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:
  • F17-227-P1-Last Name, First Name (e.g. F17-227-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). [since he has moved his translations, here is what your entry should look like for the Iliad (just replace Iliad with Odyssey if you use the Odyssey and change the URL):
    Homer. Iliad. Translated by Ian Johnston. johnstoniatexts. Revised edition 2010. http://johnstoniatexts.x10host.com/homer/iliadtofc.html. Accessed 26 Sep 2017. (FYI: use the date you accessed, if different from 26 Sep)
• 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 Hera's and Apollo's relationship with humans with regard to at least one of these pairs in Books 1 and 24 of the Iliad. [Note: need examples for Hera from books 1 and 24; need examples for Apollo from books 1 and 24]


• Assembly: Examine the assembly meeting in book 2 of the Odyssey. Things you might address: who can do things, who can speak, purpose of speaking, risks of speaking, how decisions are made or not made, effect of not having a "chief basileus" (but don't try to cover all of these).