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ENG 149: Classical Mythology: VonTress - Fall 2024

St. Louis Art Museum Gallery

Running Artemis, Hellenistic, 323–31 BC Imperial period, 27 BC–AD 330 (St. Louis Art Museum)

Amphora with Herakles and Apollo, Archaic period, c.600–480 BC (St. Louis Art Museum)

Amphora with Herakles and Apollo, Archaic period, c.600–480 BC (St. Louis Art Museum)

Drinking Cup (kylix), Archaic period, c.600–480 BC (St. Louis Art Museum)

Drinking Cup (kylix), Archaic period, c.600–480 BC (St. Louis Art Museum)

Lekythos, Archaic period, c.600–480 BC (St. Louis Art Museum)

Lekythos, Archaic period, c.600–480 BC (St. Louis Art Museum)

Tetradrachm with Head of Athena, Classical period, 480–323 BC (St. Louis Art Museum)

Mixing bowl (calyx krater) with Dionysus Riding a Panther, Classical period, 480–323 BC (St. Louis Art Museum)

Mixing bowl (calyx krater) with Dionysus Riding a Panther, Classical period, 480–323 BC (St. Louis Art Museum)

Available in ECC Rolla Library

The Odyssey - Emily Wilson

The Iliad - Emily Wilson

The Odyssey - David Kleiner

The Odyssey - W.H.D. Rouse

Available in ECC Union Library - Use "Place a Hold" option in LOCATE Catalog to send to Rolla

Available in Libby App

Ariadne - Jennifer Saint

eAudiobook

Elektra - Jennifer Saint

eAudiobook

Clytemnestra - Costanza Casati

eAudiobook

Greek Myths - Charlotte Higgins

eAudiobook

Troy - Stephen Fry

eBook

Heroes - Stephen Fry

eBook

Mythos - Stephen Fry

eBook

American Gods - Neil Gaiman

eAudiobook

Till We Have Faces - C.S. Lewis

eAudiobook

The Silence of the Girls - Pat Barker

eBook

Women and Other Monsters - Jess Zimmerman

eBook

Lore - Alexandra Bracken

eBook & eAudiobook

The Song of Achilles - Madeline Miller

Available in Libby app as eAudiobook & eBook

Circe - Madeline Miller

eAudiobook

A Thousand Ships - Natalie Haynes

A Touch of Darkness - Scarlett St. Clair

eAudiobook

Prometheus Bound - Aeschylus

eAudiobook

The Odyssey - Graphic Novel

eBook

Percy Jackson: The Lightning Thief - Rick Riordan

eBook

Web Resources & OER

Mythopedia
Greek and other world-wide mythologies
Mythology Unbound (OER Textbook)
Descriptions of figures found in classical mythology.
Authors: Jessica Mellenthin and Susan O. Shapiro
CC-BY-NC-SA
Myths & Legends of Ancient Greece & Rome (Public Domain)
Author: E.M. Berens
Mythology - Edith Hamilton Sparknotes Study Guide
Link to Sparknotes study guide for Mythology by Edith Hamilton
Britannica: Roman Religion
Credit: Michael Grant

Classical Mythology

Credit: CrashCourse

Credit: Matt Kaplan, TedEd

Credit: Jill Dash, TedEd

Credit: Department of English, Arizona State University

Discussion with Stephanie McCarter on Translation
From The Poetry Foundation, Lily Meyer
Sparknotes Study Guide - Metamorphoses
From Sparknotes

Credit: World History Encyclopedia

Circe by Perdita Weeks (Read by); Madeline Miller
Call Number: Libby App - eAudiobook
ISBN: 9781478975311
Publication Date: 2018-04-10
Circe by Madeline Miller
Call Number: Request a Copy through MOBIUS
ISBN: 9780316556347
Publication Date: 2018-04-10

Circe
From Mythopedia
Circe & Shakespeare
From the Folger Shakespeare Library
Madeline Miller in Conversation with Classical Wisdom Podcast
Madeline Miller in conversation with Classical Wisdom podcast
Garner's Greek Mythology podcast: Circe
Episode 16, where we linger on the mysterious island of Aeaea with the goddess Circe. - Garner's Greek Mythology

Credit: Course Hero

NOTE: You must use your off-campus login to access Bloom's Works and Days (ECC email & password)

Garner's Greek Mythology podcast: Medea
Episode 19. This episode focuses on a woman who was, perhaps, the most powerful in all of Greece. - Garner's Greek Mythology

NOTE: You must use your off-campus login to access Bloom's Works and Days (ECC email & password)

Alicia Stallings in Conversation with Ancient Greece Declassified podcast
From Ancient Greece Declassified podcast, "How to Succeed in the Iron Age with Alicia Stallings"
Works and Days Overview
From Mythopedia

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Beyond Greek & Roman

Beowulf: a New Translation

Available at ECC Union & Rolla Libraries

Available as eAudiobook in Libby App

The Fox Wife - Yangsze Choo

Libby App eAudiobook

How to Be Eaten - Maria Adelmann

eAudiobook

Norse Mythology - Neil Gaiman

Available in Libby app as eBook & eAudiobook

Available at ECC Union Library

Myths and Dreams - Edward Clodd

Available in Libby App as eBook

Myths and Legends of China - E.T.C. Werner

Available in Libby app as eBook

Myths of Babylonia and Assyria - Donald Mackenzie

Available in Libby app as eBook

Monkey King - Wu Cheng'en

Available in Libby app as eAudiobook

A Fate Inked in Blood - Danielle L. Jensen

Available in Libby app as eAudiobook

Available at ECC Union Library

Daughter of the Moon Goddess

Available at ECC Union Library

The Witch's Heart - Genevieve Gornichec

Available in Libby app as eAudiobook

The Mabinogion

Available in Libby app as eAudiobook & eBook

The Moon Maiden and other Japanese Fairy Tales - Grace James

Available in Libby app as eBook

Russian Fairy Tales - W.R.S. Ralston

Available in Libby app as eBook

Irish Fairy Tales - James Stephens

Available in Libby app as eBook

Curious Myths of the Middle Ages

Available in Libby App as eBook

The Norse Myths That Shape the Way We Think - Carolyne Larrington

Available at ECC Union Library

Handbook of Chinese Mythology - Lihui Yang

Available at ECC Union Library

Black Sun - Rebecca Roanhorse

Available in Libby app as eAudiobook

Available at ECC Union Library

Cinder - Marissa Meyer

Available in Libby app as eAudiobook

Available at ECC Union Library

The Valkyrie's Daughter - Tianan Warner

Available at ECC Union Library

Iron Widow - Xiran Jay Zhao

Available in Libby app as eAudiobook & eBook

The Gospel of Loki - Joanne M. Harris

Available in Libby app as eAudiobook

The Bear and the Nightingale - Katherine Arden

Available in Libby app as eAudiobook

The Wrath and the Dawn - Renee Ahdieh

Available in Libby app as eAudiobook

The Palace of Illusions - Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

Available in Libby app as eAudiobook

The Original Folk and Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm

Available in Libby app as eBook

One Thousand and One Nights - Hanan al-Shaykh

Available in Libby app as eBook

The Story of the Volsungs

Available in Libby app as eAudiobook

Norse Mythology - Jackson Crawford

Available in Libby app as eAudiobook