Links from "Make Self Smartness"

Being new to blogging I thought I posted the Ancient Greek links with the blog “make self smartness”. Here they are… I hope.


Wikipedia:
Brief overview of Ancient Greek Language and some nice links

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_language

I strongly recommend memorizing strange bits of the Iliad in Greek and then translating it for your friends… you will sound so smart! For you bible types you have the option of memorizing the Lord’s Prayer or the Creed. Either of which could be interesting, you’ll get a chance to see how it has been translated.


This link is cool too:
Textkit:
For those of you wanting to go whole hog and learn not only Greek but Latin…keeping in mind that if you learn Latin you will be able to read works like “Harry Potter” translated into Latin and have whole conversations with others who learn it! It’s like a secret language.

http://www.textkit.com/

This site lets you use free text book materials and, as an added bonus, you could enter some contests to win actual text books!


For the history of the Greeks check these out:

The Ancient Greek World:
Put on by the University of Pennsylvania it has some good info with pictures of pottery that explains their info. You can even look up the Olympics under religious sports.

http://www.museum.upenn.edu/Greek_World/Index.html


A good looking site for kids is:

Daily Life in Ancient Greece:
It is clear and fun with a whole section devoted to the Olympics and how you would have acted depending on which city state you were from:

http://members.aol.com/Donnclass/Greeklife.html


You’re well on your way! Good luck!