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:
  • S15-215-P2-Last Name, First Name (e.g. S15-215-P2-Leuci, Victor)
• paper copy: bring to class
• length: 600-1000ish
• Sources: Use only the sources listed in the topics.
• 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 (i.e., the actual myths):
    • make sure you include the following--the ancient author, the title of the ancient work in italics, the numbering from the ancient work, the modern author, the page number in the modern book
    • it is probably best to work some of these into your main body text instead of saving them for the citation itself
    • example 1: Hesiod, in the Theogony, notes that "surmounting his [Typhoeus'] shoulders sprouted the hundred heads of a terrible serpentine dragon" (824-825, Powell, 92).
    • example 2: Homer, in the Iliad, has Zeus say to Hera "I should have known! It was your dirty trick that put lord Hector out of the way and made his army panic!" (15.14-15, Powell, 141).
    • example 3: In the Homeric Hymn to Aphrodite, 222-223, "Eos, poor foolish lady, neglected to ask that her lover might never be subject to aging" (Powell, 82).
• 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 Powell's book should list ancient author first (if there is one), then the work (in italics), then the translator, ... Here is an example: Ovid. Metamorphoses. 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:

• Many of the myths about the female Olympians in Powell, Ch. 9 (8 in earlier editions) detail how these deities relate to mortals. From a careful examination of the actual myths (i.e. the indented material) of Aphrodite, Artemis, and Athena as given in Powell, Ch 9, what picture emerges of how female deities relate to mortals? Make sure you support your main points with pertinent examples from myths of all three deities (i.e. organize based on the points you want to make, not the "myths" you use as evidence).


• The ends of the Homeric Hymn to Demeter (line 278 to end, Powell, Ch 10) and the Homeric Hymn to Hermes (line 294 to end, Powell, Ch 8) both revolve around conflict resolution. What can we learn from each about how the Greeks resolved family conflicts from these two myths?