Chapter 6 Web Links

Athena and Poseidon

History: Wisdom and War

•         “The Parthenon Sculptures” video with playwright Bonnie Greer and curator Ian Jenkins, The British Museum, discussing the Elgin Marbles from the Parthenon.

http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/galleries/ancient_greece_and_rome/room_18_greece_parthenon_scu.aspx

Theory: The Mind Structures Myth in Oppositions

•         “The Interpretation of Dreams” full text by Sigmund Freud, translated by A.A. Brill.

http://www.psywww.com/books/interp/toc.htm

•         “The Structural Study of Myth”  by Claude Lévi- Strauss full text free to read online

http://people.ucsc.edu/~ktellez/levi-strauss.pdf

Comparison: Egypt: Neith

•         “Neith” Late Period, 664-332 Copper Alloy sculpture in the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Online Collection. Browse related objects for more visual depictions of Neith.

http://www.metmuseum.org/collection/the-collection-online/search/570678?=&imgno=0&tabname=related-objects

Reception: Athena as a Political Allegory

•         “The Statue of Liberty” (45 min) Website of BBC Radio 4 with Melvyn Bragg’s podcast series In Our Time.  This episode features Robert Gildea, Professor of Modern History at Oxford University; Kathleen Burk, Professor of Modern Contemporary History at University College London; John Keane, Professor of Politics at the University of Westminster.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b008xh3x

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