Chapter 3 Web Links

Zeus and Hera

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.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYlzo9KDgLI

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