Greek and Roman Mythology and History Links

Almost everyone has been influenced by the history and the mythology of the Greco-Roman world. The English Patient includes Herodotus' story of  the Lydian king Candaules' showing off his wife's beauty to his lieutenant Gyges...names changed of course. Many children are told stories of heroes from antiquity such as Hercules and of morality such as Icarus, the boy who flew too close to the sun. In school, many study the Olympian Gods and their significance. Numerous movies have been made throughout the history of film such as Jason and the Argonauts and Clash of the Titans. Even our modern languages are influenced by Latin and Greek. Medicine and Science relies on the knowledge of these languages to heal and save. Lawyers use Latin in everyday cases. Others use Latin phrases, such as ad lib, et cetera, and semper fi, without even knowing that they are not using English. Our two state mottos are in Latin...Animis opibusque parati and Dum spiro, spero. Below you will find links to interesting sites about The Greco-Roman world.

Interesting Links (Disclaimer: not all of these websites are scholarly...please make sure of the validity before using these websites for research. I am not assuming any responsibility for the information contained within the sites below.) >>The most comprehensive site to learn about the Greco-Roman world is The Perseus Project...you can find their site here! >>Bulfinch's Mythology is a very good site about any hero, god, goddess, or creature you can think of...their site is here! >>GreekMythology.com is a great place to find Greek stories...they have a list of everything from Apollo to Zeus and even a God family tree. >>Here is a pretty long list of the Gods (Greek and Roman), and even has the fates, sirens and more. It is a personal page. >>Ever wanted to know more about Greek and Roman baths...click here! >>Here is a site on the Olympians. >>A personal website on Classical Battles is found here. >>Women...we seem to be left out of a lot of things. Well, here is a site dedicated to the Roman Woman called Feminae Romanae and here is a site devoted to Greek women. >>Here is a very good site on Greek history with maps. >>A page on Greek Astronomy can be found here. >>Is there unknown Hellenic history? This site seems to think so. To find out about the possible existence of Ancient Greeks in America click here and then follow the link to the English site on the left column. >>For interesting sites about the ancient olympic games click here, here or here. >>Here is a site about ancient Greek music with sound clips. >>Here is the yahoo listing for important Greek people and here is the yahoo listing for important Roman people. >>Here is a reprint of a book about early Greek philosophy and here is a site to a Greek philosophy Archive sponsored by the University of Georgia. >>The Forum Romanum is a great site about everything Roman. Be sure to visit their page with Latin phrases here! >>Here is a site with the myth of Romulus and Remus...the founders of Rome. >>Here is a personal site about Roman mythology...it also has Greek counterpart here. >>Yet another site about Roman gods is found here with nice pictures and it also has a page about ancient Rome here and a page about Greece here. >>Here is a site about the connections between Herodotus and The English Patient. More sites will be added as I have more time...if you know of an interesting sites that deal with the Classics please contact (Destiny Inman) me here. Also if you find any dead links please notify me.