Hidden City Found Beneath Alexandria

The legendary city of Alexandria was founded by Alexander the Great as he swept through Egypt in his quest to conquer the known world.

Now scientists have discovered hidden underwater traces of a city that existed at Alexandria at least seven centuries before Alexander the Great arrived, findings hinted at in Homer's Odyssey and that could shed light on the ancient world.

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Eratosthenes (287-192 BC)

The Librarian Who Measured the Earth by Kathryn Lasky
1994, Little Brown Publishing, 48 pages, hardcover

This is a fascinating story, told for children and fully illustrated (beautiful full color pictures with interesting and at times humorous details) of the Greek Scientist, Mathematician and Astronomer - Eratosthenes.

Archimedes (290-212 BC)

Archimedes and the Door of Science by Jeanne Bendick
1962, Bethlehem Books, Sewn Softcover, 142 pages

Archimedes, the reknowned ancient Greek Scientist and Mathematician, had an enormous impact on all science and math since his time. This is his story, simply and even humorously told.

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The Golden Age of Athens (450 BC)

Architecture:

The Parthenon, Athens, Greece (construction 447-432 BC)

Famous Speeches:

"Pericles Funeral Oration", Pericles, 431 BC, Greee (Pericles, circa 495-429 BC),

Herodotus (visited egypt in 450 BC)

Histories of Herodotus
(suitable for college/adult reading)

Out of Print Favorites:

Stories from Herodotus: A Panorama of Events and Peoples of the Ancient World by Glanville Downey, illustrated by Enrico Arno

The Persian Wars

The Battle of Marathon (490 BC)
"The Brave Three Hundred" The Book of Virtues 472-474 (The Battle of Thermopylae 480 BC)
The Battle of Salamis (480 BC)

Pythagoras (born circa 569 BC)

Picture Books:

What's Your Angle Pythagoras?: A Math Adventure by Julie Ellis

The Story of the Greeks by H.A. Guerber

The Story of the Greeks by H.A. Guerber (begins around the 7th Century BC)

The Trojan Wars

The tragic tale of the war between the Greeks and the Trojans were immortalized in the famous epic poems, Homer's Iliadand Odyssey. Estimated to have occured in the 12th or 13th century BC)

The Children's Homer by Padraic Colum
The Tale of Troy by Roger Lancelyn Green
The Iliad of Homer

"Ulysses and the Cyclops", The Book of Virtues, pgs. 467-470
"Penelope's Web" The Book of Virtues pgs. 701-705
The Odyssey of Homer

Movies:

In Search of the Trojan War with Michael Wood (1985 - some mature content)

Palace of Knossos, Crete (Greece, 1900 BC - 1375 BC)

The Palace of Knossos, Knossos, Crete (originally constructed approximately 1900 BC, rebuilt several times, abandoned 1375 BC)