Take-home Option for
Exam
III
Section
A: due 9:25 a.m.
Section
B: due 2:00 p.m.
(in
both paper and electronic form)
Directions:
Option 1: write
two 600-900 word essays on the topics given below
Option 2: write
one 1200-1800 word essays on two of the topics given below
Topics:
1. Which individual from
Herodotus' Histories,
Sophocles' Antigone or
Aristophanes' Lysistrata
would you like to be and which not and why? In answering this question,
make sure you give at least three reasons (for each), that both not be
from the same author, and that you show sufficient insight into the characters of the individuals you
choose. As always, make sure you cite sources of information, not just
sources of quotes.
2. Discuss the masculinity and/or femininity portrayed by the characters Antigone (in Sophocles'
play) and Lysistrata (in Aristophanes' play). As always, make sure you cite
sources of information, not just sources of quotes.
3. Compare and contrast the influence of the gods in the writings of
Herodotus and Thucydides which we have read (for Herodotus, use both pdf's). Significance? As always, make sure
you cite sources of information, not just sources of quotes.