Directions:
- electronic copy: e-mail me at victor.leuci@westminster-mo.edu; the name of your
attached file should be:
- for Exam 4: F15-227-E4-Last Name, First Name (e.g. F15-227-E4-Leuci, Victor)
- for Paper 6: F15-227-P6-Last Name, First Name (e.g. F15-227-P6-Leuci, Victor)
- paper copy: bring to class or drop off in the box outside my office prior to the start of the in-class exam
- 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)
- give page numbers for the books/texts you use (exception: Theocritus, Idyll, 15 should be cited as such)
- for Athenian court system either use class notes, e.g. (Leuci, class notes), or use the pdf in Moodle entitled "Athenian Law Courts" and use the author and page numbers, e.g. (Hansen, 196)
- for the movie make sure you
- have a works cited entry that is correct (see below for what it should look like)
- have good concrete examples, but you don't have to have in-text citations provided that you have mentioned what the name of the movie is in your introduction. However, if you use a copy of the script for direct quotes, then you do need an in-text citation: (Benioff, "script, Troy") and you will need to include an entry for the script in your works cited "page."
- Works Cited "Page" reminders:
- to save paper, don't put on a separate page
- in the same font, size, etc. as your main text
- use hanging indents
- for Kebric, Plato, and Pomeroy, use what I've provided on the syllabus
- for class notes, see the pdf in Moodle on MLA 7th edition on what it should look like
- for the pdf "Athenian Law Courts", use the information from the title page just as you would for a regular book, then, after the year published add the following: From pdf in Moodle. Web. Date Accessed.
- for the movie here is what the entry should look like: Troy. Dir. Wolfgang Petersen. Perf. Brad Pitt, Eric Bana, Orlando Bloom, Diane Kruger, Brian Cox, Sean Bean, Brendan Gleeson, and Peter O'Toole. Warner Bros. Pictures, 2004. DVD.
Take-Home Exam 4 & Paper 6
- Exam, Option 1: Write two 600-1000ish word essays on two of the topics given below:
- Exam, Option 2: Write one 1200-1800 word essay on one of the topics below:
- Paper: chose one of the topics below and write a 600-100ish word essay (note: you can't write on the same topic for both paper 6 and the exam!)
- Reminder: Each essay can not cover individuals covered in the other essays on the exam or paper 6; and each essay needs to be on different topics as well.
Topics:
- The Voice, ancient Greek style: We saw, at the beginning of the semester, that individuals strove to become famous (kleos), through song, because of their accomplishments (acquired honor). Based on their "acquired honor" and choosing one from each group, argue which one would win and which would lose [option 2: add another person from each group]. Choose from
- Phillip II (Pomeroy's text), Alexander the Great (Pomeroy's text) or Socrates (the Apology and Pomeroy's text)
- Achilles (movie), Agamemnon (movie), or Odysseus (movie)
- Love: Hector and Socrates seem to be motivated by love of their country. Discuss. Use only the movie and the Apology as evidence. [Option 2: pick one more from the movie and either Philip II or Alexander III]
- Speech: We have seen that Socrates' trial was a public case and subject to the rules of such. If it had been a private case, then Socrates' accusers would have been allowed a short amount of time to reply to his defense. Using The Apology, pp. 19-36 (Socrates' initial speech), determine what the accusers' would probably have said in reply to Socrates' defense. [Option 2: use the entire Apology as source material for your reply]
- Women: Theorcritus' Idyll 15 presents us with two "average" Greek women in Hellenistic Egypt who are going to a religious festival [see pdf in Moodle for Theocritus]. Compare and contrast these two women with the women in the three stories in Kebric [Eratosthenes (202-208), A Poisonous Stepmother? (212-214), and Diogeiton (214-217)] and/or the "average" women and/or the "average" women as presented in the movie. [Option 2: compare/contrast all 3 sets of women]
- Time Travel Summer Program: You work for Westminster College 100 years in the future when time travel is a reality (but it can't change the past). Two professors want to take a group of students to the times and places studied in a typical Greek Civilization course after the end of the Peloponnesian War and prior to the Roman conquest of the Greek world. The "summer" course (i.e. summer in the future, not necessarily in the past) will last approximately three weeks (some things in the future are still the same!). You work for the publications department and are entrusted with providing a brief write-up of what the trip would entail. Your write up need to both focus on the positive but also be honest about the challenges of visiting that time period. The professors want you to include:
- something about one of the following topics:
- How the Athenian court system works (class notes)
- A day watching private court cases (2 court cases from Kebric's chapter 7--exclude ones you covered in Paper 4 or 6 if you did them for paper 4 or 6)
- a day watching a public court case (Plato's Apology--exclude if you covered this in Paper 5 or 6)
- field trip: observe the events of the movie
- something about one of the following topics:
- visual arts the Hellenistic Age (Pomeroy, Ch 12)
- field trip: observe Philip II's rise to power (Pomeroy Ch 10)
- field trip to 1-2 battles that Alexander fought (Pomeroy Ch 11, include why they are important)
- daily life of women (use Theocritus' pdf and Document 12.2 in Pomeroy, 346-347, if you want, you may add Kebric, Chapter 7)
- Greek scientific advances (Kebric, 239-241, 243, 264; Pomeroy 353-355)
- [option 2: write about 2-4 of the above, with at least 1 from each group]
