Learn more about Agamemnon, King of Mycenae and leader and hero of the Trojan War in this site. See pictures and links to myths about him.

A very large collection of interactive photographs of archaelogical sites in Greece and Turkey. Users can pan around the sites, zoom in for closer looks, or click on hot spots to access views of individual elements of the scenes. Some...

This article explains how William Caxton brought the printing press to England and published printed versions of works by writers including Chaucer, Malory, Gower, Cicero, and Virgil.

This article introduces 'The Merchant's Prologue and Tale', exploring the way in which it combines literary genres and traditions, and refuses to give the reader a clear moral or message.

This site, from Amnesty International, details the clemency procedures in Texas in the case of Troy Davis who was facing the death penalty.

Helen's background information is included as well as hypertext links to her relatives and others. Links are also available to a genealogical table and to a bibliography.

An article covering the history of western Anatolia and the Eastern Aegean during the early Bronze Age.

The literary drama "Helen," written by Euripides in 412 BC, is translated here by E. P. Coleridge.

[Free Registration/Login Required] Students will practice solving algebraic equations and plotting X and Y coordinates on a graph to better understand the techniques archeologists use to record their discoveries at excavation sites...

Fences written by the African American author August Wilson is analyzed in detail in this informative site. Read about the characters, themes and quotations in the play.

A news article discussing conflicting claims to Schliemann's Trojan treasures, which may have been excavated by different archaeologists.

Kids learn about Homer's Iliad from Ancient Greece on this site. Explore an epic poem about the Trojan War and the hero Achilles.

A thorough description of topics in Classical Greece provided for by the Malaspina University.

An image of "Portrait of Jean de Jullienne", created by Francois De Troyz (Oil on canvas).

Of the Homeric poems the Iliad and the Odyssey were the most distinguished and have alone come down to us. The subject of the Iliad was the exploits of Achilles and of the other Grecian heroes before Ilium or Troy, that of the Odyssey...

A map of the Hellenes settlements in 550 BC before the Persian Wars, including the southern Balkan Peninsula, the islands and coastal regions of the Mare Aegaeum (Aegean Sea), the southern tip of the Italian Peninsula and Sicily. This...

A map of the Hellespont (Dardanelles) between the Aegean Sea and Propontis (Bosporus), during the Peloponnesian War (405 BC), showing several important sites such as Troy (Ilium) and Abydos, where Xerxes I built two bridges to allow his...

A map showing the extent of the Empire of Alexander the Great in 323 BC, from Macedonia to northern Africa, across Asia Minor to the Indus River. The inset map show the site of the Battle of the Granicus in 334 BC, near Troy, where...

A map of Hellas during the "Heroic Age" (one of the five Ages of Man according to Hesoid - Gold, Silver, Bronze, Heroic, and Iron ages), the time of demigods and men between the events of the Theogny to Troy. The map is color-coded to...

A series of maps from 1910 showing the overland waterways of New York, including the river route between Lake Erie and Lake Ontario near Buffalo and Niagara Falls, the route of the Erie Canal, the Hudson River between Troy and Albany,...

Illustrated dictionary entry for the Judgement of Paris in which Paris of Troy picks one of three goddesses; Hera, Aphrodite, and Athena, to be deemed as the most beautiful. Describes how Paris' decision leads to the Trojan War.

Illustrated dictionary entry for the Judgement of Paris in which Paris of Troy picks one of three goddesses; Hera, Aphrodite, and Athena, to be deemed as the most beautiful. Describes how Paris' decision leads to the Trojan War.

Cartoon illustration of the horse constructed by the Greeks to gain entrance into Troy during the Trojan War.

Ancient Greek Mythology. King of Troy that fought to win his wife Helen back.