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:
  • S16-215-P1-Last Name, First Name (e.g. S16-215-P1-Leuci, Victor)
• paper copy: bring to class
• length: 600-1000ish
• Sources: Use only the sources mentioned in the individual 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)
  • for the topics below, mention in your opening paragraph that you are using Hesiod's Theogony and then, when you cite specific examples, just give the line numbers from the text and the page number that it is on.). For example, "their own father [Uranus] loathed them from the beginning" (127, 59).
• 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
  • works' cited entries for ancient authors from Maurizio's text book should follow the same format as the following example (for author, work, translator, etc. see xi–xiii): Virgil. The Aeneid. Transl. Frederick Ahl. Oxford World's Classics. Oxford University Press. 2008. In Classical Myth in Context. Lisa Maurizio. New York: Oxford University Press. 2015. 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:

• Qualities: How do the dramatic tales in Hesiod's Theogony describe male leaders such as Uranus, Cronus, and Zeus? Make sure you give concrete examples from the dramatic tales for at least 2 of those leaders (see Maurizio, p 49 for the line numbers of the dramatic tales).


• Compare/contrast How is Zeus similar and different from his father and grandfather? Make sure you give concrete examples from the dramatic tales (see Maurizio, p 49 for the line numbers of the dramatic tales).