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-P3-Last Name, First Name (e.g. S15-227-P3-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)
- for Herodotus' Histories, use the numbers provided in the brackets (see pdf for an exammple)
- 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
- the pdf gives what the Works Cited entry should look like
- 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:
- Women: In the first part of Herodotus' Histories that we have covered, he gives information about 5 women (Io, Europe, Medea, Helen, Candaules' wife). Compare/contrast the depiction of these 5 women with either the portrait of women from the selections we have covered by Archilochus, Alcaeus, Mimnermus, Ibycus, Anacreon or from the selections we have covered by Sappho. Conclusions?
- Men: A theme in Greek literature is that individuals, in their responses to a "fated" outcome, often bring about what they are trying to avoid — one's nature/character traits creates one's "fate." In your essay examine whether this — one's nature/character traits create one's fate — is true for Croesus & his son & Adrastus, using solely the readings from Herodotus' Histories which we have covered.