Optimus is fascinated with mythology lately, so here are the books he has enjoyed and podcasts we are listening to. Several of these were recommended by a friend who teaches Classics at a university level, but Optimus is 10 so this list also works for youth readers. It’s important to note that context to some situations within the myths is important, so be sure to support their learning.
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Podcasts
Greeking Out by National Georgraphic
The Heroes, Or Greek Fairytales For My Children
Curious About Greek Mythology (an episode of Curious Kid Podcast)
Rambling About Greek Mythology
Mythunderstood: A Greek Mythology Podcast
Games
Top Trumps Greek Myths Card Game
Zeus on the Loose game
Myth Mad Libs (free interactive)
Books
Weird But True Know-It-All: Greek Mythology
Metamorphoses: A New Verse Translation – Ovid
Theogony and Works and Days – Hesiod
Anthology of Classical Myth: Primary Sources in Translation
Classical Myth – Powell
Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey – Cross
Percy Jackson (books 1–5) by Rick Riordan
Heroes of Olympus (books 1–5) by Rick Riordan
The Trials of Apollo (books 1–4) by Rick Riordan
The Tower of Nero (book 5 of Trials of Apollo) by Rick Riordan
Mythos by Stephen Fry, which is part of Fry’s trilogy ‘Heroes, Mythos, Troy’
Early Irish Myths and Sagas
