The children took an art class this spring. They met once a week for six weeks for a two hour class. This group of 6-8 year old kids sat quietly constructing paper mache amphoras and Greek jewelry while listening to the teacher read Greek myths. Frankly, I thought the class was as boring as church. But the kids loved it, so much they want to do it again. Today we begin the next class: Art of Ancient Egypt.

Our son's favorite character was Odysseus. "The Odyssey tells of Odysseus's 10-year struggle to return from the Trojan War to his home in Ithaca. A manly warrior at Troy (he was among those who hid in the famous Trojan Horse), Odysseus is cunning and resourceful, but also loaded with his share of pride and human failings. On his travels he survives encounters with many of ancient literature's most famous characters, from the monstrous one-eyed Cyclops to the tempting (and deadly) Sirens. He is by turns aided and thwarted by the whimsies of Zeus, Poseidon and other Greek gods. "

It has been said that Atalanta was a girl with attitude. Well then it can be no surprise that our own "girl with attitude" picked Atalanta's Race as her favorite Greek myth. "Atalanta could defeat a man in wrestling, and surpassed the most swift-footed men in the contest of race, and whether Atalanta's fleetness or her beauty was more worthy of praise it was difficult to say. Atalanta sailed with the Argonauts, and later killed the Calydonian Boar. She also slew many of her suitors, but enchanted by the Golden Apples of Aphrodite, she became first a wife, and then a lioness."