Chapter 3 Web Links
History: Order and Rebellion
• “Zeus” and “Hera” pages in the Theoi Project website. This site explores Greek mythology and the gods in classical literature and art.
http://www.theoi.com/Olympios/Hera.html
& http://www.theoi.com/Olympios/Zeus.html
Theory: Universal Questions Shape Myth
• “Indo-European Language Tree” is an interactive database of languages with links to maps of the regions where these languages were spoke.
http://www.danshort.com/ie/iecentum.htm
Comparison: Levant: Flood Stories
• “The Epic of Atrahasis” webpage with the Mesopotamian account of the Great Flood. Originally written by two Assyrian scribes.
http://www.livius.org/fa-fn/flood/flood3-t-atrahasis.html
Reception: Leda and the Swan in Modernist Poetry
• “Kim Brandstrup’s Leda and the Swan” The Royal Ballet commissioned this short dance film (8:06) from Choreographer and Director Kim Brandstrup accompanied by Yeats’ poem.