Activitates Liberis, vol. 1 : Companion Website
Welcome to the companion website for the Mingle with Myth curriculum guide! Below you can access slideshows and extra printouts developed by the Institute, but not available in the print volume. You will also find links to helpful websites developed outside the Institute.
The Institute is not responsible for the content that is hosted off of this website. As always, explore these links before sharing them with students.
Recommended Reading (.pdf) - Books about Classical Mythology that are friendly to the elementary audience. (rev. 2009)
Latin Pronunciation Guide (.mp3) - Listen to the Latin words in the pronunciation guide.
Part I: Gods and Goddesses Galore
Theogony: The Creation Myth
The Theogony Slideshow (Google Slides) - view Greek text of the Theogony and a family tree of the gods
The Theogony Story (.mp3) - Listen to the creation story in English.
Hesiod, The Theogony - Read the English translation and look at the Greek text online at the Perseus Digital Library.
Gods in Greek (.mp3) - Listen to the names of the gods in ancient Greek.
Theogony Passages (.mp3) - Listen to the Greek passages from Hesiod in the slideshow.
Introduction to the Gods
Gods and Goddesses Slideshow (Google Slides) - View images and pictures that relate to each of the fourteen major gods.
Gods and Goddesses Flashcards (Google Doc) - review the fourteen major gods
Mythology Through the Arts: Mars
Mythology Through the Arts Slideshow (Google Slides) - view images and stories about Mars and Jupiter.
Gustav Holst: Mars, the Bringer of War - Listen to the movement from Holst's symphony "The Planets" on YouTube.
Gustav Holst: Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity - Listen to the movement from Holst's symphony "The Planets" on YouTube.
Mythology and Art Taboo
Taboo Cards (.pdf) - Cards to be printed for use during the Taboo game.
Coins and Deities
Roman Coins Slideshow (Google Slides) - View images of Roman coins.
Part II: Stories from Mythology
Monsters, Beasts, and Other Creatures
"The Beast" Monologue from The Sandlot - watch the scene in which the story of "the Beast" is recounted on YouTube.
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Pyramus and Thisbe Through the Ages
Story Cards (.pdf) - Outlines of the stories of Pyramus and Thisbe, Romeo and Juliet, and West Side Story.
Orpheus and Eurydice
Synaulia Homepage - listen to sounds and music of Ancient Rome (Available for purchase from Amazon: wind instruments and string instruments.)
De Organographia - Music of the Ancient Greeks
Her Majesty Cry (.m3u) - Dan Russo's song about the story of Orpheus and Eurydice.
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Romulus and Remus
Romulus and Remus Slideshow (Google Slides) - read the story in Latin and view pictures of the story.
Romulus and Remus Story (.mp3) - Listen to the story of Romulus and Remus in the original Latin.
Vergil's Aeneid
Vergil's Aeneid (Google Slides) - Slideshow outlining the plot of the Aeneid using pictures and famous quotations from the original text.
Aeneid Quotations (.mp3) - Listen to the quotations from Vergil's Aeneid in the slideshow.
Memory Cards (.pdf) - Memory cards to match the quotations in Latin with their English translations.
Aeneas - More information on the Aeneid, with pictures, from Greek Mythology Link
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Vergil, The Aeneid - Read the English translation and look at the Latin text online at the Perseus Digital Library.
Hercules in Disney
Hercules: Greece's Greatest Hero - An illustrated summary of Hercules' 12 labors from the Perseus Digital Library.
Part III: Classical Art
Classical Pottery
Classical Pottery Slideshow (Google Slides) - view images of classical pottery.
Introduction to Mosaics
Mosaic Patterns (.pdf) - Templates of common mosaic shapes to print and use to design mosaics.
Roman Mosaics Slideshow (Google Slides) - view pictures of mosaics from Ancient Rome.
Mosaics Terms (.mp3) - Listen to the Latin terms related to mosaics from the lesson.
Giant Mosaics
Mosaics Colors (.mp3) - Listen to the names of the major colors in Latin.
Sculptures
Sculpture in Ancient Rome and America Slideshow (Google Slides) - view images of statues and sculpture over the centuries.
Frescoes
Ancient Roman Frescoes Slideshow (Google Slides) - view images of frescoes from Ancient Rome.
Corinthian, Ionic, and Doric, Oh My!
Columns in Action Slideshow (Google Slides) - View pictures of modern and ancient buildings while trying to find and identify the three orders of columns.
Temples and Architecture
Classical Architecture (Google Slides) - View pictures of the different elements of Classical architecture and see them in action!