Extra Credit Reading: Crash Course Videos - Ancient Meditarranean


     Bibliography: Crash Course Mythology - YouTube

     Notes:

     * The Sumerians held nature to be more important than human concepts. As the gods and goddesses of the Earth, Sun, and Moon came before any rulers of abstract human emotions such as love or fear. 

     * Mythology reveals a culture's sense of themselves and nature. 

     * Sumerians had both a God and Goddess for most element whereas other cultures seem to exclusify each aspect of nature to either an individual god or goddess. 

     * Zeus reveals true form to Semele and burns her to a crisp. 

     * Heracles kills his music teacher. 

     * Given 10 Labors.

     * 2 are not counted

     * Heracles captures Cerberus for his 12th and final labor. 

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