Take-home
Option for
Exam
IIII
Section
A(TuTh 9:25 am) due 10:30 am, Monday, Dec 12
Section
B (TuTh 2:00 pm) due 5pm, Thursday, Dec 8
(in
both paper and electronic form)
Directions:
Option 1: write
two 600-900 word essays on two of the topics given below
Option 2: write
one 1200-1800 word essay on one of the topics given below
Topics:
1. Religion: Is the role of the gods in
the movie more like that of Thucydides or that of Herodotus? Discuss.
Significance? As usual, use only the movie and the passages we read
from Thucydides and Herodotus. (shorter paper: discuss only one ancient
author).
2. "Survivor II: Ancient Greece"
on the "History" channel. Determine, based on the evidence and
criterion below, who would win and who would lose this Survivor game
and why.
Contestants:
Socrates,
Philip II, Alexander, and the "Achilles" of the movie (shorter
paper: pick from two of the above)
Evidence: Plato's Apology, Pomeroy on Philip II and
Alexander, and the
movie
Criterion: who made the most
significant and/or pervasive contribution to modern Western society?
3. "CSI: ancient Greece"
Casting has begun for the show. What
parts/roles would you assign to Socrates, Philip II, Alexander, and a
character
from the movie and why; longer version: also determine which of the
cases from Kebric, Ch. 7. would work best as an episode.