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-P3-Last Name, First Name (e.g. S15-215-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.) and 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 or the on-line text (i.e., the actual myths):
    • for Powell's text, 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
    • for the on-line text, make sure you include the following--the ancient author, the title of the ancient work in italics, the numbering from the ancient work
    • it is probably best to work some of these into your main body text instead of saving them for the citation itself
    • example 1: Ovid, in the Metamorphoses, has Apollo say "an ownerless heifer will meet you, one never yoked to a plow. Follow wherever she goes." (3.13–14, Powell, 477).
    • example 2: In Sophocles' Oedipus the King, 235–237, Oedipus states "For I decree that no one in this land, in which I rule as your own king, shall give that killer shelter or talk to him."
• 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, 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.
  • entries from classical texts from web sites should list the ancient author. the work (in italics). Transl. name of the translator. ... Here is an example: Sophocles. Oedipus the King. Transl. Ian Johnston. johnstonia. Vancouver Island University. n.d. Web. 3-5-2015 (change to whatever date you accessed the web page.
• 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:

• "Heroes:" Both Ovid and Euripides used words to "paint pictures" of individuals. What portrait has Ovid painted of Cadmus and/or a "serpent" and Euripides painted of Polynices and/or Eteocles, in Powell's chapter 18, pp 477–479 and 496–497. Use only the indented material on those pages; pay close attention to the words both poets use.


• Crime & Punishment: Oedipus pronounces what the punishment for the killing of Laius will be towards the beginning of Oedipus the King, 224-254 and the audience gets to hear and see the actual punishment at the end of the play, lines 1244–end. Examine both, focusing on whether they are the same and whether the punishment fits the crime. For the play, use the following translation: click here. Use the bracketed lines numbers in the on-line text