9.2: Unit 2 Additional Materials
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Select from the Unit 2 readings below for more reading and listening resources.Home
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- Hades and the Underworld
- Sisyphus and Tantalus
- Prometheus and Pandora
- Article: Ethos, Pathos, and Logos
- Plato’s Allegory of the Cave
- Miscellaneous
unit 2: Hades and the Underworld Home
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
Sisyphus and tantalus Home
Additional Reading Materials
Additional Audio / Video Materials
(References Sisyphus 13 mins. in)
- NPR audio talks about the origin of the word “tantalize”
- Cute video of Tantalus’ punishment
- Another interesting take on Tantalus’ punishment
Prometheus and Pandora Home
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”
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
(References Tantalus a lot)
(References Pandora 3 mins. in)
Ethos, Pathos, and Logos Home
Additional Reading Materials
Plato’s Allegory of the Cave Home
Additional Reading Materials
- My grammar analysis of the “Fake News” article! (teachers only)
- Another article of analysis (New York Times)