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-P5-Last Name, First Name (e.g. F15-227-P5-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, unless citing the from the full speech of Lysias, 24, in which case use the numbers listed on the side.
• 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 our syllabus for how both should look
  • 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:

• Barry Bonds made the news a number of years ago with his conviction by a jury on the charge of obstruction of justice (FYI: it was overturned on April 22, 2015 by the full Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals[ruling]). When he was indicted in 2007, Lance Williams, in a SF Chronicle article of that year, noted that Bonds' lawyer might have been too "combative" and that his "confrontational style" might be a problem for Bonds (Williams, "Bonds' defense:" SFGate.com). Is this an issue for Socrates in his defense speeches as given by Plato in the Apology? In other words, using only the interrogation of Meletus in the first speech and the second speech in the Apology (pp 25-29, 36-38), examine whether Socrates' manner of defending himself, first against Meletus (25-29), then with regard to what penalty he should suffer (36-38), contributed to his conviction and the penalty of death.


• Compare and contrast the following speeches: Socrates' second speech in the Apology (pp 36-38) and the cripple's speech in Lysias, Oration 24 (Kebric 157-159) [if you want to use the rest of Lysias' speech, click here.]