Annotated Bibliography

Young Adult literature

D'Aulaire, I. (1962). D'Aulaires' book of greek myths. New York, NY: Delacorte Press

Riordan, R. (2006). Percy Jackson and the lightning thief. New York, NY: Hyperion Books

Sutcliff, R. (2005). The wanderings of Odysseus: the story of the odyssey. London, UK: Francis Lincoln Ltd.

Sutcliff, R. (2005). Black ships before Troy. New York, NY: Laurel Leaf

Websites

Dumitru, A. I. (1999-2014) Greek gods and goddesses. Retrieved from http://www.greek-gods-and-goddesses.com

McIlvain, J. (2004, Feb 4). An overview of the Odyssey for the student. Retrieved from http://www.leasttern.com/HighSchool/odyssey/Odyssey1.html

Quia (2014). The Odyssey vocabulary challenge 2. Retrieved from http://www.quia.com/cb/96928.html

Struck, P. T. (2000-2009). Greek and Roman mythology. Retrieved from http://www.classics.upenn.edu/myth/php/homer/index.php?page=odywar

Periodicals

Dalby, A. (2006, Jan 8). The Iliad, the Odyssey and their audiences. The Classical Quarterly 45.n2 (July-Dec 1995): 269(11). Expanded Academic ASAP. Thomson Gale. Noble and Greenough School

Darvasi, P. (2013, Oct 13). How to transform the Odyssey into an epic game in alternate reality. Mindshift: KQED.org Public Media for Northern California. Retrieved from http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2014/10/how-students-can-channel-the-odyssey-into-an-alternate-reality-epic/

Elizmegburton* (2011). The value, viability, and relevance of Greek mythology in today's society. Teen Ink. Retrieved from http://www.teenink.com/nonfiction/academic/article/435069/The-Value-Viability-and-Relevance-of-Greek-Mythology-in-Todays-Society/

      *Note: I'm fully aware this article was written by a teen, for teens. I'd like to introduce my students to this kind of online academic writing.

Hall, Edith. (2013, Nov 13). Herodotus, the Homer of european prose [Review of The Histories by Herodotus]. London, UK: Times Literary Supplement. Retrieved from http://www.the-tls.co.uk/tls/public/article1339660.ece

Film clips/videos

Columbus, C. (2010, Jun 29). Percy Jackson and the olympians: the lightning thief. 20^th Century Fox

Glassman, G. (2007, Apr 24). The true story of Troy. The History Channel. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYB7zUwi2Eg

Konchalovsky, A. (2001, Sept 18). The Odyssey [mini series]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lz-65OGqHc

Petersen, W. (2007). Troy. Warner Home Video.

Spacapelli, D. (2014, Feb 19). Secrets of archeology: mycenaeans, the civilization of heroes. TravelVidoeStore.com. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZghtMHBpdVI