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:
  • F15-215-P4-Last Name, First Name (e.g. F15-215-P4-Leuci, Victor)
• paper copy: bring to class
• length: 600-1000ish
• Sources: Use only the sources mentioned in the individual topics below
• 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)
  • mention that you are using Homer's Odyssey in your introductory paragraph, then give book #, line #s, and page #. E.g. "But I went up to Kirkē's very beautiful bed" (10.449, 578).
• 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
  • works' cited entries for ancient authors from Maurizio's text book should follow the same format as the following example (just change the author and work as needed): Virgil. The Aeneid. In Classical Myth in Context. Laura Maurizio. New York: Oxford University Press. 2015. Print.
• 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:

• Xenia: Examine Kirkē's (Circe's) interactions with Odysseus and his crew with regard to the custom of xenia in the passage from book 10 of the Odyssey on pp 570–578 in Maurizio. FYI: You must use the definition of xenia provided on a pdf in Moodle.


• Women: What does Homer's descriptions of Kirkē (i.e. Circe), Klytaimnestra (i.e. Clytemnestra), and Penelope on pp 570–580 tell us about the Greek view of women?