Mythology is an important subject to teach in school. But ancient mythological systems like Greek, Roman, Norse, Celtic, Egyptian, Teutonic are often misunderstood, especially by fundamentalist Christians. Ancient civilizations and cultures are how we frame our own modern world. The children's literature book series Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief and Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters made teachers give Greek and Roman mythology a modern twist. Percy (Perseus) Jackson has many adventure with the gods and goddesses of the Greek pantheon. Explore Greek mythology, gods goddesses of Mt. Olympus and mythological creatures and monsters symbols with these free printable Greek mythology activities
FantasyJr. has twelve free printable Greco-Roman coloring pages of the Olympians. Karen's Whimsey has dozens of free printable mythology and Ancient Greece coloring pages. Color the Olympians, gods and goddesses, heroes, mythological monsters, beasts and creatures. Color free printable famous works of art featuring the Greek pantheon, Satyrs, Circe, the Sirens, Odysseus and many more characters from Greek mythology. Print coloring pages from ancient Rome, as well gods in Roman mythology.
Coloring.ws
has a complete free printable Greek
mythology coloring pages on the Olympians of Ancient Greece. This site
also contains free printable maps of Greece. The link provided takes you to the
twelve Olympians, the Immortals, each with biographical data and coloring pages
both of the god or goddess and his or her symbol. The Olympians are arranged as
a family tree. The Twelve Olympians include: Zeus, Poseidon, Hades, Hera,
Hestia, Aphrodite, Athena, Ares, Hephaestus, Apollo, Artemis and Hermes. It is
important to note that the Olympian deities have the same personality in Roman
mythology, however they go by different names. Here are the Greek Immortals
with their Roman names, which the planets are named for. Constellations and
star signs also take their names from mythology.
Zeus=
Jupiter
Poseidon=Neptune
Hades=Pluto
Hera=Juno
Hestia=Vesta
Aphrodite=Venus
Athena=Minerva
Ares=Mars
Hephaestus=Vulcan
Apollo=same
Artemis=Diana
Hermes=Mercury
Cronos=Saturn
If
you continue scrolling and pressing next you will find coloring pages for
lesser god, goddesses, heroes and creatures of the Greek world. This list
includes; Herakles (Hercules), King Midas, Pan, Demeter (Ceres), Eos, Eros
(Cupid), Hebe, Iris, Persephone, Nike and more. Free printable Greek mythology
monsters and creatures include: centaur, Charon (River Styx ferry boat
captain), Cerberus, Cyclops, giants (sons of Titan Uranus), griffin, harpy,
Medusa, Minotaur, (battled Perseus), Phoenix (bird that rose from the ashes of
fire), Sirens (lured Odysseus to his doom), Trojan Horse (employed by Greeks
for entering Troy), Pegasus and unicorn coloring pages