The Twelve Olympian Gods | Museum Kits

Getting to know the ancient gods through booklets and games!

The ancient gods represent universal human values and symbols. Their myths inspired and provided themes for, poets, writers, musicians, painters and sculptors, for thousands of years.

The kit contains an introduction booklet which links together various leaflets and games, providing lesson plans and proposals addressed to the teacher. It also contains twelve leaflets, one for each god, cards illustrating representative myths, depictions of the gods on sculptures, vases, coins, and postage stamps, and drawings of plants and animals dedicated to the gods.

Various booklet-games complete the museum kit.

The museum kit was made possible through a grant from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation.

The book is a concise presentation of the educational Museum Kit “The Twelve Olympian Gods”. It has been designed to be used separately as well, independent of the Museum Kit. It includes an introduction to the mythology and art of the ancient Greeks; it describes and connects the various booklets and games with each other. It gives directions for utilizing them and suggestions for the educator for a thematic type of teaching the “Twelve Gods” through mythology, history, art, language, natural history, science, and professional orientation. It presents the possibilities for making use of the Museum Kit in a museum, an archaeological site, an art gallery, a library and even a bookstore.

It can be combined with the use of the Museum Kit “The Twelve Olympian Gods”.

The Twelve Olympian Gods (.pdf)