Chapter 6 Web Links
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.
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.
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.