9.02: Unit 3 Additional Materials
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Unit 3 Additional Resources
Select from the Unit 3 readings below for more reading and listening resources.
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Please note: These are external resources, so the accessibility of these websites and videos cannot be confirmed.
- Hades and the Underworld
- Sisyphus and Tantalus
- Prometheus and Pandora
- Ethos, Pathos, and Logos
- Plato’s Allegory of the Cave
- Miscellaneous
Hades and the Underworld
Additional Reading Materials
Additional Audio / Video Materials
- University of Cambridge audio of the story of Persephone
- Long but good, interesting podcast of the story of Persephone
Video: A Tour of the Ancient Greek Underworld [5:30 minutes] (opens a new window)
Video: The Myth of Hades and Persephone [5:30 minutes] (opens in a new window)
Video: The Greek myth of the Fates’ prophecy [5 minutes] (opens in a new window)
Sisyphus and Tantalus
Additional Reading Materials
Prometheus and Pandora
Additional Reading Materials
- Article used in previous textbook version
- NPR Audio/article: references Pandora’s box and opioid crisis
- NPR Article: references Pandora’s box
- CC-BY-ND article calling Tesla a Prometheus
- CC-BY-ND article referencing Pandora’s Box
- Another CC-BY-ND article referencing Pandora’s Box
- Interesting article about Prometheus and liver regeneration
- Pandora is AI? AI and robots in Greek myth
- Another interesting article about the book “Gods and Robots”
- Prometheus, ancient Greece, and climate change
Additional Audio / Video Materials
- University of Cambridge audio about Prometheus
- University of Cambridge audio about Pandora
- Interesting video about DNA tests that references Pandora’s Box
- Interesting NPR audio that references panacea
- Strange NPR audio about an obsessed magic mushroom scientist compared to Prometheus
- Podcast about Pandora’s Box
Ethos, Pathos, and Logos
Additional Reading Materials
Plato’s Allegory of the Cave
Additional Reading Materials
Additional Audio/Video Materials
Video: Plato's allegory of the Cave [4:30 minutes] (opens in a new window)
Unit 3 Miscellaneous
Additional Reading Materials
Additional Audio / Video Materials
Video: The Tragic Myth of Orpheus and Eurydice [5 minutes] (opens in a new window)


