nmariec23 Posted February 3, 2013 Share Posted February 3, 2013 If you had 16 weeks to spend on Ancient Greece, which books would be on your must read list? I feel like we could probably spend an entire year on this, but I'm afraid we don't have that much time:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halcyon Posted February 3, 2013 Share Posted February 3, 2013 Tales of the greek heroes!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted February 3, 2013 Share Posted February 3, 2013 "The Greek Way", by Edith Hamilton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmariec23 Posted February 3, 2013 Author Share Posted February 3, 2013 Thanks for the suggestions. I will look those up. I've got some others on the list- Black Ships Before Troy and Wanderings of Odysseus- Sutcliff D'Aulaire's greek myths Famous Men of Greece Old Greek Stories- James Baldwin Tales from the Odyssey- Mary Pope Osborne - I thought my younger children might like to listen to this. The Golden Fleece- Padraic Colum Bulfinch Age of Fable Which of these have been a hit or miss? Any others I'm missing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~Anna~ Posted February 3, 2013 Share Posted February 3, 2013 We are starting Greece next week (hopefully) and planning on doing these: D'Aulaires Greek Myths The Trojan War by Coolidge Black Ships Before Troy The Wanderings of Odysseus Theras & His Town In Search of a Homeland: The Story of the Aeneid and also Archimedes and the Door of Science Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~Anna~ Posted February 3, 2013 Share Posted February 3, 2013 Gosh, I didn't think we'd spend more than a month or two on Greece, looks like I may need to rethink that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolphin Posted February 4, 2013 Share Posted February 4, 2013 We are going to spend a long time on Greece too. We are using a lot of what is already posted. Also the book of the Ancient Greeks by Dorothy Mills. There are a lot of good resources with Memoria Press. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuesdayschild Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 Thanks for the suggestions. I will look those up. I've got some others on the list- Black Ships Before Troy and Wanderings of Odysseus- Sutcliff D'Aulaire's greek myths Famous Men of Greece Old Greek Stories- James Baldwin Tales from the Odyssey- Mary Pope Osborne - I thought my younger children might like to listen to this. The Golden Fleece- Padraic Colum Bulfinch Age of Fable Which of these have been a hit or miss? Any others I'm missing? Recommend: The audio versions of Sutcliff's books are so well done, recommending those :) Recommend: I prefer the Memoria Press book on FMoG - love the pictures!!! Pass: Bulfinch books don't seem too sit as well as they should/could in our home - your family may really enjoy them. Suggestion: Perhaps consider the Herodotus book by Jeanne Bendick too (we only allowed 6 weeks for Greece and I just couldn't fit that into our schedule as a prescribed read, so have placed it in the free reading basket). Suggestion: Do Aesops fables feature,or have you more than covered that in earlier years? We won't have time for Colum's Golden Fleece book - so selected Jason and the Golden Fleece ~ Riordan As a fun go along we've added in Tales of the Dead: Ancient Greece (rivalry at the Olympic Games) ETA: on the off chance others are looking for free ebooks to go with A.Greece, hope you don't mind if I pop some links here: http://www.bookdepository.com/Aesop-for-Children-Illustrated-Edition-Dodo-Press-Aesop/9781409917861 Aesop http://www.bookdepository.com/Story-Golden-Age-Illustrated-Edition-Dodo-Press-James-Baldwin/9781409909095 precedes Illiad & Odyssey Ancient Greece http://www.mainlesson.com/display.php?author=baldwin&book=golden&story contents as above http://www.bookdepository.com/Odyssey-for-Boys-Girls-Illustrated-Edition-Dodo-Press-Rev-Alfred-Church/9781409918684 a. greece http://www.bookdepository.com/Story-Odyssey-Dodo-Press-Rev-Alfred-Church/9781406513707 a.greece http://www.bookdepository.com/Iliad-for-Boys-Girls-Illustrated-Edition-Dodo-Press-Rev-Alfred-Church/9781409918707 a. greece http://www.bookdepository.com/Aeneid-for-Boys-Girls-Dodo-Press-Rev-Alfred-Church/9781409926986 a. greece http://www.bookdepository.com/Adventures-Odysseus-Tales-Troy-Padraic-Colum/9781406501254 a.greece http://www.bookdepository.com/Golden-Fleece-Heroes-Who-Lived-Before-Achilles-Illustrated-Edition-Dodo-Press-Padraic-Colum/9781409943471 a.greece http://www.bookdepository.com/Story-Greek-People-Illustrated-Edition-Dodo-Press-Eva-March-Tappan/9781409927051 a. greece http://www.bookdepository.com/Helmet-Spear-Illustrated-Edition-Dodo-Press-Rev-Alfred-Church/9781409918622 stories from the wars of greeks & romans Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmariec23 Posted February 5, 2013 Author Share Posted February 5, 2013 Recommend: The audio versions of Sutcliff's books are so well done, recommending those :) Recommend: I prefer the Memoria Press book on FMoG - love the pictures!!! Pass: Bulfinch books don't seem too sit as well as they should/could in our home - your family may really enjoy them. Suggestion: Perhaps consider the Herodotus book by Jeanne Bendick too (we only allowed 6 weeks for Greece and I just couldn't fit that into our schedule as a prescribed read, so have placed it in the free reading basket). Suggestion: Do Aesops fables feature,or have you more than covered that in earlier years? We won't have time for Colum's Golden Fleece book - so selected Jason and the Golden Fleece ~ Riordan As a fun go along we've added in Tales of the Dead: Ancient Greece (rivalry at the Olympic Games) ETA: on the off chance others are looking for free ebooks to go with A.Greece, hope you don't mind if I pop some links here: http://www.bookdepository.com/Aesop-for-Children-Illustrated-Edition-Dodo-Press-Aesop/9781409917861 Aesop http://www.bookdepository.com/Story-Golden-Age-Illustrated-Edition-Dodo-Press-James-Baldwin/9781409909095 precedes Illiad & Odyssey Ancient Greece http://www.mainlesson.com/display.php?author=baldwin&book=golden&story contents as above http://www.bookdepository.com/Odyssey-for-Boys-Girls-Illustrated-Edition-Dodo-Press-Rev-Alfred-Church/9781409918684 a. greece http://www.bookdepository.com/Story-Odyssey-Dodo-Press-Rev-Alfred-Church/9781406513707 a.greece http://www.bookdepository.com/Iliad-for-Boys-Girls-Illustrated-Edition-Dodo-Press-Rev-Alfred-Church/9781409918707 a. greece http://www.bookdepository.com/Aeneid-for-Boys-Girls-Dodo-Press-Rev-Alfred-Church/9781409926986 a. greece http://www.bookdepository.com/Adventures-Odysseus-Tales-Troy-Padraic-Colum/9781406501254 a.greece http://www.bookdepository.com/Golden-Fleece-Heroes-Who-Lived-Before-Achilles-Illustrated-Edition-Dodo-Press-Padraic-Colum/9781409943471 a.greece http://www.bookdepository.com/Story-Greek-People-Illustrated-Edition-Dodo-Press-Eva-March-Tappan/9781409927051 a. greece http://www.bookdepository.com/Helmet-Spear-Illustrated-Edition-Dodo-Press-Rev-Alfred-Church/9781409918622 stories from the wars of greeks & romans Wow! Thanks. This is super helpful:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuesdayschild Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 Wow! Thanks. This is super helpful :) (I do like lists ;) ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kfamily Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 Thanks for the suggestions. I will look those up. I've got some others on the list- *Black Ships Before Troy and Wanderings of Odysseus- Sutcliff *D'Aulaire's greek myths Famous Men of Greece Old Greek Stories- James Baldwin *Tales from the Odyssey- Mary Pope Osborne - I thought my younger children might like to listen to this. The Golden Fleece- Padraic Colum *Bulfinch Age of Fable Which of these have been a hit or miss? Any others I'm missing? I put a blue star by the hits at our house so far. We're just about to start the Ancient Greeks again and have these on our list of books so far: Older dd (High School): Iliad Odyssey (following both of these with Teaching Co. lectures) Three Theban Plays Oresteia I may add Last Days of Plato to this list too. Younger dd: D'Aulaire's Greek Myths (reading this now) The Trojan War (We have this instead of Black Ships) by Oliva Coolidge Wandering of Odysseus Archimedes and the Door of Science Men of Athens Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arborite Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 We are finishing up five months on Rome and are shifting backward to Greece. We started with Famous Men of Rome and ended with Oxford University Press's Ancient Roman World, and I think we will follow the same formula for Greece. FM is engaging and makes it personal, while OUP provides the broader social context. In between we will read lots of myths and learn the Greek alphabet. Heritage Histlory's Ancient Greece Study Guide will help us fill in our timeline, and its ebooks will give us more readings for any periods we get particualry interested in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuesdayschild Posted February 8, 2013 Share Posted February 8, 2013 I put a blue star by the hits at our house so far. We're just about to start the Ancient Greeks again and have these on our list of books so far: Older dd (High School): Iliad Odyssey (following both of these with Teaching Co. lectures) Three Theban Plays Oresteia I may add Last Days of Plato to this list too. Younger dd: D'Aulaire's Greek Myths (reading this now) The Trojan War (We have this instead of Black Ships) by Oliva Coolidge Wandering of Odysseus Archimedes and the Door of Science Men of Athens I've just followed your links over to your blogs. TREASURE troves! Really appreciate all the detail ( & extra's) you've provided. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kfamily Posted February 8, 2013 Share Posted February 8, 2013 Aww, thank you so much! :blush: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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