Directions:

• electronic copy: e-mail me at victor.leuci@westminster-mo.edu; the name of your attached file should be:
  • F13-215-P3-Last Name, First Name (e.g. F13-215-P3-Leuci, Victor)
• paper copy: bring to class
• length: 600-1000ish
• In-text Citations
  • you must have in-text citations for your sources of information (facts, theories, parts of myths, etc.)
  • every main body paragraph should have in-text citations (you want at least 2 good examples with citations per paragraph)
  • Citing primary sources from Powell's text or the on-line texts (i.e., the actual myths):
    • make sure you include the following--the ancient author, the title of the ancient work in italics, the numbering from the ancient work, the modern author, the page number in the modern book
    • it is probably best to work some of these into your main body text instead of saving them for the citation itself
    • example 1: Hesiod, in the Theogony, notes that "surmounting his [Typhoeus'] shoulders sprouted the hundred heads of a terrible serpentine dragon" (824-825, Powell, 92).
    • example 2: Homer, in the Iliad, has Zeus say to Hera "I should have known! It was your dirty trick that put lord Hector out of the way and made his army panic!" (15.14-15, Powell, 141).
    • example 3: In the Homeric Hymn to Aphrodite, 222-223, "Eos, poor foolish lady, neglected to ask that her lover might never be subject to aging" (Powell, 82).
  • Citing Powell's summaries or general information: Give the author and page number, e.g. (Powell, 70)
• Works Cited "Page" reminders:
  • to save paper, don't put on a separate page
  • in the same font, font size, etc. as your main text
  • use hanging indents
  • use MLA 7th edition (see syllabus for how the entries for our textbooks should look; see beginning of the Phone version of the Norse text for how it should look)
  • entries for classical texts from Powell's book should list ancient author first, then the work (in italics), then the translator, ... Here is an example: Pseudo-Hesiod. Shield of Heracles. Trans. by Herbert M. Howe. In Classical Myth. 7th edit. Barry B. Powell. Boston: Pearson. 2012. Print.
  • entries for on-line classical texts should follow standard MLA
• 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: _______________________

Choose one of the following topics

• Religion: Scholars who study Ancient Greece have noted that there are four dimensions to how humans relate to the deities—prayer, vow, sacrifice, divination. Discuss the selection from the Odyssey that is provided by Powell in the chapter on the "myths of death" with regard to any three of these four. If would like to use more of book 11, use the following translation: click here. Don't worry if the line numbers of Powell's text and Johnson's translation don't match up, just use the ones from the translation that you use.



• Religion: Scholars who study Ancient Rome have noted that there are four dimensions to how humans relate to the deities—prayer, vow, sacrifice, divination. Discuss the selection from the Aeneid that is provided by Powell in the chapter on the "myths of death" with regard to any three of these four. If would like to use more of book 6, use the following translation: click here. If you use the on-line translation, you will need to approximate where the lines are.