Take-home Option for
Exam
I
Section
A: due 9:25 a.m.
Section
B: due 2:00 p.m.
(in
both paper and electronic form)
Directions:
Option 1: write
three 600-900 word essays on the topics given below
Option 2: write
two 900-1200 word essays on two of the topics given below
Topics:
1)
Politics:
We have seen how the governmental structures within ancient Greece
underwent several transformations from the time of the Mycenaeans to
the coming of the Persians. Focusing specifically on the upper class,
examine this transformation, making sure you cover the Mycenaean Age,
the Dark Age, and the Archaic Age. Make sure you cite sufficiently and
correctly.
2)
Religion: Focusing on how
humans related to "the divine", examine the religious practices of the
Minoans, the Mycenaeans, the Dark Age Greeks (as evidenced in Homer),
and the Archaic Age Greeks. In your examination note similarities &
differences along with the reasons for them. Make sure you cite sufficiently and
correctly.
3)
Society: We have discussed
in class the importance of the Heroic Code to Dark Age basilees
(aristocrats/chieftains). In your essay detail what the code was
(giving important examples from the selections of Homer that we have
covered), examine the possible evidence for such a Code in Mycenaean
Society, and look at how the code underwent a transformation in the
Archaic Age. Make sure you
cite sufficiently and correctly.