The King Must Die. What Are the Symbols on the Brooklyn Public Library Door? A reader contacted us to ask, “What are the symbols on the monumental doors of the Brooklyn Public Library?” We previously covered these doors when we served as Blog Ambassadors for the National Trust/American Express Partners in Preservation campaign, when the entrance was in the running to receive restoration funds.
At the time, Untapped Cities writer Tara Rasheed wrote: Its massive 50 foot entryway portico is the building’s most monumental feature, illuminating an otherwise spartan facade. Bronze doorways are flanked by two great limestone pylons with Art Deco glyph-like detailing by the German-American sculptor C. Paul Jennewein. Gilded relief carvings depict the enduring themes of science (to the north) and the arts (to the south), including combinations of modern figures of a miner and an electrician, with classical ones, among them Athena and Zeus.
Write to the Untapped Mailbag at info@untappedcities.com or through our contact page. Major Gods. BBC Research: The Mythology Engine. Godchecker.com - Your Guide To The Gods. CB22.1x: The Ancient Greek Hero. *Note - This is an Archived course* This is a past/archived course. At this time, you can only explore this course in a self-paced fashion. Certain features of this course may not be active, but many people enjoy watching the videos and working with the materials. Make sure to check for reruns of this course. What is it to be human, and how can ancient concepts of the heroic and anti-heroic inform our understanding of the human condition? The classical Greeks' concepts of Heroes and the "heroic" were very different from the way we understand the term today.
In Greek tradition, a hero was a human, male or female, of the remote past, who was endowed with superhuman abilities by virtue of being descended from an immortal god. The true hero of the course is the logos ("word") of reasoned expression, as activated by Socratic dialogue. Before your course starts, try the new edX Demo where you can explore the fun, interactive learning environment and virtual labs.
Teachingliterature / Archetypal Myth Criticism (Chapter 9) A Voyage with the Gods, Athena - Athena and Poseidon’s contest for Athens. Athena and Poseidon’s contest for Athens Listen to this section or read the story... The stories of our Greek and Roman heroes all share similar traits. Heroes or heroines tend to be born in an extraordinary way, (think of the DC Comics Superman, the sole survivor from the planet Krypton who was saved by his father and sent in a rocket to planet Earth), are often brought up by those who are not their birth parents, and who go on to face a series of challenges or quests before they can claim what is rightly theirs.
During their heroic careers they are called up to intervene in all kinds of human endeavors; such as battles between peoples, or wars between nations. One such story comes from Virgil's The Aeneid where the popular cult of Romulus and Remus becomes the founding myth of the city of Rome; telling of the twin's unusual infancy, when they were breastfed and reared by a she-wolf after their parents had deserted them.
When it was Athena's turn her act was far less dramatic.