Hermes

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Author Carlos Parada produces this detailed site about Hermes (Roman name "Mercury"), including quotations from literary works, images of Hermes in art, a chart of family relationships, and an extensive bibliography.
eBook
Bartleby

Bartleby.com: Bulfinch's Mythology: Venus and Adonis

For Students 9th - 10th
Read Thomas Bulfinch's account of the famous love affair of Venus and Adonis.
eBook
Bartleby

Bartleby.com: Bulfinch's Mythology: Juno and Her Rivals, Io & Callisto

For Students 9th - 10th
Juno's famously jealous nature is revealed in these stories of her and her rivals for Jupiter's affection.
Handout
World History Encyclopedia

World History Encyclopedia: Angitia

For Students 9th - 10th
Entry investigates the myths associated with the Roman goddess Angitia in mythology.
Handout
Encyclopedia Mythica

The Encyclopedia Mythica: Mercury

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief description of Mercury, the Roman god of trade, profit, merchants, and travelers.
Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Why Should You Read Virgil's "Aeneid?"

For Students 9th - 10th
In 19 BC, the Roman poet Virgil suffered heatstroke and died on his journey back to Italy. On his deathbed, unsatisfied with the final edit of his poem, "Aeneid," he asked his friends to burn it. But they refused, and soon after Virgil's...
Handout
Greek Gods

Greek Gods: Demigods & Spirits: Eros

For Students 9th - 10th
Eros (Cupid), the winged god of Love in Ancient Greece, shot golden arrows into the hearts of both humans and gods.
eBook
Other

Reflections on Ovid's Metamorphoses

For Students 9th - 10th
Interesting commentary and analysis of Ovid's "Metamorphoses". Examples in the essay are linked to the poem itself. Topics range from the nature of the gods and goddess to many Roman virtues. Good reading!
Website
Other

Greek Mythology: Zeus

For Students 9th - 10th
This comprehensive resource, compiled by Carlos Parada, author of the Genealogical Guide to Greek Mythology and lecturer at Lund University (Sweden), details Zeus's (Roman name "Jupiter") large family and discusses his many feats and...
eBook
Bartleby

Bartleby.com: Bulfinch's Mythology: Diana and Actaeon

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the story of the youth Acton who, having illicitly beheld the goddess Diana naked, was changed by her into a stag and torn to pieces by a pack of dogs.
eBook
Bartleby

Bartleby.com: Bulfinch's Mythology: Bacchus

For Students 9th - 10th
The history of the god Bacchus, the god of wine, includes the perilous circumstances of his birth and the foundation of his devotions, the Bacchanal.
Handout
Greek Gods

Greek Gods: Demigods & Spirits: The Erinyes

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the Erinyes (also known by the Romans as Furies), three sister goddesses of revenge and retribution. See pictures depicting their heads wreathed with serpents, burning breath, and poisonous blood was dripping from their eyes.
Handout
Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Erinyes (Furies)

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Encyclopedia article that discusses the "Erinyes or Eumenides (the Romans called them the Furies) [who] were female personifications of vengeance." Provides a summary of their role in Greek mythology, a discussion of their use in...
Handout
Encyclopedia Mythica

Encyclopedia Mythica: Hera

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a quick explanation of Hera's (Roman name "Juno") role in the Olympian society. Her symbols and domain are also revealed.
Handout
Encyclopedia Mythica

Encyclopedia Mythica: Hermes

For Students 9th - 10th
Well-written article tells of several of Hermes' (Roman name "Mercury") feats, including killing Argos.
Handout
Greek Gods

Greek Gods: Greek Heroes: Heracles

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site focuses on the Greek hero Heracles including his ancestry, pictures, events in his life, and links to myths about him.
Website
Mythweb

Mythweb: The Olympians

For Students 9th - 10th
Mythweb profiles selected gods and goddesses from Greek mythology who ruled from Mt. Olympus, including Aphrodite, Apollo, Ares, Artemis, Athena, Demeter, Dionysus, Hephaestus, Hera, Hermes, Poseidon, and Zeus.
Handout
Greek Gods

Greek Gods: Greek Heroes: Odysseus

For Students 9th - 10th
This site focuses on Odysseus including his ancestry, his participation in the Trojan War, his ten-year journey at sea, and pictures and myths about him