CTCWeb's editors have compiled assignments that students can do to learn the mythological history of the Homeric epics. The two epics will be profiled using a variety of assignments and numerous links to primary text, archaeological evidence, and secondary source materials.

• Homer

• Who Was Homer?
• Formulaic Expressions
• Discounting Homer
  

• The Iliad

• Before the Trojan War
• Sites of Origin
• The Iliad in Art
  

• The Odyssey
  

• Odysseus' Travels
• The Foes of Odysseus
• Create a Vase
• Wily Odysseus

• Homer's Iliad and Odyssey in Art and Liteature
• Paper Topics and Investigative Projects

To learn more about Homer's Iliad and the Trojan War, see Troy.