Gorgon's head
Gorgon's head on a silver coin of Naples
permission to use image granted
F11: CLA215, Mythology:
Topics for Paper 5
Apollo's head
The god Apollo on a gold coin of Syracuse
image courtesy of Edgar L. Owen, #3803

Check-list Directions:
  • electronic copy: e-mailed to me at victor.leuci@westminster-mo.edu);
  • the name of your attached file should be: F11-215-P5-Last Name, First Name  (e.g. F11-215-P5-Smith, Joan)
  • paper copy: bring to class
  • length: 600-1000ish
  • only use the sources indicated in the topics
  • in-text citing:
  • have cited your sources of information (facts, theories, etc).
  • every main body paragraph should have in-text citations
  • included author and specific page numbers when citing from books, but
  • for this paper, when citing from Aeschylus' plays or from Homer's Iliad (or other ancient texts), cite the ancient author, the ancient work, the line numbers, and the page number(s) in Powell, e.g. if you quoted the following: "O horror! their father takes it, tastes it, eats. For this, I tell you, a certain mangy lion plots his revenge on my returning master," your citation should look like this: (Aeschylus, Agamemnon 1222-4, 592).
  • works cited "page":
  • at the beginning of the paper; then a line or two down start your paper proper
  • only included entries for what you used in your paper
  • in the same font as your main text
  • used hanging indents
  • used MLA 7th edition or APA 6th edition or Chicago Manual of Style
  • for topic 1 below: the biblio entry for the passages from the Iliad should be: Homer. Iliad. Transl. Herbert M Howe. Classical Myth. By Barry B. Powell. 7th edition. Boston: Pearson. 2012. Print
  • writing intensive, if conferenced with writing lab:
  • writing lab tutor signature: ______________________________________________
    • Write on one of the topics below:
    1. We recently outlined in class "the measure of a true hero" according to the Greek Heroic Code. What evidence can you find for this in the following passages in Powell's chapter 20: Iliad 3. 150-244, pp 557-8; Iliad 1.148-247, pp 561-2; Iliad 6.390-502, pp 563-5; and Iliad 9.115-161, pp 565-6.

    2.     You have come into possession of a time portal that will allow you to visit the past (but without affecting the time continuum), but it has some restrictions. You must submit your request in writing to the portal and demonstrate that you have good cause to visit (or it may refuse your request). Based solely on Powell's chapters 20, determine and demonstrate which individual you would most be interested in visiting the past as -- Achilles, Agamemnon, or Hector. "As" this person, you get to experience everything this person experiences and can sense what goes on in the mind of this person as well. However, you are an observer only--you can "communicate" with this person or change what this person does or says. Remember, the portal is very particular about whom it lets go through and requires a request that contains good argumentation and good supporting fact.