History: Love and Strife

•         “Plato’s Ladder of Love” video (3:40) from The School of Life, an organization that is devoted to developing emotional intelligence through culture.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vT-ZgA6qcKw

Theory: Myths Challenge Social Norms

•         “Terracotta squat lekythos (oil jar)” From the Metropolitan Museum’s Online collection showing the festival of Adonia.

http://www.metmuseum.org/collection/the-collection-online/search/251204

Comparison: Mesopotamia: Ishtar

•         “Ishtar Gate and Processional Way”  video (6:49) discussing the Ishtar Gate from Babylon circa 575 B.C.E. in the Pergamon Museum in Berlin.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2iZ83oIZH0

Reception: Pygmalion in Hollywood

•         “Lars and the Real Girl” review by Roger Ebert in which the noted film critic discusses this modern film-adaptation of the Pygmalion myth.

http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/lars-and-the-real-girl-2007