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:
  • F16-227-P1-Last Name, First Name (e.g. F16-227-P1-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)
  • in your introductory paragraph, mention that you are using Homer's Iliad and Odyssey.
  • your in-text citations should include the work, the book number, and the line numbers. E.g. Achilles calls an assembly meeting to deal with the plague (Il., 1. 58) or (Il., 1. [54])
• 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
  • entries for classical texts from the on-line source should list the ancient author first, the the work (in italics), then the translator, then the web page (in italics), the publisher of the web page, date for work(if given). date accessed. All of this information is available at the top of the pdf of Iliad, Books 1 & 2 in Moodle (except for the date you accessed the information).
• 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:

• Deities: It has been suggested that how deities interact with humans can be described based on three pairs of opposites (Near/Far; Kind/Cruel; Just/self-seeking), i.e. the gods are sometimes kind to humans and sometimes cruel, sometimes just and sometimes self-seeking, etc. Examine Zeus' relationship with humans in our readings to date (i.e. from Sept 13 and 20) based on those three pairs.


• Assembly: When all the Greeks meet in assemblies in books 1 and 2 of the Iliad and when the Ithacans in book 2 of the Odyssey, what are the range of accepted actions for the commoners as compared to that for the "nobles/chiefs?"