Greek Myths

Why it’s on the list: The body of Greek stories — Olympians and Titans, Prometheus and Pandora, Perseus, Theseus, Heracles, the metamorphoses and the punishments — assembled from Hesiod, the Homeric hymns, the tragedians and Ovid. Learn the gods and the family trees first, then read the epics that assume you know them.

Where I heard about it

• Founders Classical Academy — sixth-grade summer reading at this classical school in Lewisville, Texas, assigned the summer before the year that reads The Children’s Homer; posted by the Classic Learning Test in September 2026 as an example of a classical curriculum. The full eight-year sequence is on Founders Classical Academy Reading List.

About this edition

The list names it only as “Greek Myths,” with no edition or author, so this card stands for the stories in whichever retelling a reader picks.

Connections

• Founders Classical Academy Reading List — the curriculum this came from; 56 unique titles across 5th through 12th grade.
• Classical Education — the movement whose canon this list is.
• The Children’s Homer
• Classics
• Mythology