+ Central Subject: Ancient Greece

The Greek study includes: mythology; 5th Century B.C.E. Athens and Sparta, daily life, and architecture; pottery and its decoration; archaeology; the Bronze Age in Crete and Mycenae with the hero tales; the Iliad and Odyssey; Greek plays; geography; and the Olympic Games. A partial bibliography includes appropriate translations of Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey; D’Aulaires’ Greek Myths; Theras and his Town; Evslin, Greek Myths; Coolidge, Greek Myths and The Trojan War; Longman Series, Aspects of Greek Life and See Inside a Greek Town; and Usborne, The Greeks.  Online resources and multimedia materials enhance the curriculum.

Our methods of study include discussions and reading, compositions, research, dramatizations, crafts, painting, mapping, projects, and museum visits.


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