Gorgon's head
Gorgon's head on a silver coin of Naples
permission to use image granted
F11: CLA227, Greek Civilization:
Topics for Paper 2
Apollo's head
The god Apollo on a gold coin of Syracuse
image courtesy of Edgar L. Owen, #3803


Directions:
  • electronic copy: e-mail me at victor.leuci@westminster-mo.edu); the name of your attached file should be:
  • F11-227-P2-Last Name, First Name  (e.g. F11-227-P2-Smith, Joan)
  • paper copy: bring to class
  • length: 600-1000ish
  • sources:
  • Kebric, Chapter 3; for modern athletes, see below under citing.
  • Citing reminders:
  • you must cite your sources of information (facts, theories, etc)
  • every main body paragraph needs citations because every main body paragraph need concrete pieces of information to support what you say
  • should be very specific, e.g. (Kebric 57-80) is too long as is (Kebric 57-60) --the citations are evidence that you have looked at very specific, very concrete things in the texts, etc.
  • from Kebric, use author and page number in parentheses, e.g. (Kebric, 74-75)
  • for modern athletes, Universal Sports' Athlete Central (www.universalsports.com) has good information on all but Beamon and Heiden (ESPN "sports century" has good information on these two) or the Olympics' web site (can access information about athletes via the link on our syllabus)
  • for the web sites, use author and part of the title of article, e.g. (Schwartz, "Eric Heiden"), if author is known; if unknown, give athlete and web site, e.g. ("Dara Torres' Bio" at Universal Sports)
  • Works Cited "Page" reminders:
  • at end of paper not on a separate sheet
  • make sure the entries are in the same font and same size as your main text
  • keep in mind that the web sites for generating the works cited entries often need help getting things right for web pages, e.g. here is what the entry for Dara Torres should look like: "Dara Torres." Universal Sports. NBC Universal Inc. Web. 05 Oct. 2011. <http://www.universalsports.com/swimming/athletes/athlete=1132/index.html>.
  • make sure that you use hanging indents
  • writing intensive:
  • don't forget to turn in the draft copy with my or the Writing labs' comments on it for it to count towards your revised paper total (and don't forget to make the revisions!)
  • print this out and bring this to your writing lab conference and have the tutor sign here: ______________________________________
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    • Write on one of the topics below:

    1. Athletes: Many points of comparison can be made between the ancient Greek Olympics and the modern Olympics. Kebric spends part of his chapter on three athletes in particular, Phayllus of Croton, Milo of Croton, and Theagenes of Thasos. In your essay examine how they are similar to or different from at least one of the following: Bob Beamon, Usain Bolt, Eric Heiden, Apolo Anton Ohno, Michael Phelps, Dara Torres, Lindsey Vonn, and/or Shaun White. What general conclusions can you draw from the similarities/differences? As always, make sure you cite sources sufficiently and correctly.

    2. Religion: When discussing the ancient Greek Olympics we saw the extent to which religion factored in. What are some of the ways that that is similar (or different) from religious expression in modern sporting events in the US? What conclusions can you draw? As always, make sure you cite sources sufficiently and correctly.