General knowledge of ancient Greek civilisation was greatly increased by publications such Johann Joachim Winckelmann’s Reflections on the Painting and Sculpture of the Greeks (translated into English by Henri Fuseli in 1765) and James Stuart and Nicholas Revett’s Antiquities of Athens (1762–1830). Greek art could also be seen at first. KS5 English Literature; KS5 English Language; KS5 English Lang/Lit; KS5 Drama and Theatre Studies. Greek Mythology; Published: KS3 Prose 1 page. Whether it's adapted fairy tales, re-written classic literature, updated fables, or modern Greek mythology retellings, I'm a sucker for re-reading tales I've already been told in new and exciting.

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HECTOR Ἕκτωρ m English, French, Greek Mythology (Latinized), Arthurian Romance Latinized form of Greek Ἕκτωρ (Hektor), which was derived from ἕκτωρ (hektor) meaning 'holding fast', ultimately from ἔχω (echo) meaning 'to hold, to possess'. In Greek legend Hector was one of the Trojan champions who fought against the Greeks.

Out of all the mythologies of the world, Greek mythology has influenced Western Civilization the most. Literally thousands of artists and writers have used Greek mythology as their muse--bringing the ancient stories to life through sculpture, painting, poetry, and song. Myth-inspired phrases such as Achilles Heel and Oedipus Complex and stand-alone words like labyrinth and mentor proliferate our language.

Media other than high art use mythological references too. Businesses and advertising firms use mythology as a selling tool. Arethusa Plumbing references Arethusa (a nymph transformed into a spring), a diamond necklace is titled a Pandora for its irresistibility, and towering billboards bear the name Olympus. All these examples show how culturally ingrained Greek mythology has become. Together with the Bible and Shakespeare, Greek mythology rounds out the 'Big Three of Allusions.' Any serious student of literature must have a healthy background in these three areas in order to spot the numerous references authors make to them.

INTRODUCTION TO ANCIENT GREECE READING PACKETThis packet of information provides a good background for both English and history teachers who want to teach students about ancient Greece.Also available in the website store is a series of 50 questions (and a key) that you can use with this packet of information. For more information click here.

GALLERY OF THE GODSThis gives a quick overview of the main gods and goddesses of Greek mythology.

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'HADES AND PERSEPHONE' (A READER'S THEATER SCRIPT-STORY)This Reader's Theater script-story dramatizes the Greek myth of Hades and Persephone, where the god of the underworld abducts a young maiden. This myth explains the seasons of the year.

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'THE BALLAD OF BELLEROPHON' (A MYTHIC PARODY) This handout presents a parody of the story of the winged horse, Pegasus, and his less-famous rider, Bellerophon.

DISNEY'S HERCULES VIEWING GUIDE (SALE ITEM) Use this viewing guide to help your students analyze the Disney film Hercules. The download also includes the Reader's Theater script-story 'Heracles: The True Story.'

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INTERACTIVE THESEUS QUEST In the style of Choose Your Own Adventure books, this activity lets you choose the destiny of Theseus, one of Greece's greatest heroes as he faces off against the Minotaur!

28 MYTH-INSPIRED POEMSThis packet contains a variety of poems inspired by Greek mythology. Warning: Some poems will not be suitable for younger learners.

MYTHICAL BEASTS, MONSTERS, AND LESSER GODS PRESENTATIONThis presentation gives students an overview of the lesser gods and creatures of Greek mythology.

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MYTHOLOGY CHARADES CLUESCharades is a great way to end a unit on mythology. Use these clues to play charades based on characters from Greek Mythology.

12 TALES OF LOVERSThis worksheet presents 12 short myths from Greek mythology that deal with famous love stories.

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Greek Mythology Novels

With the rediscovery of classical antiquity in the Renaissance, the poetry of Ovid became a major influence on the imagination of poets and artists, and remained a fundamental influence on the diffusion and perception of Greek mythology through subsequent centuries.^[2] From the early years of the Renaissance, artists portrayed subjects from Greek mythology alongside more conventional Christian themes. Among the best-known subjects of Italian artists are Botticelli's Birth of Venus and Pallas and the Centaur, the Ledas of Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo, and Raphael's Galatea.^[2] Through the medium of Latin and the works of Ovid, Greek myth influenced medieval and Renaissance poets such as Petrarch, Boccaccio and Dante in Italy.^[1]

In northern Europe, Greek mythology never took the same hold of the visual arts, but its effect was very obvious on literature. Both Latin and Greek classical texts were translated, so that stories of mythology became available. In England, Chaucer, the Elizabethans and John Milton were among those influenced by Greek myths; nearly all the major English poets from Shakespeare to Robert Bridges turned for inspiration to Greek mythology. Jean Racine in France and Goethe in Germany revived Greek drama.^[2] Racine reworked the ancient myths — including those of Phaidra, Andromache, Oedipus and Iphigeneia — to new purpose.^[3]

In the 18th century, the philosophical revolution of the Enlightenment spread throughout Europe. It was accompanied by a certain reaction against Greek myth; there was a tendency to insist on the scientific and philosophical achievements of Greece and Rome. The myths, however, continued to provide an important source of raw material for dramatists, including those who wrote the libretti for Handel's operas Admeto and Semele, Mozart's Idomeneo, and Gluck's Iphigénie en Aulide.^[3] By the end of the century, Romanticism initiated a surge of enthusiasm for all things Greek, including Greek mythology. In Britain, it was a great period for new translations of Greek tragedies and Homer's works, and these in turn inspired contemporary poets, such as Keats, Byron, and Shelley.^[4] The Hellenism of Queen Victoria's poet laureate, Alfred Lord Tennyson, was such that even his portraits of the quintessentially English court of King Arthur are suffused with echoes of the Homeric epics. The visual arts kept pace, stimulated by the purchase of the Parthenon marbles in 1816; many of the 'Greek' paintings of Lord Leighton and Lawrence Alma-Tadema were seriously accepted as part of the transmission of the Hellenic ideal.^[5]

American authors of the 19th century, such as Thomas Bulfinch and Nathaniel Hawthorne, believed that myths should provide pleasure, and held that the study of the classical myths was essential to the understanding of English and American literature.^[6] According to Bulfinch, 'The so-called divinities of Olympus have not a single worshipper among living men. They belong now not to the department of theology, but to those of literature and taste.'^[7] In more recent times, classical themes have been reinterpreted by such major dramatists as Jean Anouilh, Jean Cocteau, and Jean Giraudoux in France, Eugene O'Neill in America, and T. S. Eliot in England, and by great novelists such as the Irish James Joyce and the French André Gide. Richard Strauss, Jacques Offenbach and many others have set Greek mythological themes to music.^[1]

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Greek Mythology In English Literature Vocabulary

1. ^ ^abc'Greek Mythology'. Encyclopædia Britannica. 2002.
2. ^ ^abc'Greek mythology'. Encyclopædia Britannica. 2002.
   * L. Burn, Greek Myths, 75
3. ^ ^abL. Burn, Greek Myths, 75
4. ^L. Burn, Greek Myths, 75-76
5. ^L. Burn, Greek Myths, 76
6. ^Klatt-Brazouski, Ancient Greek and Roman Mythology, 4
7. ^T. Bulfinch (1855). The Age of Fable: Or, Stories of Gods and Heroes, p.11. Sanborn, Carter, and Bazin.

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Mythology In Literature

• Classical Mythology in European Art, teaching resource on mythology in art
• Kravchenko, Anastasiia. Mythological subjects in Francisco Goya’s work. 2019 Book for teaching mythology in art.

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