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In Our Time

Find links to programmes from this radio show here:

• The Greek Myths
• The Amazons
• The Oath
• The Delphic Oracle

The Olympian gods, chthonic gods and hero-worship

• To access the passages from Homer listed in the chapter, Ian Johnston’s electronic translations of the Iliad and the Odyssey are good.
• An excellent site from the British Museum on the Olympian gods and goddesses.
• A site with superb links to primary sources relevant to each god.
• Theoi Greek Mythology is a great source of information about the entire Greek pantheon.
• A series of images of gods and religious practices from Greek art.

Sanctuaries, temples and priests

• Build your very own Greek temple at this British Museum site.
• The Athenian Acropolis, Olympia and Bassae - the Greek tourist board web sites for these important sanctuaries.

Types of worship: sacrifice, libations and votive offerings

• An excellent site from the British Museum that explains sacrifice through a vase painting.

The Panathenaia

• A flash animation reconstruction of the Parthenon Frieze, and another from the British Museum.
• Read Thucydides’ account of a political assassination during the Panathenaic procession of 514/3.

The Oracle at Delphi

• The official Greek Tourist Board website gives a good overview of Delphi.
• A good article about the history and mythology of Delphi.
• A 2002 New York Times article about the discovery of a volcanic fissure beneath the temple of Apollo.
• View the Delphi Gallery.

The Eleusinian Mysteries

• A site with extensive resources on the Mysteries.