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Free Greek mythology posters
Five A3 display posters for the Ancient Greece unit. Print and go.
A free resource for schools.
Print, display and photocopy freely.
Minotaur, Medusa, Cyclops, Chimera and Pegasus: one poster each, designed to be read from across a classroom and to stand up to a term on a wall.
On every poster
- The creature's name in Ancient Greek, and how to say it
- Facts drawn from the earliest sources
- A timeline showing where the story comes from: pottery, carvings, coins and texts, with dates
- A discussion question with no single right answer
- Six creature ratings children can compare and debate
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All five posters are in one file, in colour and again in black and white.
To print on A4, choose ‘Fit to page’.
Minotaur
Μινώταυρος
MIN-oh-tor
The bull-headed beast in the Labyrinth, a giant maze on Crete in Ancient Greece.
Villain or victim?
More about the Minotaur
Medusa
Μέδουσα
meh-DOO-sah
A Gorgon with snakes instead of hair, from the myths of Ancient Greece.
Which version would you believe?
More about Medusa
Cyclops
Κύκλωψ
SY-klops
A giant shepherd with one round eye, from the Odyssey, an Ancient Greek poem.
What if Polyphemus told it?
More about the Cyclops
Chimera
Χίμαιρα
ky-MEER-uh
A fire-breathing lion, goat and snake, all in one, from Lycia, now in Turkey.
Why might people tell a fire-monster story there?
More about the Chimera
Pegasus
Πήγασος
PEG-uh-sus
The winged horse tamed by Bellerophon, a hero from Corinth in Ancient Greece.
Why beauty from horror?
More about Pegasus
Using these in class
- England
Supports the KS2 Ancient Greece history unit and KS2 English work on myths and legends. The source timeline on each poster covers how our knowledge of the past is constructed from a range of sources.
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KS2 English: myths and legends · KS2 History: sources
- United States
Grade 4 English, comparing myths and traditional literature from different cultures, when the poster sets are used together.
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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.4.9
- Australia
Years 3 to 8 English: discussing creatures in their cultural contexts, and using each poster's discussion question to form and justify an opinion. Year 7 History: the methods and sources historians and archaeologists use, which is what the evidence timeline on each poster shows.
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English, Years 3 to 8
AC9E3LE01 · AC9E4LE01 · AC9E5LE01 · AC9E6LE01 · AC9E7LE01 · AC9E8LE01 · AC9E3LY02 · AC9E4LY02 · AC9E5LY02 · AC9E6LY02 · AC9E7LE02
History, Year 7
AC9HH7K08 · AC9HH7S03 · AC9HH7S04 · AC9HH7S06
These are the year levels where this resource has a named curriculum home. They are not a limit, and much of the material carries across other age groups.
Curriculum links checked October 2026 against National Curriculum (England, 2014), Common Core State Standards and Australian Curriculum v9.0. All curriculum links
Take it further
Display all five, then run the comparison task: a one-lesson activity comparing creatures across five cultures, with teacher notes and answers.
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Licensed CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. Updated October 2026.