The Greek alphabet is over 2,500 years old and is still used today! It was the first alphabet to include vowels. It is one of the many gifts we received from the ancient Greeks.

For Kids: Overview

Geography & Maps

Early Greece: Minoans, Mycenaeans, Dorians

Greek Dark Ages

Rise of Greek City-States

Athens

Sparta

Greek Wars

• On Land: Greek Warriors
• At Sea: Greek Ships
• Trojan War
• Persian Wars
• The Delian League
• Peloponnesian War
• Alexander the Great
• The League of Corinth

Hellenistic Greece

Decline and Fall

Achievements & Contributions

Inventions & Discoveries

Interactive Timelines

Investigate Real Life Artifacts

Play Greek Games! Interactive

For Kids: Art, Culture, Government

Greek Art

Greek Drama and Theatre

Greek Dance

Ancient Greek Olympics

Types of Government

Roots of Democracy

Greek Alphabet

Greek Vases Tell a Story

Greek Columns and Architecture

Elgin Marbles

For Kids: Greek Mythology

Ancient Greek Myths for Kids, retold by Lin Donn

• Zeus, Hera, and Little Io
• The Competition, Athena and Poseidon
• Theseus, the Minotaur, and the Maze
• Dionysus and Ariadne
• Icarus and Daedalus, Wings
• The 12 Labors of Hercules
• Demeter and Persephone, Reason for the Seasons
• Apollo's Oracle at Delphi
• Perseus, Andromeda, and the sea god, Poseidon
• King Midas and the Donkey Ears
• And Many More

Ancient Greek Gods & Goddesses

The 12 Olympians

Mount Olympus

Greek God Family Tree

Religion, Gods

Temples

Acropolis & Parthenon

For Kids: Ancient Greek Daily Life

NEW: From the Case Files of the Hercules Detective Agency: Join Herc and his friends as they solve daily life problems of the ancient Greeks

• The Misunderstood Minotaur - How Hercules made a best friend
• The Scaredly Fish
• The Tricked Bully
• The Stone Zoo
• The Bad Barber
• The Constant Chatterbox
• The Monster Under the Bridge
• The Festival Arrow
• The Amazing Matchmaker
• And many more, original short stories by Lin and Don Donn - learn about the ancient Greeks the easy way, through the case files of the Hercules Detective Agency!

Greek Men

Greek Women

Greek Kids

Greek Slaves

Pets & Toys

Houses

Food

Clothing

Hair Styles

Education, School

Wedding Customs

For Kids: People

Famous People

Pericles Funeral Oration

Greek Philosophies

Aristotle

Socrates

Greek Legends

Greek Fables

Aesop's Fables

Alexander the Great

Homer's Iliad & Homer's Odyssey

For Kids: Interactive Quizzes

Greece Geography

Greek Gods

Early Greece

Greek Government

Daily Life

Greek Olympics

Greek Wars

Greek Arts

Alexander the Great &
Gifts from the Greeks

For Teachers

Activities and Projects

Lesson Plans & Units

PowerPoints

Jeopardy Games

Interactive Games

For Kids and Teachers: Other Ancient Civilizations

See Also: Early Humans for Kids and Teachers

Archaeology for Kids and Teachers