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:
  • S15-227-P1-Last Name, First Name (e.g. S15-227-P1-Leuci, Victor)
• paper copy: bring to class
• length: 600-1000ish
• Sources: see 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)
• 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 on-line source should list the ancient author first, the the work (in italics), then the translator, then the web page, the publisher of the web page, date for work(if given). Web. date accessed. All of this information is available in the Moodle pdf of Iliad, Books 1 & 2.
  • use MLA 7th edition
• 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: Compare and contrast the "guest friendship" exhibited by Achilles to Priam (Iliad 24) with that of Polyphemus to Odysseus (Odyssey 9). Conclusions? FYI: don't start with summaries of parts of the Iliad and the Odyssey, but use parts of both poems as evidence when comparing and contrasting. Use the definition of Xenia provided in the pdf in Moodle.
  
  
• Heroic Code: Examine Odysseus' actions in books 9 & 21 of the Odyssey with regard to the Heroic code (honor/shame). Use the definition of the Heroic Code (honor/shame) provided in the pdf in Moodle.