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CSTS 209: Classical Mythology (HC)

Classical Studies 209: Classical Mythology (Farmer) Spring 2023

Fan Art and Greek Myth

The artist Johan Renklint reimagines Prometheus' torture in connection with the film by Ridley Scott

Finding Scholarly Studies in Books

Use the Tripod catalog for your home institution  Connect from Bryn Mawr College  Connect from Haverford College  Connect from Swarthmore College  to look for all books (print and digital) owned by your college as well as the print titles at the other two schools.  

The following searches are a sampling of possibilities.  To find materials on a topic, try doing a keyword search in the Tripod Catalog to find relevant materials and then use the subject headings assigned to those titles to find more books.  Note that all these searches are in the Books+Media channel except for #1.  In examples #1 and 2 below, using keywords (Any Field in Tripod) rather than subjects will pick up results from chapter titles.

          (greek OR classical) AND  myth* AND  (film* OR movie* OR cinema OR "motion picture*") [Any Field]  Limited to Books  Connect from Bryn Mawr College   Icon  Icon

               myth* AND (greek OR classical) [Subjects]  AND (""motion pictures" OR film*) [Any Field]  Connect from Bryn Mawr College  Icon  Icon

mythology greek in art [Subject]   Connect from Bryn Mawr College  Icon  Icon

(medusa OR gorgons) myth* [Subjects]  Connect from Bryn Mawr College  Icon  Icon

("short stories" OR poetry) AND ("mythology, greek" OR "mythology, classical) [Subject]   Connect from Bryn Mawr College  Icon  Icon

**  Try opening a search above and replace one of the topics with your subject interest.

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