History: Defining Greek Heroes

•         “Hesiod” podcast (6:48) by Professor Michael Griffin of the University of British Columbia.

https://soundcloud.com/michaeljamesgriffin/sets/clstphil-211-podcasts-oct-27-31

Theory: The Plot of the Hero’s Story

•         “The Seven Basic Stories of Vladimir Propp” (2:48) video by the Director’s Across Border’s HUB as part of a Story Development Workshop.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nf9lI80Ub60

Comparison: Mesopotamia and Rome: Gilgamesh and Aeneas

•         “A History of the World in 100 Objects” podcast (15:00) presented by the director of the British Museum, Neil MacGregor. This episode discusses the Flood Tablet and in particular one Assyrian tablet (700-600 BCE)—which includes a part of the Mesopotamian Epic of Gilgamesh.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/ahistoryoftheworld/objects/GOe8Mt6vRdSNcg-yeivrEA

Reception: Achilles and War Poetry

•         Take a Virtual Tour of the Achilleion Museum in Corfu, Greece where the French housed a Military Hospital during WWI, and which was later occupied German and Italian Troops during WWII.

http://www.achillion-corfu.gr/vtour_en.html