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Greece and Rome

Many information sources for Greece and Rome are now available on line. This is a sampler of some of the most useful web sites sponsored by universities, research centers, non-profits, governments, and news organizations. Useful commercial sites are accessible through some of the gateways in this list.  Inclusion of a link on this page does not imply endorsement of the views or information presented.  The links are active as of January 2000.  This researcher did not check links off the main sites.

Greece

Daily Life in Ancient Greece

http://www.museum.upenn.edu/Greek_World/Intro.html

Greek Civilization

http://www.greekciv.pdx.edu/structure/carr2.html

Minoan Civilization

http://www.dilos.com/region/crete/min_cul.html

Hercules:  Greek Hero

http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/Hercules/

Greek Mythology (Hotlist)

http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/pages/listgreekmybr.html

http://tlc.ai.org/folktale.htm#MYTH

Aesop's Fables

http://www.pacificnet.net/~johnr/aesop/

Greek Alphabet

http://www.webcom.com/shownet/medea/graphics/grkalph.gif

Alexander the Great

http://www.entergroupltd.com/alex_web/alexfram.htm

Olympics

http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/Olympics/

http://devlab.cs.dartmouth.edu/olympic/history/GamesHistory.html

Greek Costume

http://www.firstnethou.com/annam/costhist.html/

Perseus Project

http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/

Athens

http://www.indiana.edu/~kglowack/athens/

Aristotle

http://quarles.unbc.edu/ideas/net/history/aristotle.html

Rome

History Online Ancient Rome

http://www.jacksonesd.k12.or.us/k12projects/jimperry/rome.html

Exploring Ancient Cultures--Rome

http://eawc.evansville.edu/ropage.htm

Concrete History--Ancient Rome

http://www.symons.com/concrete/3-rome.htm

Pompeii

http://cctr.umkc.edu/user/breese/pompeii.htm

The Romans from the BBC

http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/romans/

Daily Life in Ancient Rome

http://www.uvm.edu/~classics/life/links.html

LacusCurtius: into the Roman World 

http://www.ukans.edu/history/index/europe/ancient_rome/E/Roman/home.html

About.com Rome

http://ancienthistory.about.com/education/ancienthistory/msubmenurome.htm

Roman Law

http://myron.sjsu.edu/romeweb/govt/art1.htm

Roman Baths

http://vroma.rhodes.edu/~bmcmanus/baths.html

Romans At Work and Play

http://mars.acnet.wnec.edu/~grempel/courses/wc1/lectures/12romanday.html

Odyssey Online Rome

http://www.emory.edu/CARLOS/ODYSSEY/ROME/homepg.html

The Forum

http://www.geocities.com/~stilicho/

Roman Games

Board Games http://www.personal.psu.edu/users/w/x/wxk116/roma/rbgames.html

Ball Games

http://www.personal.psu.edu/users/w/x/wxk116/romeball.html