Helen of Troy – the Trojan War
Kidnapping Helen of Troy (from Pompeii) Who was Helen of Troy? Helen, the daughter of Zeus and the queen of Sparta, was the most beautiful young woman in the world. She lived [...]
Kidnapping Helen of Troy (from Pompeii) Who was Helen of Troy? Helen, the daughter of Zeus and the queen of Sparta, was the most beautiful young woman in the world. She lived [...]
Atalanta (see her name misspelled on the vase?) Who was Atalanta? Atalanta was a woman who was very good at all kinds of sports (in the story; this is a story). She [...]
The palaestra at Olympia, Elis, Greece (about 250 BC) Once all the men had arrived in Elis for the Olympic Games, they spent a month practicing and training together in [...]
Greek Olympic events - Men's footrace (Athens, ca. 530 BC) A short foot race At first, the only athletic competition at the Olympics was a single short foot race, 170 [...]
The temple of Hera in Olympia, Elis, Greece What were the Greek Olympic Games? Once every four years, men from all over Greece came to compete in a great athletic [...]
Greek games: Discobolos (the Discus Thrower) (This is a Roman copy; the Greek one didn't last) Athletic competitions The Greeks took games of all kinds very seriously, but especially physical [...]
Sports history: The Discus-Thrower (ca. 450 BC) The earliest sports Indo-European people like Central Asians and the Greeks had a very strong tradition of athletic competition. Competing in, and winning, [...]
A foot race in ancient Greece Would a day of "Greek Olympics" work for you? Here are some suggestions for that. Maybe the most important difference between our own Olympics [...]
Ancient Greek discus, made by 6th graders at Laurelhurst School, Portland One of the sports in the Greek Olympic Games was to see who could throw a discus the farthest. [...]
Kids with challenges ride special bikes in this bike race project (Wheels to Succeed) A Central Asia project As you can see from reading the Alpamysh, horse racing was a [...]