Directions:

• electronic copy: e-mail me at victor.leuci@westminster-mo.edu; the name of your attached file should be:
  • S13-215-P3-Last Name, First Name (e.g. S13-215-P3-Leuci, Victor)
• paper copy: bring to class
• length: 600-1000ish
• 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)
  • Citing primary sources from Powell's text for this paper (i.e., the actual myths):
    • since all of these passages are short, indicate the authors, works, and page numbers in the opening paragraph and thereafter just give the line numbers when referring to specific parts of the passages.
    • example: Mention Hesiod, The Theogony, and page 92 in your introduction. In the main body, follow the quote with just the line numbers: "surmounting his [Typhoeus'] shoulders sprouted the hundred heads of a terrible serpentine dragon" (824-825).
• 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
  • use MLA 7th edition
  • entries for classical texts from Powell's book should list ancient author first, then the work (in italics), then the translator, ...
  • Here is an example:
    • Pseudo-Hesiod. Shield of Heracles. Trans. by Herbert M. Howe. In Classical Myth. 7th edit. Barry B. Powell. Boston: Pearson. 2012. 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:

• Heroic Code: For two of the following heroes, examine how the words the poets chose to make the individuals more "heroic" were based on the "heroic code" as defined in class on March 7 (i.e. the ways a hero gains immortality). Another way to say this is how do the words the poets chose to describe the heroes emphasize either qualities needed to accomplish "heroic" deed or emphasize actual achievements of the heroes or emphasize how the heroes are different from ordinary people.
  • Perseus: Ovid, Metamorphoses 4.615-620, 667-677, 712-752 on page 367 of Powell's book (7th edit)
  • Amphitryon: Pseudo-Hesiod, Shield of Heracles 1-56, pp 377-378 in Powell's book (7th edit)
  • Heracles: Vergil, Aeneid 8.190-269, pp 396-397 in Powell's book (7th edit)


• Euripides: Examine how Euripides uses the language of the "heroic code" to put the madness of Heracles in stark relief in the play, Heracles Insane 925-1008, pp 383-385 of Powell's book (7th edit). See the previous topic for more on the "heroic code."