THE SHOP
Printable Greek myths packs and the reading-shelf picks from this notebook, in one place. Start with the free sample and the free texts if you would rather not buy anything.
PRINTABLES
Greek myths retold in our own words from Hesiod, Homer, the Homeric Hymns, Apollodorus and Ovid, always labelled and sourced, with every difference between versions named. Every pack comes in A4 and US Letter, with answer keys, notes for adults and a sources page. Sold as instant PDF downloads from the ReallyByte store.
A free 7-page sample (cover and credits included): Pandora and the jar retold, with questions, a colouring page, a myth-or-history sort and an answer key. No sign-up.
A4 PDF (340 KB)US Letter PDF (340 KB)
Be a myth detective: sort evidence cards into History and Literature, match story details to the writers who tell them, spot the differences between versions, build a timeline, open two case files (jar or box? and was there a Minotaur?), then take a quiz. Certificate and answer keys included.
Six Greek myths retold in our own words from Hesiod, the Homeric Hymn to Demeter, Apollodorus, Ovid and Homer, each with comprehension questions, a word bank, a which-source-is-it question and answer keys.
Twelve cut-out character cards, from Prometheus and Pandora to Arachne, Midas, Odysseus and Orpheus. Each card names the writers who tell the character’s story and gives two labelled facts, with three games, blank cards and an answer key.
Three colouring pages of line drawings by John Flaxman and Walter Crane, each with a labelled line about the myth, plus a labyrinth maze, a word search, a code breaker, a decorate-a-Greek-pot page and an answer key.
Six posters: who told the myths, myth or history?, when the versions differ, Greek and Roman names, myths in museums, and places in the myths. Every statement is labelled and sourced.
Two quiz rounds, a crossword, a word search, a true-or-false round and a which-came-first timeline puzzle, all drawn from the checked facts on this site, with answer keys and a certificate.
All six packs plus a bundle guide, in A4 and US Letter, in one download.
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READING SHELF
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The Theogony and Works and Days are short enough to read in an afternoon. Check the translator’s name and whether the line numbers are printed, so you can follow references like Works and Days 42–105.
Read the relevant notebook ↗There are many English translations, in verse and in prose. Compare a page or two before you choose, and look for book and line numbers.
Read the relevant notebook ↗The source for Arachne, Midas, Daedalus and Icarus, and Orpheus. Check whether it is a full translation or a selection.
Read the relevant notebook ↗Look for a retelling that names its ancient sources, or says when it is changing a story.
Read the relevant notebook ↗For older readers who want to look closely at painted pots like the ones on our museum page.
Read the relevant notebook ↗For the colouring pages in the printables. Follow the maker’s age guidance.
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