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How
do we know about Greek Mythology?
Although many stories were told orally in the beginning, there
were great Greek writers who wrote down various versions of
the stories in the form of poems, plays, legends etc. One famous
writer was Homer who wrote the Odyssey and the Iliad.
Another
was Hesiod, the poet. The following sites are sources of some
of the original writing.
Classical
Myth : The Ancient Sources
The
Perseus Digital Library
The
Ancient Greeks also illustrated their art work with stories
from their mythology. A lot of myths can be seen on their beautiful
urns. Some good sites to explore mythology through art are:
Cleopatra
Multimedia Guide to the Ancient World Art Institute of Chicago
Odyssey Online Michael C Carlos Museum
Looking at Art of Ancient Greece and Rome
Ancient Art - Detroit Museum of Art 
Extension
Exercise
Write your own myth
and present it in one of the following forms:
As
a child's reading book either on paper or as an electronic book
using Powerpoint presentation or a series of Web pages or Shockwave
director.
As
a series of drawings to decorate a greek urn/s using paper or
a drawing/graphics programme. The picture below is the shape
that could wrap around the area near the neck of an urn.
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