Directions:

• electronic copy: e-mail me at victor.leuci@westminster-mo.edu; the name of your attached file (not the subject header of your e-mail) should be:
  • F15-227-P4-Last Name, First Name (e.g. F15-227-P4-Leuci, Victor)
• paper copy: bring to class
• length: 600-1000ish
• Sources: check back later
• 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)
  • use page numbers
  • if you use the speeches, use the numbers at the left along with the author of the speech.
• 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
  • see syllabus
  • if you use the actual speeches:
    • For Antiphon: Antiphon. Minor Attic Orators. Vol. 1. Transl. by K.J. Maidment. (Loeb Classical Library, 308). M.A. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. 1980. Perseus under Philologic. University of Chicago. Web. date accessed
    • For Demosthenes 34: Demosthenes. Demosthenes with an English translation by A. T. Murray, Ph.D., LL.D. Vol. IV (Loeb Classical Library, 318). M.A. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. 1939. Perseus under Philologic. University of Chicago. Web. date accessed
    • For Demosthenes 54: Demosthenes. Demosthenes with an English translation by A. T. Murray, Ph.D., LL.D. Vol. VI (Loeb Classical Library, 351). M.A. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. 1939. Perseus under Philologic. University of Chicago. Web. date accessed
    • For Lysias: Lysias. Lysias with an English translation by W.R.M. Lamb (Loeb Classical Library, 244). M.A. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. 1930. Perseus under Philologic. University of Chicago. Web. date accessed
• 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: _______________________

Write on one of the following topics:

• Aristotle, in his Politics, states "the relation of male to female is naturally that of the superior to the inferior-- of the ruling to the ruled" (1254b) because the male possesses "the rational ... element"; the female "the irrational ... element" (1260a). Kebric provides some first hand evidence of women and their lives in the following stories: Eratosthenes (205-211), A Poisonous Stepmother? (214-217), and Diogeiton (217-223). Using two of these stories, determine whether Aristotle was correct in his assessment of Athenian women and/or men then and present your case accordingly (i.e. that men were "rational" and women "irrational").


• One way the Greeks explained the misfortune or ruin of individuals was with the koros--hubris--ate pattern. Examine either "A Casual Act of Violence—Conon ..." (Kebric, 211-213) and/or "Phormio--The Con-Artist" (Kebric, 223-228) and determine whether this pattern fits (or does not fit) 2-3 of the characters in the story.


• FYI: if you wish to look at the entire speeches for the above, here are the links: Eratosthenes; Poisonous step-mother; Diogeiton; Conon; Phormio