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Minoan Civilization This site provides not only an excellent introduction to the predecessors of the Greeks in the eastern Mediterranean, but also provides a virtual tour of its principle archeological sites.
http://www.plu.edu/~woodti/ Questions for exploration: Early Minoan civilization may have been able to withstand a devastating earthquake due to the nature of its social organization. What was this social organization and why may it have strengthened the civilization in times of both wealth and difficulty? What natural and human disasters eventually brought the civilization to an end?
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Daily Life in Ancient Greece These sites are devoted to exploring daily life in the ancient world and explore the role of women and slaves in Greek society.
http://www.museum.upenn.edu/Greek_World/Daily_life/index.html , http://members.aol.com/Donnclass/Greeklife.html or http://members.aol.com/Donnclass/Greeklife.html#FAMILY , http://www.greekciv.pdx.edu/sport/kirsten.html and http://www.uky.edu/ArtsSciences/Classics/gender.html Questions for exploration: Discuss the significance of domestic slaves in Greek home life. What were their duties? How did one come to be a slave in Greek society? What freedoms and limits to freedom did women face in Greek society? What roles were reserved for them? What games might they enjoy and what games were they not permitted to attend? How did the courtyard of the Greek home figure in the world of Greek women?
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Greek Men’s Life This site is part of an exhibition of Greek culture and art.
http://www.museum.upenn.edu/Greek_World/Daily_life/Men_life.html Questions for exploration: Clicking on the module buttons for schooling and warfare will provide material necessary to answer the following questions: What sort of schooling was provided for rich Greek men? How did the course of warfare change during Greek history?
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The Greek Home This site is part of an exhibition of Greek domestic culture and art.
http://www.museum.upenn.edu/Greek_World/Daily_life/house2.html Questions for exploration: What were the characteristics of a Greek home? From the images on an ancient Greek vase (found by clicking on the module button, "Greek furnishings"), what can we deduce about what kind of home furnishing they employed? How would the drinking vessel viewed by clicking on the "drinking party" module button tell you that Greek partygoers were serious drinkers?
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Athens This site provides a virtual tour of Athens. Examine the Athenian acropolis and get introduced to Greek architecture
http://www.arthistory.sbc.edu/sacredplaces/acropolis.html Questions for exploration: Why is it understandable that Greeks regarded the site of the acropolis as not only sacred, but sacred to a female divinity? What architectural refinements add to the beauty of the Partheon?
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Labors of Herakles This site examines the labors of Herakles (Hercules) in Greek mythology.
http:/ / www.perseus.tufts.edu/ Herakles/ labors.html Questions for exploration: What were the "labors" of Herakles? How did they embody what the Greeks called pathos?
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The Ancient Olympic Games Virtual Museum This site offers materials on the history of the Olympic Games, including this "memoir" of a competitor, Xenophon, in the games.
http://devlab.dartmouth.edu/olympic/Story/ Questions for exploration: How did Xenophon initially gain the recognition needed to train for the Games? What did he do before departing for the Games? Who took care of the athletic fields? What was the penalty for a false start during a race meeting? After he returned to his home, what did Xenophon do in thanks for his victory?
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The Ancient City of Athens This site uses ancient Athens to introduce the concept of typography.
http://www.indiana.edu/~kglowack/athens/topography.html Questions for exploration: What is topography? Why study a city’s topography? What types of sources exist for information about ancient Athens?
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Thucydides: Greek Historian This site is one of the major sites for materials and links on ancient Greece.
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/ Questions for exploration: In the search box at this site, enter the term Thucydides. On the basis of the results, discuss what we know and how we know about famous historians? Why was Thucydides exiled? How did he defend the strategic vision of Pericles? Why is Thucydides famous as an historian today? How would his "re-constructions" of speeches be regarded by popular writers today? By professional historians?
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Greek Medicine This site offers a good introductory essay on Greek medicine.
http://emuseum.mankato.msus.edu/prehistory/aegean/culture/greekmedicine.html Questions for exploration: Can you find any similarities between the Greek idea of "humors" and the Chinese concept of "chi?" Did Hypocrates write the Hypocratic Oath? How "modern" do you find that Oath as it may be applied today?
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The Restitution of the Parthenon Marbles This a site maintained by the Hellenic Ministry of culture that advocates the return to Greece of the marbles of the Parthenon, now principally housed in London and commonly called the Elgin Marbles.
http://www.culture.gr/ Questions for exploration: How did precious ancient Greek art and artifacts end up in modern London? Why is it argued that these objects now belong in Greece? How, and on what grounds, would you propose to resolve this debate?
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The Astronomy of the Greeks This site is part of Portland State University’s Internet guide to Greek Civilization.
http://www.greekciv.pdx.edu/science/astro/debok.htm Questions for exploration: What were some of the most impressive gains in astronomy made by the Greeks? What were the chief accomplishments of Eratosthenes and Aristotle in measuring celestial bodies?
